EAW036476 ENGLAND (1951). Construction work at Heathrow Airport, Harlington, 1951. This image has been produced from a print.

Feltham high st

Temporary Holy Angels [?] church. This was located in a Nissen hut at the end of a short track behind the original Cranford Village Primary school [itself replaced by the one at the end of Berkeley Avenue].

This area, known to the local kids as the 'Back Fields' in the 1950's & 60's, was a wasteland and unofficial adventure playground with dumped cars and other stuff to mess about with, trees to climb and the river to get wet in. It's all been tidied up and turned into a small park with children's playground, and, either side of the river, a nature reserve. I preferred it as it was, but then that's 60 years ago, when life was both simpler and safer.....

Dudset Farm Accessed at the end of Dudset Lane by a small footbridge over the River Crane, you could still buy fresh eggs [and possibly other stuff] from the farmhouse in the 1950's.

Dudset Lane

Waye Avenue, Cranford

Southville School

Longford Secondary Modern School

St Catherine`s Orphanage

Hatton Cross Garage later Kennings

Sewage pumping station. to lift effluent to help it on it`s way to Mogden.

The Orchard, when it was in an Orchard.

The Green-Man

Brick building similar to the Heathrow Middle Marker Building in Green-Man Lane. Something to do with Radio Signals for Landing Aircraft. Photo can be seen on Rayner`s family web site in a view from the farm house.

Steam Farm, known locally as Rayner`s Farm

1 to 4 Rayner`s Cottages

Hatton Farm, known locally as Whittington`s Farm

Church of England Chapel of Ease to St Mary`s Bedfont.

Whetnall`s Orchard and Poultry later to become Bedfont Football Club

Brays earth movers factory. Buildings demolished but entrance way can still be seen between houses.

Mr Gardner`s Nursery/Small Holding

Blenheim. Home of the Whittington family later Mr and Mrs White.

Pollock`s Cottages demolished about 1954 to make way for a road to connect Park Way Cranford to Sunbury Cross. Only The Causeway, Parkway to Faggs Road was completed.

Garden Tea Rooms belonging to Mr White, later used by visitors to view aircraft.

Whites news-agent Owners lived in Blenheim close to the Green Man.

Roadside Hedge to Dockwell Lane

Girling Ferro Concrete

Approx Site of Heathrow Middle Marker

Temple Hatton later St Anthony`s Catholic Orphanage

Kings Cottage

The George Wimpey Camp. Built to accommodate the men that built Heathrow Airport. Wimpey gave the local children a Coronation Party there. The main entrance in Green Man Lane can still be seen but is gated. Later became the BEA Trident Centre. Parts were used as apprentice accommodation, Training, Printing etc, The buildings have been removed but the land is used by the BAA.

Champion Spark Plug factory