You really, really wanna watch this
It is 20 years since the Spice Girls released their breakthrough hit Wannabe. And Ealing Town Hall played a key role in a special remaking of the video recently which was released to coincide with the anniversary of the original. You can watch the video here. Ealing Town Hall was one of a handful of […]
Free advice…and a chance to win
The free, monthly jobs, health and housing service Advice Plus is celebrating its first anniversary on Thursday (14 July) – and you could win a £50 shopping voucher just by going along. Advice Plus is free to all residents living in the borough and provides a range of confidential, one-to-one guidance on a variety of […]
The Goodlet diaries: Week 28
This week, week 28, as the summer unfurls, Goodlet’s mother heads to Brighton to visit relatives and our diarist turns his thoughts to the ‘obscene, bullying brutes’ running the aggressive, totalitarian states in mainland Europe. Remember, you can catch up with past weeks, and read an introduction, in the history section of this website. JULY […]
Park rangers: Could you help on James’s patch?
James Morton is one of the six park rangers who look after our borough’s open spaces, and work to preserve the plants and wildlife that call them home. They are looking for volunteers to help with their conservation work. James has been working to improve our parks and green spaces for more than eight years. […]
The Goodlet diaries: Week 27
Our serialisation of Alexander Goodlet’s Ealing diaries from 80 years ago reaches the half-year mark. Week 27 includes his own, melancholic review of the year thus far. You can read previous weeks’ entries in our history section. June 1936 Monday, 29.6.36 Up quite early, for me, and the Mater and I had all the housework […]
Road to renewal
Nearly £4.3million is being spent on renewing the borough’s roads and footpaths in this financial year 2016/17. Every year, Ealing Council uses independent surveyors to carry out an inspection of every road and footpath in the borough. As they go along they are checking for problems such as potholes, cracking, rutting and other signs of […]
Reynolds one of big stars busting blocks…
The latest American blockbuster to bust blocks in the UK is The Hitman’s Bodyguard, starring Ryan Reynolds and Gary Oldman. They and their crew transformed Harrow Civic Centre into an international law court for a few days in May. Reynolds (pictured above, by by Gage Skidmore) recently played the ultra self-aware Deadpool in which his […]
Overhanging? When trees attack…
With the warmer months of the year upon us, you need to keep an eye on the growth of your trees, hedges and shrubs in case they overhang a pavement or road. As the plants sprout forth, the number of complaints shoots up. Ealing Council has the power to demand someone removes or cuts back […]
A new life cycle
“Riding changed my life, my health, and keeps me active and fit,” said Preeti King who took up cycling in her 50s. “It also saves me the cost of car parking and petrol – and the best thing of all is that, if I cycle, I’m helping the environment by reducing pollution.” Preeti, from Southall, […]
The Goodlet diaries: Week 26
“We had a coffee in Lyons for old times’ sake and strolled back,” writes Alexander Goodlet in an unusually jolly mood (Lyon’s cafe is pictured, to the left of Barrett’s in Ealing Broadway). Week 26 is not, however, an uncharacteristically happy one for our hero. He is even ‘swindled at the tobacconists’ – for which he ‘curses’ […]
Working their way back by volunteering
Ealing Council is funding a project helping people with long-term health conditions improve their lives through volunteering. You may be surprised by some of the lesser known benefits it can bring. Volunteers play a crucial and often under-appreciated role in our local communities. All of us have at some point benefited from those who give […]
Help shoppers spend a penny
Several businesses in Greenford and Hanwell are paid to allow shoppers to use their toilets – and now the council wants the idea to spread to every town in the borough. Ealing Council’s community toilet scheme has been operating in Hanwell and Greenford since 2011 and has proved a hit with customers. Those businesses taking […]