Description:A brochure for new houses in the Tinacre Rise estate at Perton, built by Tarmac Homes in the late 1970s. These houses are part of Offa's Drive, Mercia Drive, Egelwin Close and Idonia Road. Four different styles of two- and three-bedroom houses were available: Blenheim, Chatsworth, Arundel and Dartmouth
Perton Airfield was constructed in 1940 as a Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground. Later during the Second World War the Princess Irene Brigade of the Dutch Army trained here. In 1947 RAF Perton was given to the Agricultural Land Commission with the Dutch camp becoming a refuge camp for Poles, Latvians and Lithuanians until 1950 when it was converted to housing and occupied until 1962. From 1972 a huge new housing estate was built on the airfield site, now with a population of around 12,000.