Hi all,

There is a plaque in De Havilland Road stating that the aerodrome used to be
on this site. Which area did it cover, i.e. which roads or parts of roads
are built on its site?

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"John Rowland" wrote in message
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There is a plaque in De Havilland Road stating that the aerodrome used to
be
on this site. Which area did it cover, i.e. which roads or parts of roads
are built on its site?

That must have been a long time ago, before the area was built-up. It was
obviously west of the Edgware Road, and would have been very close to Hendon
Aerodrome. This makes me think that it might have been a satellite field for
Hendon, or even a field on which they practised forced landings. For various
reasons, you do not normally put airfields close together to avoid
conflicting aircraft movements, like when the wind is blowing from one to
the other. Even when they are a few miles apart, there are problems. Less
than two miles and you are in real difficulty.
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:44:57 -0000, "John Rowland"
wrote:

Hi all,

There is a plaque in De Havilland Road stating that the aerodrome used to be
on this site. Which area did it cover, i.e. which roads or parts of roads
are built on its site?


ISTR a conversation in the bald faced stag one night which suggested that
the runway ran along the length of what is now Mollison way.


greg
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There are a few photos of the aerodrome at:

www.tengenerations.org.uk

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 18:44:57 -0000, "John Rowland"
wrote:

There is a plaque in De Havilland Road stating that the aerodrome used to be
on this site. Which area did it cover, i.e. which roads or parts of roads
are built on its site?

STAG LANE AERODROME, from which the Aerodrome Estate at
Edgware/Queensbury takes its name, was first developed in 1916 by the
London & Provincial Aviation Company who operated a flying school
there. There were no runways, the aircraft landed and took off from
the grass.

After the closure of the School at the end of the war, the
proprietors, Warren & Smiles, turned to making furniture, and then
chocolate.

Failing to prosper with either of these activities, in October 1920
they leased the aerodrome to the then recently founded de Havilland
Aircraft Company. De Havilland moved in to a wooden office building
and proceeded to complete two DH18 aircraft which came, incomplete,
from Airco in the Edgware Road where Geoffrey de Havilland had been
the Chief Designer

Among the many notable events that occurred at Stag Lane was the first
flight of a Tiger Moth in 1931. However, suburbia was approaching and
the aerodrome was officially closed in January 1934 and sold for
development, so it is perhaps appropriate that this booklet should be
published in 1984, describing the Aerodrome site 50 years on.

The last flight out, by Geoffrey de Havilland, took place on 28th July
1934; the original wooden office from Stag Lane survives as the de
Havilland Museum at the company's 'new' airfield at Hatfield.

Extract from the Introduction to Aerodrome Estate Alleyways, published
by the Wembley History Society in 1984.
--
Stuart Johnson in Peterhead, Scotland

"Kevin Bean" wrote in message
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There are a few photos of the aerodrome at:

www.tengenerations.org.uk

That's wonderful, thanks! It's clear from those photos that at the start of
1926 the factory was surrounded by fields in all directions, and by the end
of that year every road and house which currently exists was in place
(except for the two sideroads off De Havillands Road which I already knew
were recent). That completely answers my question.

Thanks also to Stuart, Terry and Greg.

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My other half used to work on the site of the old aerodrome which was turned
into a post office Telephone Exchange (many years ago - pre BT) and worked
there for sometime. In fact, before it closed I even went for a job there
myself ;-)

She also tells me that the reference with the Tiger Moth was reffered to on
the site afterwards with the social club bar being named the "Amy Johnson"
bar.

Of course its all been knocked down now but the "new" houses have an
aircraft design/look about them. Must go past one day.

"Roger the cabin boy" typed


My other half used to work on the site of the old aerodrome which was turned
into a post office Telephone Exchange (many years ago - pre BT) and worked
there for sometime. In fact, before it closed I even went for a job there
myself ;-)

She also tells me that the reference with the Tiger Moth was reffered to on
the site afterwards with the social club bar being named the "Amy Johnson"
bar.

Of course its all been knocked down now but the "new" houses have an
aircraft design/look about them. Must go past one day.


The newish flats on De Havilland Road have wire sculptures of aeroplanes
on their fronts.

There is Amy Johnson Court on the north side of the Stag Lane/Mollison
way junction. It is a rather dull block of flats partly owned by the
London Borough of Harrow.

The new roads off De Havilland Road are Halford Close & Cobham close.
They did not feature on maps for a long time after being built.

Barnard House on Burnt Oak Broadway (east side) bears an informative plaque.

I am a Stag Lane inhabitant. My next-door neighbour moved into the house
when it was completed in 1932.

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

"Helen Deborah Vecht" wrote in message
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The newish flats on De Havilland Road have wire
sculptures of aeroplanes on their fronts.

Odd, aren't they?

Barnard House on Burnt Oak Broadway (east side) bears an informative
plaque.

Thanks, I'll look out for that.

I am a Stag Lane inhabitant. My next-door neighbour
moved into the house when it was completed in 1932.

Although Stag Lane itself is much older than that, and predates the
existence of aeroplanes.

OT: What do you know about Staburn Court, at the north end of Stag Lane? I
suspect that it's not that nice inside, and is a bit run down-looking on the
outside, but it is definitely striking, if you like Art Deco.

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That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:14:41 -0000, "John Rowland"
wrote:


OT: What do you know about Staburn Court, at the north end of Stag Lane? I
suspect that it's not that nice inside, and is a bit run down-looking on the
outside, but it is definitely striking, if you like Art Deco.


I believe it used be a cinema and was derelict when I moved into the area
back in 1987. It was expensively rebuilt/refurbished in the early 90s as a
kwiksave (I know the guy who had the contract to do the concrete
internally) IIRC, however it was closed not long afterwards when they were
going through a rough patch.

It was never that good when compared to tescos just over the road.


greg

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