4 Nov 2015 Local history The human face of war A two-minute silence will be held on the steps of Ealing Town Hall to mark Armistice Day on Wednesday, 11 November at 11am. The …
3 Nov 2015 Local history Second World War: Northolt’s Polish heroes Between August-November 1940, the Battle of Britain raged over our skies, during a critical early phase of the Second World War. RAF Northolt became …
3 Nov 2015 Local history Gates to the past: Southall 1698 Southall Market has recently undergone a change, with the town’s new car park altering its lay-out. Gates have gone up to commemorate the original …
2 Nov 2015 Local history Singer honoured in Acton A plaque has been unveiled in Acton on the site of the former house of the late singer and actor Adam Faith. Deputy mayor …
2 Nov 2015 Local history Murder or manslaughter? In the morning of 5 August 1936 Linford Derrick, a tennis coach, entered Ealing Police Station and declared that he had just murdered his …
2 Nov 2015 Local history First World War: Indian soldiers An exhibition at Gunnersbury Park tells the stories of the importance of soldiers from India to the eventual Allied victory in the First World …
1 Nov 2015 Local history The Martin brothers Southall’s most celebrated craftsmen were the four Martin Brothers and their work is still collected almost a century after their deaths. Some of their …
1 Nov 2015 Local history Gunnersbury’s past glories We have reported in Around Ealing about the restoration project for Gunnersbury Park and its listed buildings. They have had an illustrious past. In …
1 Nov 2015 Local history Ealing and the Blitz September 2010 marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the aerial attacks on Britain by the German air force – which were known collectively …
1 Nov 2015 Local history An obscure little river? Is that what you think of Ealing’s river, the River Brent, asks borough archivist Dr Jonathan Oates? It flows through Greenford and Hanwell before …
30 Oct 2015 Local history Was Ealing the ‘Queen of the Suburbs’? Some residents think of Ealing by this soubriquet; but what exactly does it mean, and why was it used? Clearly the term is meant …
30 Oct 2015 Local history How the council spent your money 100 years ago From horses to hot baths, council budgets were a bit different a century ago, as Richard Nadal discovered in a 1902 account book from …
1 Sep 2025 Local history Caught Between Two Wars: win copy of new book A new book recounts the story of the Second World War viewed through the eyes of a child and her struggles with family trauma …
7 Aug 2025 Good jobs | News Court action: dead mice and counterfeit cigarettes A Hanwell supermarket and its director and manager have been handed fines totalling more than a quarter of a million pounds for serious food …