Originally Posted by
Leovinus
The only "developed" aerodrome in London, so far as I know, would have been Croydon. Which had actual arrivals and departure halls etc. So Heathrow, especially after being designated London Airport, should have seen rapid development. Though I'm sure the post-war era economy and several other more pressing concerns put it on the back burner for natural reasons.
I live just a few hundred yards south of the extended centreline and half a mile from the threshold of what would have been runway 30 at Croydon. Sadly it had already been closed for 11 years when I moved to Purley and 31 years when I bought the house I'm in now. Not that flying has been totally absent from the site in the time I've been here!