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.

Transfer from Northolt (UB5) to Heathrow Airport

 Transfer from Northolt (UB5) to Heathrow Airport

The town of Northolt is located in the Ealing London Borough, north western London. It’s located very close to Central London and it’s connected with this part of the city through various London Bus routes, the A40 road and the Network Rail and London Underground stations.

Northolt is a settlement located in the Middlesex County and in the 11th century, it was under the administration of Geoffrey de Mandeville. There have been some archaeological evidences showing that the settlement dates from the 8th century and that in the beginning it used to be a Saxon village. Until the Victorian era, Northolt had a rural aspect and it featured numerous arable crops.

Behind the Court Farm Road, you can see a moated manor dating from the 14th century. It was discovered in 1950. Moreover, the nearby Chiltern Open Air Museum has on display a barn that was constructed in Northolt in 1595. In the 18th century, Northolt provided crops like beans, hay and peas for London.