The Goodlet diaries: Week 19
Lyon’s for tea and coffee (see picture above); it is a bit of a theme in week 19 of the serialisation of Alexander Goodlet’s diary from 80 years ago in 1936. As well as worrying about domestic affairs in the Goodlet household, the Ealing resident also turns his attentions to the alarming goings on at […]
Interview: Greg Davies
It is raining. A lot. And a normal Greenford street is not so normal today. A film crew is camped in a marquee on the pavement with van-loads of equipment, in front of a home that it has taken over. Meanwhile, comedian Greg Davies watches a screen intently as a scene is being shot. As […]
‘Happy monster’ truck art
One of the borough’s recycling trucks has had an artistic makeover using eye-catching designs by local schoolchildren – including this one by 10-year-old Bonita Arzoz. At the start of the year, Ealing Council ran a competition for primary and high school students asking them to design a picture for the two sides of a recycling […]
The Goodlet diaries: Week 18
Week 18 of our serialisation touches on north American political deals, Goodlet’s distaste of potential conscription in Britain, and a piece of good news on the domestic front as the boys get into school despite the family’s money troubles. Want to start from the beginning? Read the introduction. Monday 27.4.36 This, in its mild way, has been […]
A garden for everyone
“I think the whole community will come together. We’re very excited,” said Kim Rugg, part of the team behind a community garden project in Acton that has been awarded money by the council. The scheme, called Garden 4 Everyone, will help transform an open space between Friars Gardens and St Dunstan’s Avenue. It has been […]
The Goodlet diaries: Week 17
Week 17 of our serialisation of this 80-year-old diary of local man Alexander Goodlet deals with a Canadian goldmine disaster, disturbing news from Austria…and the continuing financial worries at home. You find out more about Goodlet and the cast of characters in his diary in the introduction. Monday 20.4.36 Actually to bed at 3 am, […]
It truly is art…
What is truth? This year’s Ealing Autumn Festival is asking you to ponder that question and others at a travelling art exhibition that is about to start touring libraries across the borough. The 2016 festival’s theme is Truth and Reconciliation and the exhibition has been created by a group of Hanwell-based artists, in conjunction with […]
‘Who hasn’t filmed in Ealing?’
London has been named one of the most filmed locations in the world, and may have overtaken Los Angeles and New York to become number one. “And Ealing is part of it…and not just a bit part,” said Mike Liddall, who is head of the West London Film Office. The film office is based at Ealing Council and, […]
The Goodlet diaries: Week 16
Week 16 of our serialisation of these diaries from 80 years ago encompasses: A shopping trip in Ealing, news of a public hanging and the ongoing rumblings of warmongering in the outside world, and of financial trouble in Goodlet’s own family. Need to check who the cast of characters are? Read the introduction. Monday 13.4.36 […]
Win a race place
The Ealing Half Marathon is in the running to be voted the best of its kind in the UK for the third year in a row. Take part in our competition and you could win one of its coveted race places. People are flocking to sign-up to take part in the fifth annual event, which […]
The Goodlet diaries: Week 15
Political machinations in the British Parliament, ‘vulgar and bellicose blustering’ by Mussolini…and a new trolleybus service in Acton. Week 15 of our serialisation of the 1936 diary of Alexander Goodlet touches on all kinds of subjects. If you missed it, read the introduction to the series here. Monday 6.4.36 Again 5.30 pm when I got […]
The Goodlet diaries: Week 14
“I think Germany is in the grip of a madman, and sooner or later we will all be involved in the bloody and futile mess,” writes Goodlet as events in Europe take on an ever more sinister aspect. Meanwhile, he witnesses a crash next to Ealing Common station (pictured) and marks his birthday with a somewhat […]