Electric cars leading the charge for cleaner air
With new charge points for electric cars, and cheaper parking for the environmentally-friendliest cars, there has never been a better time to ‘think green’ when it comes to getting around the borough. Ealing Council announced its new transport strategy over the summer, which will see the cleanest and greenest drivers in the borough benefiting from […]
Offers at your leisure this autumn
There are plenty of reasons to get down to your local leisure centres this autumn but we have two more for you: Swimming and tennis discounts. LEARN TO SWIM OFFER EalingNewsExtra.co.uk and Around Ealing readers can get £15 off swimming lessons at Gurnell Leisure Centre, thanks to Better. All you have to do is book […]
First World War: Tanks and Ealing
One major invention that came out of the First World War was the armoured vehicles armed with powerful guns, known as tanks. One prototype for such was designed in Ealing, writes Dr Jonathan Oates. The inventor was Alfred Nesfield, who had a small factory in Talbot Road, West Ealing. In 1915 he began making sketches and […]
Time has arrived to apply for primary school
If your child was born between 1 September 2014 and 31 August 2015 he or she will be due to start primary school in September 2019 – and applications for pupil places are being received. Under the London-wide primary school admissions scheme, parents living in the borough will submit a single application to Ealing Council, […]
Black History Month: Early records
October is national Black History Month and a talk being given at a local library will look at the earliest records of black and Asian people living in the borough, from 1739. The talk being given by borough archivist Dr Jonathan Oates will be held at West Ealing Library at 6pm on Thursday, 11 October. […]
Keep talking to shape Future Ealing
Many of you have been taking part in a conversation with the council about how to make the borough better, during its Talk Future Ealing roadshow – and there will be plenty more opportunities in October. The roadshow was taken across the borough to a variety of events over the summer, and also to local […]
Around Ealing magazine – October 2018
Welcome to the October 2018 edition of Around Ealing magazine. It seems hard to believe it was a year ago that we started our photographic competition called Seasons of Ealing. Since then, we have run four iterations of it, covering each season; and there were no plans to do more than that. But the standard […]
Time for the autumn 2018 Seasons of Ealing
We are opening our fifth seasonal photo competition on 1 October – with the winner again being selected by the public and published in Around Ealing magazine and on this website. Autumn 2018 Seasons of Ealing is here. Entries to the latest Seasons of Ealing can be sent in from next Monday (1 October 2018). You […]
Friars Gardens now a garden for everyone
An ‘unwelcoming’ patch of land with an ‘unwieldy’ gate as its entrance has been transformed into an impressive community garden. Friars Gardens, a small, triangular green near central Acton, won £45,000 in Ealing Council’s Transform Your Space scheme in 2016 and we visited it at the time. It has since undergone a complete makeover thanks […]
A motorsport lifeline on the road to recovery
An Ealing-based organisation that supports permanently injured and psychologically scarred former military personnel by organising motorsport-based trips and activities for them has been backed by Ealing Council. Motorsport Endeavour was set up 10 years ago, in 2008, by Ealing resident Graham Raphael. It is entirely self-funding, relying on contributions from the public and donations from organisations […]
First World War: Women and the war
Women were debarred from serving in the armed forces in any capacity in the First World War, writes Dr Jonathan Oates. However, there was much additional work to be done in wartime and with far less men to do it, some women began to take on these tasks, some which had been traditionally male preserves. […]
Pick some outdoor fun at Apple Day 2018
Enjoy apple games, storytelling and a forest school with apple-themed making at Apple Day 2018. It promises to be a fun day for all the family and even gives you the chance to get involved in squishing and sampling apples and even tasting local cider. As well as all the activities, visitors can enjoy delicious hot vegan food and […]