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[bilalkhanguestposting]

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[theworldatwar]

Colonel Loren Hillsinger, a US pilot of the British RAF “Eagle” squadron with his Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft - Hendon Airfield, England, 1944. Hillsinger lost his leg in 1942 while giving air support during the Dieppe raid

[dubmill]

Barnet Gate, London; 17.12.2023

[spyskrapbook]

"The Vulcan and Cold War Experience", RAF Museum London, Grahame Park Way, London, NW9 5LL _ Photos by Spyros Kaprinis [15.01.2025].

https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/whats-going-on/events/the-vulcan-and-cold-war-experience-2/

https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/collections/avro-vulcan-b2/

[starfishlikestoread]

From the UK's 2024 General Election, after a recount - Labour won Hendon by 15 votes. Never say your individual vote won't matter.

[usafphantom2]

The story of the 5 B-25s being flown from the States across the Atlantic to the UK in 1979 for the filming of ‘Hanover Street’ is a lot more interesting than the film itself. To my knowledge, 3 of the 5 B-25s survive today including one in the RAF Museum collection at Hendon.

@petehill854 via X

[nocternalrandomness]

RAF Handley Page HP.43 Bomber-Transport photographed in June, 1933 during a display at Hendon Airfield, UK

[sefaradweb]

Carteles antisemitas acompañan ataques contra niños judíos en Londres

🇪🇸 En Londres, se ha desatado una preocupante ola de antisemitismo que afecta principalmente a la comunidad judía en áreas como Hendon, un barrio con una gran población judía. Recientemente, se distribuyeron panfletos antisemitas que pedían una “zona libre de sionistas” y contenían mensajes amenazantes, como “Que los sionistas abandonen Gran Bretaña o sean masacrados”. Además, se han registrado ataques físicos y verbales contra niños judíos, como el ataque a un grupo de alumnas de Stamford Hill, donde una niña de 14 años resultó herida. Los estudiantes judíos han reportado intimidaciones y agresiones, como el lanzamiento de piedras y basura a sus autobuses. Estos incidentes se producen en un contexto de creciente violencia, exacerbada por los recientes ataques de Hamas a Israel en octubre de 2023, lo que ha llevado a un incremento en los delitos de odio antisemitas en el Reino Unido. El gobierno británico ha respondido con medidas para abordar este aumento, pero figuras como Isaac Zarfati, director de StandWithUs UK, han advertido que se deben tomar acciones decisivas para detener esta tendencia.

🇺🇸 In London, a disturbing wave of antisemitism is affecting the Jewish community, especially in areas like Hendon, a neighborhood with a large Jewish population. Recently, antisemitic leaflets were distributed calling for a "zone free of Zionists" and containing threatening messages such as "Zionists leave Britain or be massacred." In addition, physical and verbal attacks on Jewish children have been reported, such as an attack on a group of Stamford Hill schoolgirls, where a 14-year-old girl was injured. Jewish students have also faced intimidation and aggression, including stones and trash thrown at their buses. These incidents are happening in the context of rising violence fueled by Hamas attacks on Israel in October 2023, leading to a spike in antisemitic hate crimes in the UK. The British government has responded with measures to address this rise, but figures like Isaac Zarfati, CEO of StandWithUs UK, have warned that decisive action must be taken to curb this trend.

[lboogie1906]

Norwell Lionel Roberts QPM (né Gumbs; October 23, 1946) is a British former police constable, the first Black police officer to join London’s Metropolitan Police. He rose to the rank of Detective Sergeant. He was considered to be the first Black police officer in the UK, although it has since been discovered that he had been preceded by Metropolitan Police Superintendent Robert Branford and Constable John Kent in Carlisle, both in the 19th century. He was born Norwell Lionel Gumbs in Anguilla, West Indies.

His grandfather was a police sergeant, and three uncles were high-ranking officers, one of whom was awarded the Colonial Police Medal for his services. They all attended 12-week courses on the familiarisation of police procedures at Hendon Police College.

Having passed O-Levels in Religious Knowledge and Chemistry, he started work as a scientific laboratory technician in the Botany Department at Westfield College, University of London.

While working at Westfield College, he responded to a newspaper advertisement and completed the police recruitment application form. While on day release to Paddington Technical College, one of his fellow students who read the Daily Telegraph saw a headline which read ‘London to have first colored Policeman soon’.

He enlisted on March 28, 1967. This intake included Paul Condon, now Baron Condon, who went on to become Metropolitan Police Commissioner.

After constant misspelling of the name “Gumbs”, he changed his name in 1968 by deed poll, taking his mother’s maiden name of Roberts.

He has lived in Harrow with his wife Wendy since 1976. He is an active Freemason under the United Grand Lodge of England, initiated in 1985, and a member of Beauchamp Lodge #1422 and Radlett Lodge #6652, he is a member of the Holy Royal Arch and other Masonic orders. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[forensicated]

The Bill - Series 1

This should have been a 12-episode series, however it was cut short to 11 by the industrial dispute between Thames and a technicians' union meaning only 11 were completed by the time it went to air. The final 12th episode was rewritten to become the final episode of series 2 instead (The Chief Supers Party)

The strike led to an alteration in the order of the series airing for everywhere in the UK that wasn't London. In the London 'Thames' offices, members of the management aired episodes 2 and 3 (A Friend In Need and Clutching At Straws) in their usual timeslot themselves after the technicians had walked out. However at the other ITV companies (Tyne Tees/Yorkshire etc), the technicians refused to play any Thames Television programmes so episodes 2 and 3 aired at the end of the series after The Sweet Smell Of Failure.

The 'station' was a former cigarette packing warehouse in Wapping on the corner of Pennington St (the cobbles in the credits) and Artichoke Hill. It was so small that the offices doubled as production offices. Using an actual building to film in; although rare in the 80s; rather than a set allowed a feel of realism because the cameras could follow actors out of the station and onto the street.

Karen England and Paul Page Hansen are the credits 'walking feet'. They appear as extras in the first series.

Jon Iles (Dashwood) and Tony Scannell (Roach) were only supposed to be in 2 episodes. The actors were so well-liked on set that they remained.

Larry Dann was only given the job as Peters the day before filming of series 1 began because the original actor kept forgetting his lines.

Robert Pugh refused to commit to a series so Galloway was recast and John Salthouse joined the cast.

Peter Ellis originally auditioned to be in CID but it was thought that he was too old. However, TPTB wanted to keep him on board so they cast him as Superintendent Brownlow.

Peter Dean's character, Sgt Wilding, was changed to Eric Richard's character, Sgt Cryer. In the time between the pilot and the series, Dean had joined EastEnders and couldn't commit to The Bill.

Taffy undergoes a complete name change from Dai Morgan to Francis Edwards. In Woodentop he gives his first name as 'Dai' which is Dafydd or David.

I know it's the 80's but it's jarring just how many are smoking and the amount of moustaches - and that's just the women!

They're still known as Uniform Oscar as they were in Woodentop.

Chris Ellison appears in 3 episodes (one this series and two the next) as 'Tommy Burnside' rather than his identical twin brother (!!) Frank as he becomes. Tommy is nothing like Frank, he's more a weedy pain in the arse.

Funny Old Business: Cops And Robbers

Sgt Bob Cryer arrives at work at 6.25am to find a prisoner being loaded into an ambulance after an epileptic fit. Right from the off Bob is shown as warm and well respected. He greets everyone the same, be it CID officers or the cleaner or a secretary (both of whom he says hello to by name). Sgt Alec Peters explains that the station doctor passed the man off as drunk only when he was brought in by Reg and 'PC Burton'. The doctor could be in quite some hot water...

Jim is clearly more at ease now, however, it's not stated in canon how long has passed since Woodentop. Best guesstimates are approximately 1 to 2 months given Woodentop mentioned school holidays would start soon in the briefing and Bob says that the kids are about to return to school. Both Dave and June bring up the youth that Jim clipped round the ear, Viv calls him 'The New Boy', Jim still refers to Hendon exercises as his experience of riots and rough arrests and he is classed as a new face at a cafe uniform frequent when on the beat. Having said all this, Jim makes his first arrest in this episode so it may be even less time!

Jim and June sort of flirt over how much sugar Jim has in his tea. He's a thoroughbred don't you know 😉. Taffy tells JimJim that he reckons June rather fancies him. Jim is not impressed and tells Taffy off for being crude. He insists he doesn't fancy June, that she's still getting over being messed around by Dave and he'd never get involved with anyone from the job. (*cough*)

The series starts to set Taffy up as a bit of a grump from episode 1, a far cry from the "Cheeky Leeky" he was in Woodentop. He has good reason here though as the National Front has been given the go-ahead to march through Sun Hill which means all leave has now been cancelled until further notice. It was due to be June's first weekend off in months so she's doubly unimpressed at JimJim's reasoning that it's the price of democracy. Things have not improved at all between Dave and June. There is however another female PC (not just the unnamed extra Alec 'coorrrrr'ed' at) as Viv has arrived!

Roy has learned from his mistakes from Woodentop and is attending a uniform briefing. He finds it absolutely riveting.

Roy tells uniform to keep an eye out for properties with new double glazing as CID believes they're being targeted in burglaries. He warns them not to touch anything but to remain on scene until CID arrives if they come across one. Bob and Roy have more of a jovial frenemy relationship than Jack and the old Roy did.

"Sometimes Roy, only sometimes, you can be almost human!" Bob is amused when he takes a burglary to Roy that matches the MO that he'd asked uniform to look out for. Roy actually thanks him - now there's a first! Reg takes a man through to see Roy. Later Reg complains to June that Bob is a nosy old git - oh the irony! 😂 "A good Sgt knows everything that goes on in his nick."

Three months of work are paying off for Roy - a team of the same lads from the same company carried out work replacing the windows and doors of a large number of recently burgled properties. The firms managing director tells Roy that the keys are taped to the new doors to avoid getting mixed up - they could easily be taken and made copies of and it would explain why there are no other signs of entry. They wait 4-6 months and then return to the property, letting themselves in by the front door.

Uncle Bob is not too happy to find Jim Jim and Taffy having a water fight in the men's loos after a messy arrest. "Bleedin' Woodentops." he sighs as he watches them go.

June claims Bob won't let her and Viv patrol when the National Front are marching through Sun Hill, claiming that he's such an old mother hen sometimes (again - the irony!). Viv asks her what she thinks of Jim. She reckons he's a bit tasty but they're interrupted by a man reporting that he'd had his pockets picked before June can reply.

Dave is guarding the door of the burgled house, waiting for Roy to arrive. There's a kid who keeps asking them what they're doing. At first they ignore him but Dave tells him in such a quiet and indirect way that he's 'looking for fingerprints' it does make you wonder whether he's just a local kid they allowed to watch 😂 Especially when Roy literally lifts the kid up and moves him aside and they all ignore him for the rest of the scene.

DS Tommy Burnside appears for the first of his three appearances before he becomes DI Frank Burnside in series 4. There's no love lost at all between Tommy and Bob. Tommy insists he'll wait for Roy to return. Unfortunately, Jim's first arrest is a snout of Tommy's and he wants Roy to let him off. Bob tells him it's too late - he's already been nicked and charged. "That's what I like to see, Bob. Co-operation." "Bloody Superstars!"

Roy tells Tommy it's too late as his snout is already in the system. Tommy bluffs that his governor - an old acquaintance of Roy's - won't be happy. Roy pulls him up on it immediately and throws him out of the office. Tommy begs him for a favour and even says please. He explains he's due a result from the snout and the arrest compromises it. He promises they can have him back within a few days. Roy allows him to be released as long as he remains Sun Hill's body. He talks Bob into bailing him for a couple of days because 'he owes him one as does Jim. (In Woodentop this was Jack Wilding rather than Bob who wasn't in the episode). He tells him to bail him whilst 'inquiries are made about the property found in his possession'. "You've got all the answers."

Uniform have been trying to catch a group of pickpocketers for quite some time and so far remain unlucky. Bob and Tom are shocked when a well-to-do man arrives having made a citizens arrest of another man who has badly bleeding fingers. The doctor is called for and it transpires that the prisoner from that morning has passed. The well-to-do man accuses the other of picking his pocket and shows the officers some fish hooks sewn into the lining of his jacket that the man had snagged his fingers on, making them bleed profusely.

Charles and the doctor are old friends and he tries to reassure him that it wasn't his fault. He tells the doctor that a few years ago a woman died because of his actions - or rather his inaction. He reminds him that they are human and that everyone makes mistakes and they just have to find a way to live with it. From what he understands 99% of doctors would have made the same diagnosis with the evidence at hand. The doctor blames himself, claiming it's unforgivable as he classifies it as outright neglect.

Outside in the car, Tommy shows more of a Frank reaction to his snout after he'd had to grovel and eat humble pie to get him bailed. The snout snivels that it won't happen again and is scared of him. What makes it worse for Tommy is that his snout was caught by "A bleedin' Woodentop who's still on probation!", telling him that it'd make him about as useful to him as a one-legged man in an arse-kicking contest." As they drive by Jim and Taffy, the snout sticks his fingers up at Jim, little knowing he'll be returned to Sun Hill by Tommy to be charged in a couple of days.

[dubmill]

Moat Mount Open Space, Barnet, London; 28.10.2023

[sjvllsblog]

Warrant Officer D. Gosling (left) and Squadron Leader G.H. Hayhurst of No. 604 Squadron RAF, stand in front of their De Havilland Mosquito NF Mark XII in the snow at B51/Lille-Vendeville, France, before taking off on a night-fighter sortie.

No. 604 Squadron RAF was a squadron of the Royal Air Force noted for its pioneering role the development of radar-controlled night-fighter operations. The squadron was established in March 1930 at RAF Hendon as a day-bomber squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force. In July 1934, the squadron transitioned to two-seat fighters. Shortly after the commencement of World War II in 1939, the squadron was reassigned to a night-fighter role.

Late in September 1940 the squadron received its first Bristol Beaufighter, equipped with four 20-mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon under the nose and improved Mark IV AI radio-location equipment. As one of the few squadrons thus equipped, 604 Squadron provided night defence over the UK during the Blitz from late 1940 until mid May 1941, when most Luftwaffe bomber units departed for involvement in the invasion of Russia. By this time 50 air victories had been claimed by the squadron—fourteen by F/L John Cunningham.[9]

In early 1943 the squadron began to switch over to night intruder operations. In February 1944, the squadron was allocated to the 2nd Tactical Air Force and began conversion to the de Havilland Mosquito. Operations from Normandy began in August but the following month the unit returned to the UK, returning to the continent once again in January 1945. They remained there until disbanding at B.51 at Vendeville, near Lille, France on 18 April 1945. Some 127 air victories had been claimed by the Squadron during the war, 41 since May 1944. A notable member of the squadron, later awarded a posthumous George Cross, was John Quinton DFC.

Photographer: Plt. Off. R.R. Broom.

Photo: WikiCommons Ref: CL1827.

(Image Repair & Colourisation - Nathan Howland HowdiColour Image Recovery & Colour)

[lenakelleyshandbag]

Usually when people in the UK talk about how much more decent people used to be and how much better it was then, this is a thinly veiled xenophobic complaint about immigration. Needles is probably in London, since they think the contact centre could be Hendon or Lambeth. Like most of the UK, London has got much more culturally and ethnically diverse over the last hundred years and there are some people who don't like that. As a Brit I get those vibes from this line, though it's not clear. (Guys I think Needles might be not a very nice person). There's also "the land is definitely marked now, same as me. And it feels good". What are they on about? My first thought was that they're still complaining about how London has changed over the millennia, "marked" by buildings (how old is Needles anyway? What marked them? Did they get a tattoo and somehow end up internalising the needles?). But given "and it feels good", maybe they're just talking about having got blood everywhere in their journey of self-discovery with their new cuddle-buddy. Needles has... a lot going on.

i hope they explain what the fuck needles is on about and dont just graham folger this entire paragraph

like i know we'll get the lore, but also i need to know why on earth was the guy ranting about the residents of that area

cannot stand another 'ate a whole book without any apparent reason'

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