Wendy Tibbitts
@wenhist.bsky.social
Historian, Writer, Researcher. Specializing in publishing books and blogs on little-known aspects of history. Currently writing about West Middlesex in the UK. Author of 'Longford: A Village in Limbo'. www.wendytibbitts.info
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
May 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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
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...
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...
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May 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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...
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...
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...
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February 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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...
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...
Longford A Heathrow Village in Limbo Clip 1920x1080
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January 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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...
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...
December 9, 2024 at 12:26 PM
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...
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
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.
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December 2, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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
Mercury House: The aviation history of Hayes, Middlesex
Read about the history of the HQ of Fairey Aviation: www.wendytibbitts.info/mercury-hous...
Read about the history of the HQ of Fairey Aviation: www.wendytibbitts.info/mercury-hous...
November 26, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Mercury House: The aviation history of Hayes, Middlesex
Read about the history of the HQ of Fairey Aviation: www.wendytibbitts.info/mercury-hous...
Read about the history of the HQ of Fairey Aviation: www.wendytibbitts.info/mercury-hous...
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
This book describes the fascinating history and events that this village witnessed. Kings, Queens, rogues and paupers passed through this village. www.wendytibbitts.info
November 22, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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
This book describes the fascinating history and events that this village witnessed. Kings, Queens, rogues and paupers passed through this village. www.wendytibbitts.info