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Colindale didn’t really start to take shape until around the 1890’s even though the area has had residents since the 1600’s with the land owners being the Collin family.(Spelt with two L’s) The Colindale hospital foundation stone was laid in 1898 as one of the first major buildings to be built in the area & was designed to have different buildings for certain medical needs. One of the hospitals specialties was the treatment of TB with another areas being added for more development into other vaccines.
In the early 1900’s more housing & industrial buildings where being built, with Airco aircraft company starting up in 1912 & the designer Geoffrey de
In the early 1900’s more housing & industrial buildings where being built, with Airco aircraft company starting up in 1912 & the designer Geoffrey de
Havilland joining the company 2 years later. During the first world war German POWs built aerodrome road, and Claude Grahame White created a new company (Grahame-White Aviation Company). White also built Aero-Ville for his employees near to the new airfield that was being formed. One of the 1st postal air services run from the aerodrome & latter was more used by the RAF, but this was for pilot training centre rather than any military type of base.
Other manufactures like Franco Illuminated Signs & Frigidaire also moved into the area, the former being well known for London’s Piccadilly neon lights.
In 1934 the police training centre was started using the Hendon aerodrome club house, but this was only for around 6 years. It was in the 1960’s that the RAF moved out of the area with the local councils needing more land for housing. It was at this time that some of the land was used for the new Hendon Police collage, more properly called the Peel Centre & was opened by Elizabeth II on 31 May 1974. Also in the area is the Royal Air Force Museum Hendon that is a very popular & free place to visit.
Other manufactures like Franco Illuminated Signs & Frigidaire also moved into the area, the former being well known for London’s Piccadilly neon lights.
In 1934 the police training centre was started using the Hendon aerodrome club house, but this was only for around 6 years. It was in the 1960’s that the RAF moved out of the area with the local councils needing more land for housing. It was at this time that some of the land was used for the new Hendon Police collage, more properly called the Peel Centre & was opened by Elizabeth II on 31 May 1974. Also in the area is the Royal Air Force Museum Hendon that is a very popular & free place to visit.
RAF Hendon Aerodrome