Acton

19 Nov 2015

Quiz: How is your local knowledge?

Have a go at our quiz and see how much you know on local history. Dr Jonathan Oates, the borough archivist and Around Ealing …

18 Nov 2015

Acton’s impetuous Edwardian stuntman

George Lee Temple was the first person in Britain to fly upside down. He was a daredevil in the early days of aviation and …

17 Nov 2015

First World War: The local war years, 1914-18

Originally serialised by us between August 2014 and March 2015, in five instalments, to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War, we …

16 Nov 2015

Who was Susan Smee?

Well, she was a rather unusual and special woman for her time: Acton’s first female councillor – and first woman mayor. Yet, there is …

14 Nov 2015

First World War: Rioting in Acton

A hundred years ago a riot took place in Acton, during the First World War. During the First World War, there was, in Britain, …

10 Nov 2015

First World War: Who was Miss Harman?

If you look on the Ealing War Memorial outside Pitzhanger Manor you will see, among the list of names of those men killed in …

9 Nov 2015

Waitrose’s Acton origins

A new branch of Waitrose has arrived in Acton 110 years after the business itself was born in the very same town. In June …

5 Nov 2015

The name is Bond…

Just overlooking Acton Park are several large houses in Centre Avenue. In October 1962, one of these, named Accacia, was bought for £9,000 by Sean …

2 Nov 2015

Singer honoured in Acton

A plaque has been unveiled in Acton on the site of the former house of the late singer and actor Adam Faith. Deputy mayor …

2 Nov 2015

First World War: Indian soldiers

An exhibition at Gunnersbury Park tells the stories of the importance of soldiers from India to the eventual Allied victory in the First World …

1 Nov 2015

Gunnersbury’s past glories

We have reported in Around Ealing about the restoration project for Gunnersbury Park and its listed buildings. They have had an illustrious past. In …

1 Nov 2015

Ealing and the Blitz

September 2010 marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the aerial attacks on Britain by the German air force – which were known collectively …

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Acton

Quiz: How is your local knowledge?

Acton’s impetuous Edwardian stuntman

First World War: The local war years, 1914-18

Who was Susan Smee?

First World War: Rioting in Acton

First World War: Who was Miss Harman?

Waitrose’s Acton origins

The name is Bond…

Singer honoured in Acton

First World War: Indian soldiers

Gunnersbury’s past glories

Ealing and the Blitz

Locations

Advertising

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New mayor: ‘bringing communities together’

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