Hendon Collection (#7)

The new Sopwith Tabloid biplane. Flying at Hendon Series

Mrs Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks on her Grahame-White Biplane at the London Aerodrome, Hendon, with Mrs Gates as a passenger (the first lady to fly with a lady pilot)

Mrs Cheridah de Beauvoir Stocks, the second woman to obtain a Royal Aero Club Pilots Certificate, Number 153 (awarded on 7 November 1911), at Hendon. Date: 1911

Sopwith Triplane N5912
Sopwith Triplane, N5912. This aircraft is currently on display at the RAF Museum, Hendon

Sopwith Triplane N5912 at the 50 years of flying display
Sopwith Triplane, N5912, at the 50 years of flying display at Hendon, 1951. This aircraft is currently on display at the RAF Museum, Hendon. Date: 1951

The Sopwith Gordon Bennett 1215 of 1914
The Sopwith Gordon Bennett, 1215, of 1914. Lt Spenser Grey (left) and a Petty Officer Artificer (right) at Hendon. Date: 1914

Sopwith 806 Gun Bus No 2 805 at Hendon c 1914
Sopwith 806 Gun Bus No 2, 805, at Hendon. circa 1914. Date: 1914

The first production de Havilland DH9 C6051 at Hendon
The first production de Havilland DH9, C6051, at Hendon

A Bristol Fighter F2B at Hendon in 1919. Date: 1919

Still in its original form but serialled K5200 the SS37 bea
Still in its original form but serialled K5200, the SS37 bears the Hendon Experimental Aircraft Park numeral 1 on the fuselage behind the engine cowling

Fairey Firefly 1 PP549
Fairey Firefly 1, PP549, at the Daily Express 50 years of flying display at Hendon, July 1951. Date: 1951

Vickers Wellington TX MF628
Vickers Wellington TX, MF628. This aircraft is currently on display as part of the Bomber Command Aircraft Collection at the RAF Museum, Hendon

Cover design, Aerial Derby at Hendon
Cover design, Souvenir Programme for the Aerial Derby at Hendon, 6 June 1914. Showing aircraft flying over the heads of spectators on an airfield. June 1914

Official programme cover, The London Aerodrome
Official programme cover for the London Aerodrome, Hendon, 7th London Aviation Meeting, 9-13 April 1914 (weather permitting)

Wartime bomb damage, paintshop in Hendon, north London
Wartime damage to a paintshop in Hendon, north London, hit by an incendiary bomb, with damaged vehicles in the foreground. Date: September 1940

Central London Sick Asylum, Hendon
Interior of the Central London Sick Asylum opened in 1898 at Hendon, Middlesex. Later known as Hendon Infirmary and Colindale Hospital, it was a treatment centre for tuberculosis (TB) patients

Woman and patients at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a woman in overalls discussing a game of chess with three patients in a hospital ward

Nurse and patient at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, with a nurse taking a patients temperature with a thermometer

Patients in cafeteria, Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing five patients in the cafeteria enjoying a hot meal served by a catering lady

Nurse at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, with a nurse selecting medicines from a cupboard, while referring to a checklist on a clipboard

Nurse and matron at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a matron sitting at her desk while a nurse stands respectfully behind her

Patients relaxing at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing patients relaxing with visitors in a rest room. One patient has his leg in plaster, and is watching television

Nurse, doctor and patient at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, with a nurse (probably matron) and a doctor attending to a patient

Patient playing darts, Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a patient in dressing gown and pyjamas playing darts in a rest room

Nurses and patient at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, with two nurses attending to a patient

Nurse with equipment at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, with a nurse wheeling an oxygen cylinder

Nurse and patients at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a nurse with two patients in a rest room

Gustav Hamel leaving Hendon for Windsor
The aviator Gustav Hamel leaving Hendon Aerodrome for Windsor on the very first airmail flight. The first aerial mail service took place on 9 September 1911 from Hendon to Windsor and back again

Central London Sick Asylum, Colindale, Hendon, London
Distant view of the Central London District Sick Asylum at Colindale, Hendon, North London, opened in 1900 for infectious cases from poor law authorities in central London

Grahame-White and Lady Northcliffe at Hendon
The aviator Claude Grahame-White (1879-1959) with Lady Northcliffe at Hendon before the Great Air Race (probably the air race sponsored by the Daily Mail in 1910)

King Amanullah at Hendon
KING AMANULLAH OF AFGHANISTAN with his wife Queen Souriya attending an air display at Hendon while on a visit to England in March 1928

HENDON, London
The main street of Hendon, London

Ross / Boothian Cottages
John Rosss arctic expedition: Snow cottages of the Boothians, North Hendon

Barbara Ayrton Gould
BARBARA AYRTON GOULD Suffragette. WSPU organiser & founder of the United Suffragists. MP for North Hendon 1945 - 50. Shown here dressed as a mill girl

Grahame White Charabanc
Claude Grahame-Whites Char- a-banc, seen here on a foggy day at his Hendon airport, can carry four passengers besides the pilot

Hendon in 1807
Open fields near Hendon church

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