Nostalgic memories of Heathrow Airport London's local history

Share your own memories of Heathrow Airport London and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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I had never previously flown so at the age of 15 I went on an aeroplane for the first time. It was a flight from Heathrow Airport to Dinard in northern France which I made by myself.   I was travelling to meet my French penfriend, Michel Laine, to spend the summer with his family and improve my language skills in anticipation of my GCE 'O' Level exam ...see more
I remember the Sunday when the trident crashed at Staines June 18th 1972 near the Croocked Billit, I was still at school (Mathew Arnold). Iworked as a paper boy for the evening mail selling the news to drivers in their cars at the traffic lights, the Mail managed to get us off school on the Monday and we sold papers all day at Heathrow, my commision that day was as much as I normally made for the whole month.