The Goodlet diaries: Week 41
Visits to the library (pictured) provide some respite in week 41 from the misery of a bad cold and constant stream of bad news from home and abroad as the sense of impending conflict becomes thick in the air. Talk of conscription does not lift Goodlet’s mood. See past weeks, and an introduction, in the history section. […]
The Goodlet diaries: Week 40
Week 40 begins with a welcome reprieve, with nobody from the Electricity Board coming around to cut off the supply. Summer was well and truly over as heavy rain required a clearing of the drain outside the house. He ends up in Woolworths (pictured in Ealing Broadway). September-October 1936 Saturday, 26.9.36 The Mater wakened me […]
Time to apply for high school
Applications for children to start high school in our borough are now being accepted. And help is available at a number of information sessions. If your child was born between 1 September 2005 and 31 August 2006, he or she will be due to leave their primary school next summer and start year seven at […]
A lot of royal Hurley burly and some robotic humans
Anyone working or walking near Ealing Town Hall in mid-September might have noticed The Royals filming for a third series. With the characters in this brash take on royal life having a mix of names from Greek mythology and names you’d be likely to find in Eastenders, you’d imagine the programme wants you to know […]
Mind the (benefits) cap
If you receive benefits, you may be affected by changes that come into force in November, which limit the amount you can receive. A cap was introduced nationally by the government in July 2013 to limit the maximum amount that working age households can receive in benefits. This is called the benefit cap. The amounts […]
The Goodlet diaries: Week 39
Goodlet ends week 39 by taking in some ‘infernal tosh’ at the Richmond Theatre (pictured) and facing up to the prospect of the family’s electricity being cut off, as they struggle to pay the bills. Shopping in Ealing is a distraction from a torturous decision whether or not to join the Admiralty to serve (although […]
Conservation club
Ealing has long been called ‘queen of the suburbs’ – not least because of its tree-lined streets and many parks. It is also, however, home to four significant nature conservation sites and some of London’s finest old meadows. These precious parts of our borough are all cared for by Ealing Council’s team park rangers and […]
Our mayor: Proud to serve
As a toddler, the borough’s new mayor went out campaigning in a car with a megaphone in the north east of England. How has she ended up as the first citizen of Ealing? We found out. Councillor Dr Patricia Walker took the ceremonial chains in May and is fully immersed in the civic duties that […]
Cycling with the WOW factor
A new initiative has been started by Ealing Council to encourage more women to cycle and overcome perceived barriers to taking to two wheels – whether it is having children, or just a lack of know-how or confidence. The project is called Ealing Women on Wheels, or Ealing WOW for short. You may have watched […]
The Goodlet diaries: Week 38
Week 38 is punctuated by several trips to Horn Lane in Acton (pictured) and news of the trial of a man who tried to shoot the king. Our serialisation of Alexander Goodlet’s Ealing diaries from 80 years ago is running in parallel time with the present day – you can read previous weeks in the […]
Central Ealing on the move
Ealing’s town centre is to get a three-year makeover to help it get on the move. It could be worth up to £10million, which would make it one of the biggest transport and regeneration schemes the borough The first of several phases of work began at the end of August; with the final phase proposed […]
Get in the race without even running
The fifth Ealing Half Marathon takes place in just over two weeks – on Sunday 25 September – but you do not have to be running in it to enjoy the day or take part. Ealing Half is well known for its huge community support and atmosphere, with runners travelling from all over the UK and abroad […]