NEW PUBLICATION
AROUND HEATHROW THROUGH TIME
Before 1944 Heathrow was a hamlet in West Middlesex lying in peaceful obscurity. All this changed during the Second World War when the decision was made to locate Britain’s principal airport at Heathrow using wartime powers to prevent any opposition to the project. Using old and new images, in sepia tone and in full colour, this book of some 200 photos focuses on the changes that have occurred in Heathrow itself and the villages to the north of the airport, namely Cranford, Harlington, Sipson, Harmondsworth and Longford. These are known collectively as the Heathrow Villages and there can be few areas of the country that have seen such dramatic changes.
The RRP is £15.00 but copies can be obtained from the author for £10.00 plus £2.00 pp
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I remember when the Northside was a gravel pit, and cabbage fields, with a solitary green house in the centre, the Harlinton corner greyhound track, then large tents along the northern perimiter where the aircraft would discharge passengers and freight KLM was one of the first to operate there. 
