George Cowling stationed as a meteorological assistant with No. 4 Bomber Group RAF in Yorkshire, and worked as a forecaster for the RAF, working in Britain, Normandy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany until 1953. In 1954 he was transferred to the London Weather Centre. On 11 January 1954, at the age of 33, George Cowling gave the first televised weather forecast, from the BBC's Lime Grove Studios, at 7.55pm. The forecast was live and 'in vision', with Cowling standing in front of the weather map, using a pencil and rubber to show the weather for the next day. He informed the viewing
Burrill with Cowling many changes since opening – mainly housing the 'Cowling Women's' Liberal Association'. In 1939 membership of the club was declining therefore to keep the Hall open it was offered to the Cowling Parish Council as a free gift and was opened as the Cowling Village Institute, but since 1971 it has been renamed as Cowling Village Hall. From 2011 there has been a total of 50 unshared households in Burrill with Cowling (the highest since records began in 1901), with 64% of these being a detached house or bungalow and a further 30% being semi-detached. The average number of people