Transfer from Southall (UB1 – UB2) to Heathrow Airport

Transfer from Southall (UB1 – UB2) to Heathrow Airport

The suburban district of Southall is located in the Ealing London Borough, western London. It is 10 miles away from Charing Cross and it’s bordered by towns like Northolt, Yeading, Greenford, Hounslow, Heston, Hanwell and Hayes. The locality is included in the Greater London area. It sits on the Grand Junction Canal, now the Grand Union Canal. It linked the entire canal system with London. The canal is still in use and it features only pleasure craft. Southall is home to a large South Asian community.

The name of the town originates from the old Anglo – Saxon language and it can be translated into “south corner”. At the time, Northolt meant the “north corner”. The Southall district features various other areas with Anglo – Saxon names, including Waxlow and Elthorne. Southall was included in the Norwood chapelry and it was part of the Hayes ancient parish. In 1891, it was incorporated in the Local Government District of Southall Norwood. Later, it was transformed in the Urban District of Southall Norwood and in 1965 it was incorporated in the Ealing London Borough.

Transfer from Hayes (UB3 – UB4) to Gatwick Airport

Transfer from Hayes (UB3 – UB4) to Gatwick Airport

The Central Research Laboratories in Hayes represent the place where Isaac Shoenberg invented the 405 – line television system, an all-electronic device. This happened in 1935. BBC used the system from 1936 until 1985. The laboratories have also served as research centre for the stereo gramophone and binaural sound recording led by Alan Blumlein. He demonstrated the stereo sound on movies by shooting Walking and Talking and Trains at Hayes Station. These movies can still be found at the EMI archive. Hayes is also the place where the H2S and 60 MHz radar systems have been invented.

Throughout the World War I, the EMI factories were used to produce aircraft. Fairey worked here for a while, until he opened Fairey Aviation, his own company. He purchased grounds in Heathrow so as to have a place where to test the aircraft. It was called Great West Aerodrome. When the World War II finished, the Ministry of Aviation bought the aerodrome and converted it into what was to become one of the largest and busiest airports in the world: Heathrow Airport.