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46-566: In late 1942 Polish Air Force Staff Command requested RAF permission to send a group of specially chosen pilots to the North African theatre of operations to acquire experience in operating as a part of a tactical air force in preparation for future Allied landings on the European continent. Volunteers had to be experienced (with at least 30 operation missions completed) and some 70 volunteers were considered before 15 pilots were chosen for

92-568: A morion winged of the third, on a chief also of the second a pale of the first thereon eight arrows saltirewise banded also of the third, between on the dexter side three bendlets enhanced and on the sinister a fleur de lis or. And for the Crest on a Wreath of the Colours A representation of the front of a locomotive engine between two wings Or as the same are in the margin hereof more plainly depicted to be borne and used for ever hereafter by

138-530: A flat in 1985. Jimmy Canning, IRA member, lived undercover in Northolt from 1991 to 1993; he had wooed local Audrey Lamb and moved into her house at 15 Islip Gardens, using it as a weapons and bomb storage depôt. He and Lamb were arrested in 1992 following police surveillance. Northolt was famous for the pony racing which took place in Northolt Park. A one-and-a-half mi (2.4 km) racecourse

184-579: A renewed Bicester Village to Bletchley section of the old ' Varsity Line ' just beyond the site of the former Great Central station at Calvert . Services are expected to start in the mid-2020s. Apart from the three branches in the Liverpool area, the GCR lines in the north of England were all east of Manchester but GCR trains could run from coast to coast by means of joint working with other railways. The largest of those utilized in this way were those under

230-707: A severe housing shortage within the borough. The gates of the original racecourse remain in Petts Hill, and a section of the track can be observed as a long, flat stretch of land alongside Mandeville Road. Northolt has two stations: Northolt on the London Underground Central line and Northolt Park , a Network Rail station served by Chiltern Railways . Numerous London Buses routes serve Northolt such as: 90 , 120 , 140 , 282 , 395 , 398 , 487 , 696 , 697 , E6 , E7 , E9 , E10 , N7 , N140 and SL9 The constituency of Ealing North

276-691: A station opened at Northolt Park . 1906 also saw the Great Western Railway 's New North Main Line pass through south of Great Central Railway on its way to Birmingham. The following year Northolt Halt opened on it, eventually becoming Northolt station. In 1948 an extension to the Central line, transformed it into Northolt tube station . In May 1915 the Royal Flighing Corp established an airfield in neighbouring South Ruislip in

322-705: Is covered by two electoral wards of the London Borough of Ealing . Northolt Mandeville ward covers the main area of Northolt. Northolt West End ward covers the area south of the A40 road, including housing that is contiguous from Yeading directly to the south. The median house price as of 2014 was £300,000 in Northolt Mandeville and £226,111 in Northolt West End. The population who are from BAME (Black, Asian and minority Ethnic) background

368-619: Is currently represented by Labour and Co-operative Party Member of Parliament (MP) James Murray , and has been since 2019 following the retirement of Stephen Pound . Northolt is made up of two electoral wards (Northolt Mandeville and Northolt West End), as well as part of the electoral ward of North Greenford, which elect councillors to Ealing Council . As of 6 May 2022 the area is represented by six Labour councillors (three in West End and three in Mandeville). Northolt comes under

414-707: Is hillier in the north (up to about 200 ft (60 m)) whereas the south is lower, about 115 ft (35 m). The town is mainly suburban, with some industrial land to the east (by the Grand Union Canal ), large green parts such as Lime Tree Park and Rectory Park, and semi-rural land to the west Northolt is located 3.3 mi (5.3 km) from Hayes ; 2.4 mi (3.9 km) from Southall ; 1.4 mi (2.3 km) from Greenford ; 3.1 mi (5.0 km) from Wembley ; 2.7 mi (4.3 km) from Harrow ; 2.8 mi (4.5 km) from Ruislip ; and 4.5 mi (7.2 km) from Uxbridge . Northolt

460-660: Is one of the seven major towns that make up the London Borough of Ealing and a smaller part in the London Borough of Harrow It had a population of 30,304 at the 2011 UK census. The earliest record of Northolt is in 872 as the Anglo Saxon norð healum , where norð is North and healum (or hale) is a nook, corner, or retreat ,. By 1610, the Name Northolt appears, with in this case, holt having no relationship with 'wood', but an evolution of hala, hale, hal, hall, halle and holt. Archaeological evidence suggests that

506-690: The Cheshire Lines Committee : the other participants were the Midland Railway and the Great Northern Railway , taking in both Liverpool and Southport . Other joint undertakings were (west to east): There were also joint lines in the south: For those in position before 1899, dates are as served for the MS&;LR. These could generally be divided into those intended for passenger work, especially those used on

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552-769: The German Army in Africa on 13 May, the PFT was disbanded. Three pilots stayed on and became part of Desert Air Force units; Skalski became Commanding officer (CO) of No. 601 Squadron, Horbaczewski CO of No. 43 and Drecki a Flight Commander in No. 152. Northolt Northolt is a town in West London , England, spread across both sides of the A40 trunk road . It is 11 mi (17.7 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross and

598-690: The London Assembly constituency of Ealing and Hillingdon which has one assembly member, currently Bassam Mahfouz (Labour), who was elected in May 2024. Political status on Ealing Council as of May 2022: Great Central Railway The Great Central Railway in England was formed when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897, anticipating the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923,

644-535: The London Borough of Hillingdon , Most early RAF airfields were named after the nearest railway station; in this case Northolt Junction, (now South Ruislip ), so it became RAF Northolt. WW1 also brought an urgent need for more munitions, and in 1915 the Ministry of Munitions created many national munition factories. The National Filling Factory No 7 in Hayes, Middlesex had an explosives magazine at Northolt which

690-655: The Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal and the modern A40 road . In the 21st century, a new large private housing development was built on the former site of the Taylor Woodrow company, adjacent to the Grand Union Canal . This development is known as "Grand Union Village" and incorporates a new canal boat marina. Northolt is in the north-western corner of Ealing, bordering the boroughs of Harrow and Hillingdon. The centre of Northolt lies at an elevation of about 130 ft (40 m) above sea level. It

736-533: The Spitfire Mk V and operating from Bou Grara Airfield , 150 miles west of Tripoli . Commencing operations on 18 March the unit gained an immediate reputation for combat effectiveness. The unit re-equipped with the Spitfire Mark IX in late March. Flying officer Mieczysław Wyszkowski was the only casualty in the PFT, shot down and taken prisoner-of-war on 18 April. Following the surrender of

782-480: The 1920s and 1930s. In the 1950s and 1960s, predominantly local authority rented housing was constructed. 3,423 council houses had been built in Northolt by 1963. Northolt tube station was opened in 1948 to serve the growing population of the area. Anti-social behaviour has recently been the most common reported crime, followed by violent and sexual offences. Crime levels notably increased, by up to 50% between 2013 and 2014. A knifeman took relatives hostage at

828-705: The Hayes factory and the magazine were removed after the war ended. Suburban development began in the 1920s. Most of the housing north of the Western Avenue was built in the 1920s–1930s, and is in the private housing sector. Most of the housing built to the south of the Western Avenue was built in the 1960s–1970s, and is in the social housing sectors, particularly along the Kensington and Ruislip Roads. Two important transport links run through Northolt:

874-531: The LNER D7 Class) Numbered 567 at Ruddington . The following GCR coaches are preserved. [REDACTED] The marshalling yard at Wath-upon-Dearne opened in November 1907. It was designed to cope with coal trains, full and empty; it was worked with electro-pneumatic signalling. Grimsby , dubbed the "largest fishing port in the world" in the early 20th century, owed its prosperity to

920-484: The London Extension and those for the heavy freight work. Taken over from the MS&LR, mainly of class F2, 2-4-2 tank locomotives, and also classes D5 and D6 4-4-0 locomotives. During Robinson's tenure, many of the larger express passenger engines came into being: Only two GCR locomotives are preserved: In 2019 there were plans to build a replica steam locomotive - a GCR Class 2 4-4-0 (known as

966-539: The Scunthorpe area. In the Manchester area, lines ran to Stalybridge and Glossop . In the 1890s, the MS&LR began constructing its Derbyshire lines, the first part of its push southwards. Leaving its east–west main line at Woodhouse Junction, some 5½ miles south-east of Sheffield, the line headed towards Nottingham, a golden opportunity to tap into colliery traffic in the north of the county before reaching

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1012-578: The alternative route south of Haddenham and widened lines south of Neasden for its intercity main line from Birmingham to London. In 2008, in a scheme partly funded by the Department for Transport , about three miles of line north of Aylesbury as far as Aylesbury Vale Parkway was brought back into passenger use. None of these lines are currently electrified. Work started in 2019 on developing East West Rail , which will extend passenger services north of Aylesbury Vale Parkway through Quainton Road to meet

1058-463: The archeological information of the area from its excavations in the 1950s and onward. A Tudor barn built in 1595 from Smith's farm in Northolt was moved to Chiltern Open Air Museum and is now on display there. In the early part of the 18th century farmland was enclosed in order to provide hay for the City of London , alongside more traditional crops such as peas and beans. Up to late Victorian times,

1104-612: The area was rural with predominantly arable crops being grown. 1795 saw parliamentary approval for construction of Paddington Arm of the Grand Junction Canal later becoming part of the Grand Union Canal . The route from Hayes to Paddington passes through Northolt, opening on 10 July 1801. The Great Central Railway line (now the Chiltern Line ) opened in 1906, passing through Northolt on its way from Marylebone to High Wycombe. However, it wasn't until 1926 that

1150-514: The city. A loop line was built to serve its station in Chesterfield . The Great Central Railway was the first railway granted a coat of arms . It was granted on 25 February 1898 by the Garter , Clarenceux and Norroy Kings of Arms as: Argent on a cross gules voided of the field between two wings in chief sable and as many daggers erect, in base of the second, in the fesse point

1196-401: The coat of arms of the GCR. A new design incorporating the same armorial components, updated in the modern style was proposed, but was rejected in favour of the original. The MS&LR obtained an act of Parliament , the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Act 1893 ( 56 & 57 Vict. c. lxxix), giving approval for its extension to London . On 1 August 1897, the railway's name

1242-719: The company introduced an express service from Bournemouth and Southampton to York and Newcastle upon Tyne. A year later, it began a through running express from Dover and Folkestone to Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford and Manchester, avoiding London and opening up the South Coast to the Midlands and the North. The route from Banbury to Reading was over Great Western track and from there it traversed South Eastern Railway track via Aldershot and Guildford to Redhill and on to Folkestone and Dover. At

1288-827: The company was grouped into the London and North Eastern Railway . On assuming its new title, the Great Central Railway had a main line from Manchester London Road Station via Penistone , Sheffield Victoria , Brigg and Grimsby to Cleethorpes . A second line left the line at Penistone and served Barnsley , Doncaster and Scunthorpe , before rejoining the Grimsby line at Barnetby . Other lines linked Sheffield to Barnsley (via Chapeltown ) and Doncaster (via Rotherham ) and also Lincoln and Wrawby Junction. Branch lines in north Lincolnshire ran to Barton-upon-Humber and New Holland and served ironstone quarries in

1334-515: The country. The express services from London to destinations beyond Nottingham were withdrawn in 1960. The line was closed to passenger trains between Aylesbury and Rugby on 3 September 1966. A diesel multiple-unit service ran between Rugby Central and Nottingham Arkwright Street until withdrawal on 3 May 1969. Since 1996, Chiltern Railways has used the Great Central lines south of Aylesbury for local services into London, including

1380-462: The main line via Woodhead , Sheffield Victoria , Woodhouse , and then down the London Extension to Marylebone , 205 route miles from Manchester. However, official documents dated 21 July 1898, detailing the method of working of mineral trains on the London Extension (used to help consolidate the new earthworks before passenger traffic began in March 1899), clearly show that the direction of travel on

1426-573: The movement of coal. On 22 July 2012, the docks held an open day to celebrate 100 years of operation. The Great Central Railway operated a number of ships. Immingham museum, which portrays the role of the Great Central Railway in the building of the docks and construction of the local rail network is home to the Great Central Railway Society archive. The museum is located in the Civic Centre, Pelham Road, Immingham and

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1472-441: The new line was conventional – up to London, down to Annesley. Furthermore, contemporary descriptions in newspapers of the trains running on the new line are explicit that up trains ran to London and down trains away from it. That made the Great Central unusual amongst British railways in that its down trains went towards its "milepost zero" and up trains went away from it, but the convention of up and down trains in relation to London

1518-436: The nomenclature for the direction of travel on the new line was the opposite of standard UK railway practice, in that trains travelling to London were referred to as "down" trains, and those travelling away from the capital as "up" trains. It is supposed that it was a result of the GCR's headquarters at the time being in Manchester. The mileposts on the Great Central did start at zero at Manchester London Road and increase down

1564-545: The operational tour of 3 months. Formed at Northolt on 5 February 1943 as the Polish Fighting Team, initial preparations for overseas service took place at RAF West Kirby , and the unit embarked on 24 February, arriving in Tunisia on 13 March 1943. The team was initially attached as 'C' flight, to No. 145 Squadron RAF of flying ace S/L Lance Wade (another non- Commonwealth enlistee), equipped with

1610-582: The ownership by the GCR and its forebear, the MS&LR. Coal and timber were among its biggest cargoes. The port had two main docks: the Alexandra Dock (named for Queen Alexandra ) and the Royal Dock which was completed in 1852, linked by the Union Dock. The total area of docks was 104.25 acres (42 ha). Completed in 1912, this dock covered 71 acres (29 ha) and was mainly concerned with

1656-562: The said Corporation of the Great Central Railway Company on seals, shields, banners or otherwise according to the Laws of Arms. The design included elements representing Manchester ( gules ... three bendlets enhanced ... or ); Sheffield ( eight arrows saltirewise banded ); Lincoln ( gules ... a fleur de lis or ); Leicester ( two wings ); and London ( Argent ... a cross gules ... daggers erect ). Also represented

1702-658: The same time, the Great Central was gaining a reputation for fast services to and from London. In May 1903, the company promoted its services as Rapid Travel in Luxury , and Sheffield without a stop , adopted on 1 July 1903, became a trademark for the company, with 163.75 miles (263.53 km) run in three hours, an average of nearly 55 miles per hour (89 km/h). Slip coaches were provided for passengers for Leicester and Nottingham. On 2 April 1906, an " alternative main line " route from Grendon Underwood Junction near Aylesbury to Neasden in north-west London opened. The line

1748-549: The settlement's origin was an 8th-century Saxon village close to Northolt Manor behind the present Court Farm Road. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Northala , part of the Elthorne Hundred in the historic county of Middlesex , England. In 1066 the lord was Esger the constable, and in 1086 was Geoffrey de Mandeville . Northolt Manor itself was built in the fourteenth century and provides much of

1794-526: The terms of the Railways Act 1921 , the GCR amalgamated with several other railways to create the London and North Eastern Railway . The GCR line was the last complete mainline railway to be built in Britain until section one of High Speed 1 opened in 2003 and was also one of the shortest-lived intercity railway lines. Yet in its early years, its steam-hauled Sheffield expresses were the fastest in

1840-596: Was Mercury ( a morion winged [sable] ). It was used on locomotives and coaches. The London and North Eastern Railway and the British Transport Commission , successors of the GCR, were granted arms of their own incorporating the GCR motto Forward . The Great Central Railway (1976) Company Limited applied to the College of Arms as the successors to British Transport Commission (Loughborough to Birstall Light Railway) for permission to utilise

1886-441: Was 51.7% and 55.1% respectively. The median age was 34 years and 32 years respectively. While Northolt remained a rural, agricultural area in the 19th century, its population growth remained slow: The rapid growth of the population in the mid-20th century can be explained by Northolt's growth as a dormitory town for nearby Ealing , and the construction in 1935 of the A40 road through the area. Modern family homes were built in

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1932-481: Was changed to Great Central Railway by the Great Central Railway Act 1897 ( 60 & 61 Vict. c. liv). Building work started in 1895, and the new line, 92 miles (147 km) in length, opened for coal traffic on 25 July 1898, for passenger traffic on 15 March 1899, and for goods traffic on 11 April 1899. It was designed for high-speed running throughout. It is a commonly held myth that

1978-454: Was completed late in 1916. This 93 acre site had 20 stores each able to hold 100 tons of explosives, and was connected by a rail spur at Northolt Junction station. The location was just North-East of the current Ruislip Gardens station, with the rail spur on the south side of Yeading Brook, and the magazines connected by trolleyways on the North side. About 100 tons of explosives per day were sent by rail to Hayes for filling artillery shells - both

2024-622: Was constructed by Sir William Bass and Viscount Lascelles , and opened in 1929 by the Earl of Harewood and his wife the Princess Royal . During the Second World War , the land was taken over and used as an army depot and prisoner of war camp . Despite numerous attempts to revive pony racing after the war the land was given over to housing construction. The Racecourse Estate was constructed between 1951 and 1955 in order to solve

2070-520: Was joint GCR/ GWR between Ashendon Junction and Northolt Junction . It was built to increase traffic on the GCR by overcoming capacity constraints on the Metropolitan extension and as a result of disagreements between the MetR and GCR after the resignation of Sir Edward Watkin due to poor health. By the time the line was built, the companies had settled their differences. On 1 January 1923, under

2116-688: Was retained. The new line was built from Annesley in Nottinghamshire to join the Metropolitan Railway (MetR) extension to Quainton Road , where the line became joint MetR/GCR owned (after 1903), and returned to GCR tracks at Canfield Place, near Finchley Road , for the final section to Marylebone . In 1903, new rails were laid parallel to the Metropolitan Railway from Harrow to the junction north of Finchley Road, enabling more traffic to use Marylebone. In 1902,

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