Wendy Tibbitts

Today is also the 80th Anniversary of the resumption of public weather forecasts in the UK. Although weather forecasts were available to military personel they were not broadcast to the public for fear of assisting the enemy. @metoffice.bsky.social @weatherhistory.bsky.social @bbcentury.bsky.social

08.05.2025 08:26 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

How Hillingdon Borough celebrated VE day in 1945 Monday 7th May 1945 was a day when everyone was waiting for the news that Germany had officially surrendered. When the news came that evening the people were ecstatic. Read how the Borough of Hilling...

Victory in Europe Day (8 May 1945) was celebrated with spontaneous events all over the UK. Free from fighting, and after nearly six years of war, the warriors and POWs returned and West Middlesex went wild. @veday.bsky.social www.wendytibbitts.info/how-hillingd...

05.05.2025 15:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Heathrow Expansion: Eighty years of Bad Decisions. The villages around Heathrow have been blighted since 1946 as successive governments have procrastinated and made bad decisions about expanding the airport. These former rural agricultural villages ha...

Third Runway at Heathrow. The saga of Heathrow expansion has been running for 80 years. Successive governments have prevaricated, procrastinated, and made bad decisions leaving the villages of West Middlesex blighted and in decline. Read why: www.wendytibbitts.info/heathrow-exp...

16.02.2025 18:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A third runway at Heathrow not only endangers the planet and increases noise pollution for thousands, but it involves the demolition of 750 homes, at least 24 Grade II listed structures, and centuries of history. This is talk I gave to to a family history society: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6uD...

29.01.2025 12:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Tudor house in Longford Middlesex was once a coaching inn called the Peggy Bedford.

There was a Peggy Bedford pub on the Colnbrook bypass in Middlesex UK which is now a MacDonalds, but the original 16th century Grade II listed pub is still in Longford village, but few know of its fascinating history: www.wendytibbitts.info/the-highwaym...

09.12.2024 12:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

KING HENRY PUBLIC HOUSE THE STABLES, Non Civil Parish - 1080296 | Historic England List entry 1080296. Grade II Listed Building: King Henry Public House The Stables. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.

This Elizabethan building in Longford, Middlesex, is blighted by the threat of demolition if the third runway is built at Heathrow. Read more about its eventful 500 years of history. historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-... #HistoricEngland #MissingPiecesProject via @historicengland

02.12.2024 15:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Mercury House was on the North Hyde Road, Hayes, Middlesex, was the Art Deco Head Office of Fairey Aviation Ltd.

Mercury House: The aviation history of Hayes, Middlesex
Read about the history of the HQ of Fairey Aviation: www.wendytibbitts.info/mercury-hous...

26.11.2024 15:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Longford: A Village in Limbo If Heathrow Airport achieves its expansion plans, the village of Longford and all its historic buildings would be demolished. This village has a fascinating past. Read about the national and international events that this village witnessed. This village was a haven for non-conformists and a refuge for highwaymen. History might be the study of the past, but events pervade the present and remain captured forever in the ambiance and fabric of a village.

Longford is on the edge of one of the worlds busiest airports. It is threatened with demolition if Heathrow Airport expands.
This book describes the fascinating history and events that this village witnessed. Kings, Queens, rogues and paupers passed through this village. www.wendytibbitts.info

22.11.2024 17:22 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0