Saved it in an office clear-out.
Here’s a view looking north-west showing the Nissen huts (used for equipment storage) between the Bath Rd and the perimeter road between the Northside and Harlington Cross….BOAC 747 flaring for 28R ca. June 1970….and on the left you can just see a BKS Britannia parked on the Northside apron
Here’s another view of the ‘tent city’ at the Northside ca. 1946 (houses straddling the Bath Rd), a map section dated 1967 (unfortunately resolution of the Northside terminal is lost) and a view from the Northside tower ca. 1952….I think the houses I referred to as being behind Harlington Police station were nearer to Harlington Corner and some survived behind the Telephone Exchange as airport buildings. The concrete-work where the taxiway met 28R seems to have been altered since the 1946 photo
Here’s a view I’ve not seen before from the Northside control tower of the first BSAA Lancastrian service on 1Jan1946 and a crop showing some housing? behind the Harlington Police Station which must have been demolished as the Northside was expanded.
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