I grew up in Eastcote, under the Northolt circuit. One Sunday School outing was to Northolt - I recall the play park had a stripped out and uncovered Rapide fuselage as a climbing frame. Mu st have been early 50s. Only 10 years previously my Dad had been a fireman at Pinner Road Fire Station, where they put the appliances on the forecourt all ready to be "scrambled" as soon as the Hurricanes took off overhead. had a reminder of those days today as a Dassault Flammant flew over, probably on its way back to its home at Pons-Avy