Fostering: Open mind, open heart
Whether they admit it or not, all teenagers need love and guidance as they start out in life. Foster carers have the opportunity to provide this support and no one knows this better than Nina Samuel. We are half-way through national foster care fortnight – which ends on Sunday (29 May). Local people who have become foster […]
Bob’s painted Ealing blue since 1987
This year, the Ealing Blues Festival will take place on the weekend of 16-17 July. It will be the 30th time the festival has been held. Kathleen Butler profiles its founder and erstwhile programmer, Bob Salmons…AKA Robert Hokum the blues axeman who performs each year (pictured). To say the Ealing Blues Festival is an established […]
The Goodlet diaries: Week 21
Week 21 of our serialisation find Goodlet’s parents ‘very washed out and nerve wrought’, while trains provide a welcome distraction. If it helps, you can still read the introduction to the whole series. Monday 18.5.36 Up for lunch and spent the afternoon on routine work. Wrote Daniel and went to the Aunts’ for a cup […]
Fostering: ‘You can make an amazing difference’
Children come in to care for a range of reasons. They come from diverse backgrounds – some with more complex needs than others. Foster carers can make a genuine difference to their lives. Foster care fortnight starts today (16 May). There is a national shortage of foster carers, and those people who are doing it […]
Fostering: ‘We are a family now’
With foster care fortnight coming up (16-29 May), and a national shortage of foster carers, those people who are doing it locally have been explaining why it could be the right thing for you – and your family – to do, too. Mehrat Wosseneleh lives in Greenford with her 11-year-old daughter and the two young girls […]
The Goodlet diaries: Week 20
In week 20 of our serialisation, several walks to Hanger Hill help our hero shake off the lethargy of late rising or the worry of his father’s financial concerns. Meanwhile, international relations continue to have an aggressive tinge. To catch up or remind yourself of who is who, read the introduction. Monday 11.5.36 Rather a tragedy […]
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, […]