e. Joe Moore/Everleys and Annis and sometimes as many as for bands, one of the favourites being the Dagenham Girl Pipers. Beacause of the length of the procession there were often three or four gaps between to allow traffic across. Then it all started to go wrong, they switched the route, followed by the introduction of ridiculous width restrictors and chicanes in some of the roads, which the large lorries could not negotiate, and to top it all they pedestrianised Hayes Town, I have lived in Hounslow for several years but always used to visit the carnival every July, we don't bother anymore.

s..and go in the sheds evenings watch them make flowers designs

s i keep in contact with Nellies side of the fam. Well what theres is left of it. Going to try and oragnise a get together sometime, if i can contact everyone. Nice to hear from you take care SteveXX

See get in touch through your email address when I have finished making the last of the Christmas cakes hoorah. Sorry to hear about Fred. xxx

od fam tree, i can print one off if u want me to, and u will need to stick it all together. XX Steve

me....caen many new flats on the whole caen...ruins....new huge museum to equate with our imperial war museum but they only have small displays in comparison...caen of william the conquerer and his set off harbour of the battle hastings ships of his....is nearby nice church there...so we were lucky had good holiday..bayeaux very large cathedral and tapestry conquer england 1066

was selling us his tickets or not.whether give them dont know...meant to say drive in movies an experience in ausralia..good the bad and ugly clint eastwood blaring out..visited my cousin..sydney..good to see canberra burnt eucalyp..kangaroo..melbourne and darwin..red queensland flew low...so davo w......it was good lucky..27 hrs in old days

rd..age about 10 ish..2 women shopping..church 1953....frith photos memories..hounslow..cranford..cowley iver...1950s etc...ealing along by daniels pram shop 1965..ealing film studios 1954..click to enlarge.....lots ealing...horse drawn ealing uxbridge rd along ealing common 1901...etc etc

- a lot from Southall, some of them in my own class. We had such a lovely time. Whenever I smell a tomato on the vine, the memories come flooding back!

ng washing..nan had rest after bringing up 6 of them plus 1st baby as many happened died......doll brought back mistletoe holly from greengrocers and heavy bags huge family xmas..loan club northcote arms hadsaved for long time...barrel beer..picalili all shalots pickled......they built town houses on heston farm..and celebrities living in penthouse on top of centre appartments.we moved in townhouse by alley which ran down side church 1966 wheatlands ....because of famous heston farms and wheat originally..

.penny danced well.so now hubby rod stewart ,today,one night only..american song book series..the way you look tonight...and his ballads..listen to my heart

on in this series...lucky had free tickets royal opera hse with bbc took dad..aida..vast stage trully amazing performance..gigantic sound and drama.was lucky

balls out into the audience, unforgettable. Not keen on todays shows with one exception, Phantom of the Opera, when I heard Michael Crawford singing Music of the Night I was amazed, people always think of him as hapless Frank Spencer, but he has a wonderful voice.

oh their crawford..mike fell backwards off his chair in shock....3 times lucky to see phantom.read the leroux book deep dark french 1800s time.huge opera hse in paris..was lucky to see.unique those operatic songs of webber.very dramatic..but great gilbert sullivan bit at beginning comedy of richard stillgoes geneous clever fast comedy songs of opera hse managers...like masquerade the costumes amazing sets etc etcetc

oblems but well into his 80s or so..good man..poverty..cadged tea and roll at night tea van london.skinny kid they felt sorry for him.bloke said join the services..at least get square meal every day..he was too.young..but got job in band or something..started to learn to entertain..and the rest is history..what bruises when he kept falling about etc.and sang to make you have the tears rolling down...talent and hard work..to achieve the best

let with choir boy..catapult..lovely reality of life..bbc 2nd biggest studios cardiff.dr who torchwood.casualty...we went long time ago..hope to see again..lovely new waterfront and concert hall

llboard@yahoo.com...in the ID......middlesex password...sign in and up come photos

privateplanes......and the farnborough fleet area show...make sure dont travel by..traffic....once the traffic was bad to fairford day planes near swindon..another year it was ok they opened another field down the lane to get.the cars parked quicker..great days out .so many planes to see etc etc

n 1950s 60s....but too late to ask him ....lawrence

hyde rdlane.....old north star and old cottages...canal old oak bridge ...happy xmas to you all...several people on site hoped to always see photos please add your own in future.......click the upload and you can add your photos...happy new yr 2010

photo deatail.good for maps aerial shots etc keith.....my dad many yrs boac club.he worked for boac...that sports looks wonderful...and in heston airport big hanger we had social club workers kids and my cousins went to parties jellies magician etc....quick to go to photos....box just says put ID...so put southallboard@yahoo.com......password is middlesex....my uncle took photos southall broadway 1950 hope to add.........lots places for message replies pauline and len....hope you enjoy any replies..

ield. I went back home to fetch my box camera, but was just in time to see the Hawk being manhandled into the Hestair Hangar about a quarter of a mile away and the hangar door closed. By this time it was dusk,
but I have always harboured a question, why did the pilot land, did he run out of fuel or simply ran out of visual flying conditions ?

y have not documented the landing and departure..flight records....that google photo of hawk at heston has large southall gas holder in background so they used heston 1950s..lots hawks made and google said belgium etc had them ......amazing of you to get through vale school back of onto heston on bike..pity not in time with brownie..did you take more brownie photos......we all have fond memories heston airport...and heston in general..loads memories heston...lovely place heston through many yrs..went carol cocert in church.lived behind..pauline married in lynch pretty church....many baptised there..you may have been..pubs good..ancient rose crown used to be horse drinking trough by triangle of memorial...british legeon...TA hall army near you..fern lane they built m4 straight across there back of vale..etc etc

he BOAC Sports Festival held on the 21st June 1951 which I will add later so as not to conflict with the current topic of the Miles Hawk.

east I can account for the following aircraft in addition to the Miles Hawk Trainer on these notes.

In cronological date order, these were:

09 June 1951- 5 aircraft from the Airways Aero Association, Denham for the BOAC Sports Festival (see separate pages) G-ACIT DH Dragon, Auster Aiglet,reg. unknown, G-ALOX DH Tiger Moth and 2 Miles Hawk Trainers, including G-AKKV (see: www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1018874) and G-AKKY.

ca. 1952/53 Swiss Messerschmidt ME108 Taifun, HB-DUB (a fast ship !)

ca. 1953/54 red/silver Miles Gemini, reg unidentified, taking off over Cranford end (possibly after having Fairey Metal propellors fitted)

1955/56 Miles Hawk Trainer, believed to be G-ADWT
May/59 Westland Widgeon, G-ANLW which collected 3 MTCA officials at Heston enroute from Yeovil to the new Battersea Heliport in order to make the first landing there prior to its official opening.
04/03/63 Bristol 171 G-AMWH British European Airways
Sept 1964 Augusta Bell Ranger helicopter, G-ASNV (see www.ab-pic.co.uk/photo/11115128/

Other helicopters may well have included the Fairey Gyrodyne and possibly the Rotordyne since the Company had their premises here and at Hayes.

My final report is taken from Tim Sherwood's excellent book "Coming Into Land" which details the history of Heston, Hanworth, Hounslow and the original Heathrow (Great Western) airfields and is purchaseable from Hounslow Library.
This mentions the departure of a Board of Trade helicopter from Heston Airport to Sevenoaks on the 06 June 1978 after the CAA had vacated their offices there.

a. 1955/6 or possibly later.

t where it went to next day..from its night in hanger...I went to parties in the big hanger 1950s 60..sincere good luck your archive work..it is very extensive on google woodason and mike west

en and silver horizontal stripes. Nobody there knew what it was, and l have lost the registration l wrote down. l was told it was the first (possibly only) time an airliner of that type and of that airline had ever landed at LAP. Any ideas??

in an Auster out of Fairoaks. Anyway among my collection I have this very good A4 size original booklet entitled 'About Heston' all about the airport with a Forword by Airwork. There is no date but I presume it to be perhaps late thirties, it has some smashing pictures in it and the centre pages advertise the Puss Moth 120 HP Gipsy III inverted engine and the Gipsy Moth 100 HP aircraft for sale from Brian Lewis and C.D. Barnard Ltd. at their showroom at Heston. By the way you would not be related to my late father's brother-in-law Jim Hole would you ? he lived at Norwood Green and owned a Film prop works in Witley Gdns.

rracudas I served on HMS Glory.

the queens balcony fly pasts birthday events the mall each yr.... etc..come over northolt formations few minutes after then they tip their wing to northolt radio in and fly away.....flew BMI sept..they have finished nov 09...great heathrow plane so sad to loose it...stewards told me all about it on plane..great little airline..many many yrs now and gone finished

craft maintenance in the 1950's, so it is possible that might have had some contract to work on for the Miles Hawk Major, although I think myself that it just ran out of daylight hours to fly.(VFR-visual flight rules)
My father's name was Joseph James Hole but not related to anyone else in Heston since he was born in Ashford, Kent. Quite a coincidence of name however.

Perhaps Len with your involvement in aviation,
including seeing PM Chamberlain land at Heston may possibly have some old photos.

ent off letter to LMA london see what they have..british main archives there for greater london......dad was there engineering work into british eagle flights to italy..I went every yr for £5.....so well into 1960s heston...little staff tatty room heathrow had to wait to last 10 mins...empty seat ok you can go straight through and board...dad had passed the plane ok with pilot earlier on...he then went to boac BEA BA

many. The story went that Hitler had lined the Polish Corridor with chamber pots, and named it Chamber Lane.

hestair,, good luck email contact they will advise you

Blenheims at Heston were there ?. Can send you a copy if you like.

ur scheme, or at least that is my theory. No pictures of this aircraft type found on the Internet, although Air Britain Historians have done an article in recent months in their Aviation World magazine I seem to remember.

them all away 40+ years ago, together with the most fantastic collection of adhesive pictorial airline baggage labels that l once had

dad with usual dark moustache cloth caps...know quite few mens names...easter bonnets on flowers lapels etc..throwing farthings to the kids...day trip southend..canvas flapping top to charabanc long thing..outside pub windows and door..best wishes to you always

ch has some other photos I have added.

and runways to come......so www flickr.com.........click enter word just there..........click sign in.....southall......then password......sign in and up come half dozen photos..will add more

mets - we would have been laughed at for wearing something so ridiculous. Hardly any traffic and no worries. We sometimes met another lad who had white curly hair and so had the nickname "Snowy" He lived in Hayes and l'd like to hear of him again, but lost contact over 45 years ago now.

piloted by an officer known as the major. Quite an experience, if a little scary at times.

k wall..battle britain,,churchill was there on visit....peter snow filmed there couple days ago..digital history freeview yesterday tv channel....showed described everything there..and described aug sept 1940

I live now in Cornwall and have done so for the past 20 years, would not go back to Southall now though. Nice to hear from you.

ma had 3 daughters off north rd 1958 to 1970.had to go to golflinks like lens sister.hope it is bit better there now.....13 ..8th parade was lucky to live prefabs 1950s gardens and all was better..so lucky ...sincere good wishes

ineer [pub/////big free firewk display in huge sports green opposite nov 5th....

ld favourites - Claude Rains, Basil Rathbone, Alan Hale, etc. With no TV in those days they were our heroes!

.be great to see how christine continued.....tony and I visited saw the paris opera house funny to think of phantom.....that cemetery in los angeles amazing..and on google interesting to see photos close ups and all the famous there

he walked off in distance she was disraught.cowboys..he died soon......my library found mitchells book gone wind..stuffed in wall cavity..think somebody disaproved and lost it..very thick large book...all those they tried for scarlett..good vivien..of oliviers wife...but died young..always struck me as a tb case at sometime in her life ....frail..lovely memories .I like all the really good films character study and get drifted away by them in another world good acting etc..

orking 32 yrs secondary school..they come around the schools..drama exams now..and they look for talent.....1966 bbc came to dormers took 2 of us..me library. ....my class mate secretary...bbc reference research library because I did 6 yrs lirary with mrs foot libraian and head eng dept teacher....tony and I visited her until she died elderly...she taught mellow lane before dormers....lovely to know duff southall..thanks len..you are a marvel///

osy amateur players...pauline...we have loads amateur wealth of theatre etc...west london.......we go to guildhall school music drama productionsextremely good talent..study..exams ...by barbican built on st pauls blitz bombing..mrs foot did dormers gilbert sullivan productions.her daughter married tall spire ealing broadway lives california.....she and I had flats ealing broadway...her houses the avenue ealing and long lane ickenham...RT warren and gdad built her detached house there..her father payed for it..she was river dee cheshire estate went liverpool university..advised boroughs on school libraries design needs in boroughs.west london..tony I loved her dearly....but dormers girls school we never saw the boys..other side there was no contact through wall...rowdy crowd len in 60s...you auntdolly etc went 20yrs before

g....mithered..beach thames by tower bridge....dusty bluebels programme was games songs streets belfast 1950s

r dolly/kisse a soldier now wont buy me....the good ship sails on the alley alley o....long legged man had long legged wife....all she wants is gold and silver all she wants is a nice young man.....lots clap hands songs...queue through skip rop..under arch of their arms..this is the way the teacher stands etc etc1956 bill cotton must have safety on queens highway advert

away.I would think I was about 5 at the time.

e shrapnel...boys guns..wow wo w..feather head indians..cap bomb.gunpower bit loud crack as shucked to ground.....rng ring roses.came from the plague red rings skin infections..atichoo all fall down they died in the ancient plague....hope to read more interesting items in new yr happy 2010 to all and merry xmas...cats craddle string in hands.playground at dormers juniors

keith good site and yearly reunions.....our friends jack hills lived cukoo 1940s 50s to 1970..daughter born 1940s jennifer and younger daughter..we went seaside with them in his old black car run board side..they went sat night pub blackhorse canal oldfield lane.. we kids had sausage on stick and bottle pop...my cousin still lives harp rd last 15 yrs..hanwell carnival..coronation day..red crepe frock ..gypsies at side brent park..sang raggle taggle gypsy o

g possibly medieval bridge..hermitage cottage rev george glasse hermit 1918 in hut in back garden.chummy john wilkinson lived to old age never left hanwell.miss tyler bought it 1953...alf wallace wheeler violin factory 1881 then 1932 alf wheeler york ave

hes extended from acton etc...lennon grew up 40s 50s.so perhaps born 1940..if 7 yrs older than keith.grew up gordon rd.not known if moved...but as keith said several went drayton from southall and hayes...keep the memories coming...liked rick wakeman he still appears tv

...art college lennon met his wife cynthia...joko opened lennon airport....had family called lennon in ruislip..it is common name....beatles shops in london selling to tourists etc now

lture....julian seem to do nice music .cythia has own business.hey jude after julian....mull kintyre great by paul and linda near my husbands ancestors off glasgow island.....paul lives in village away off cliff top hastings.we have walked along there...so many yrs his farmhouse there with his children and family....ringo does thomas tank engine by warne famous books on tv daily....good drummer ringo and sense humour..heathrow erupted screams as plane there fans..and huge.stadiums america etc..saw the russia concert