The Horrors of Heathrow: A Short History

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Adapted from Ian Gilmour's Diary in the 19 March 1998 issue of the London Review of Books: www.lrb.co.uk/v20/n06/ian-gilm...
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@johndevon9882 6 лет назад

I was one of the very few children living in Green Man Lane 1958 to 1979. I suffered terrible asthma which almost stopped when I finally moved away. I can no longer hear certain pitches of noise and one tester asked me had I been in the military as my hearing was similar to that of someone subject to shell fire. I can remember airport staff measuring the noise in our road whilst wearing ear protectors. The planes passed so low to our roof the vortex would sometimes lift the roof tiles off and our house had a massive crack down it, not surprising as everything would vibrate especially on take offs. Unfortunately there was never a voice for the few children that were subjected to such misery and the effect it had on their later life.

@petermostyneccleston2884 2 месяца назад

Heathrow airport was built there, because the land was flat. That was the main factor for the decision to building the airport where it is. There was plentiful land, with a few villages just outside of the perimeter, but the houses came later.

@rp2320 2 года назад

Airport was there long before all the houses.

@michaelfearon1279 4 года назад

Think the 3rd runway dead in the water now

@arnoldspeke4239 Год назад

Lived in Hayes and also Harrington not just noise but air pollution from fuel and the constant smell of rubber burning

@TOBLEROWAN123 6 лет назад

but it is unique and wonderful

@TheAnn2shoes 7 лет назад

All true

@emmalisatilli9784 5 лет назад

Cool video

@rayteale8883 Год назад

@0:32 How many runways did it have here??

@rayteale8883 Год назад

@BorekSigar Look at the old picture. 2 parallel runways, 1 long diagonal runway (recently decommissioned) plus 3 shorter diagonals. Check in Wikipedia.

@rayteale8883 Год назад

@BorekSigar Oh,7. Sorry, I thought it was a(?) Did not have my glasses on! 🤣

@johannesbols57 2 года назад

If there was an Olympic competition for whinging, The English would win the Gold every time. No mention that aircraft emit practically zero pollutants and are vastly more quiet than they were 30 years ago, or that the NIMBYs, by resisting the third runway, have created more congestion problems than the third runway will solve. Keep on complaining, I need a good laugh.