Have your say on local transport issues
How do you travel around the borough? Whether it is by Tube, car, bike or on foot, or a combination of all of these, your chance to have a say on local transport issues has arrived. If you live in the borough, you can help shape the future of its transport network by taking part […]
Vote now for your favourite autumn photo
You can pick your favourite autumn photo and, by voting, help decide the winner of our fifth Seasons of Ealing photography competition. Entries closed Wednesday night (31 October). We have picked an impressive shortlist of nine pictures you sent us – and we are running a public poll for residents to select a deserving winner. The idea was for people to enter their own snaps […]
First World War: The Armistice in Ealing 1918
Dr Jonathan Oates concludes our series on the First World War by reflecting on what happened locally when reports of a peace treaty being signed began to filter through. “Can I ever forget the scenes that followed when at 11 o’clock on 11th November 1918 news came through that an armistice had been signed? All […]
Remembrance 2018 services and events
Remembrance services will be taking place across the borough during the next week, leading up to Remembrance Sunday on 11 November. Ealing will join other places across the country in lighting a memorial flame that evening, while you may notice three evocative, wire-framed statues denoting First World War soldiers. Other events are also planned. While Remembrance is […]
Ace showing by Team Ealing at London games
A pair of Perivale short tennis players led the way as a team of over 55-year-olds from the borough competed against others from across the capital recently in the 2018 Better Club Games. Pamela Comley and Eddie Gharakanian won every game they played as they retained the short tennis doubles crown at the event, held at the […]
Last call for photo competition entries
The deadline for entries to our autumn 2018 Seasons of Ealing competition is a spooky coincidence because it falls in witching hour: Midnight as Hallowe’en comes to a close. Photos have been piling in to our cauldron of images and you need to act fast if you have not thrown your entry into the mix yet. […]
Quick, jump up…and send us your autumn photos
Entries to the latest Seasons of Ealing photography competition have been falling into our inbox like leaves from the trees but there is still time for you to get involved and send in your autumn photos. The fifth iteration of our seasonal photo competition opened on 1 October – and the closing deadline for entries is 11.59pm […]
Join the Gunnersbury team as a volunteer
If you enjoy history, horticulture, education or events, there are many volunteering opportunities at Gunnersbury Park and Museum. The spectacular location is jointly owned by Ealing and Hounslow councils; and managed by Gunnersbury Estate (2026) Community Interest Company, which runs the park and museum on a day-to-day basis for the benefit of the community. The park and […]
First World War: Local heroes
Tens of thousands of local men served in the armed forces in the First World War. At least three of them were decorated for extreme valour in face of the enemy and were awarded the Victoria Cross, writes Dr Jonathan Oates. The first two were Lieutenant Allastair McReady-Diarmid and Captain Frank Roberts. McReady-Diarmid (born in London in […]
Expo is back to give local business a boost
Ealing’s very own business expo is back to give you the chance to find out what is happening in the local business scene, network, promote your own business or get some entrepreneurial inspiration. The 2019 Ealing Business Expo on Monday, 18 March is a chance to have an exhibition stand, or go along as a visitor […]
An abandoned car on the street…or is it?
Cars dumped on the borough’s streets are unsightly and inconvenient for residents – but, surprisingly, only a small percentage of the vehicles reported to the council are found to be genuinely abandoned. In fact, last year, very few of the cars reported to the council’s specialist service were actually found to be abandoned and were […]
Remembering the fallen of the First World War
Three of my relatives fought and died on the western front in the First World War. It is commonly used as a touchstone for all that is worst in war. This may be partly because this terrible, attritional conflict was one of the first to be recorded on film (both moving pictures and photography) in […]