5 Dec 2016 Local history The Goodlet diaries: Week 50 Week 50 of Goodlet’s diaries is swept along by the sensational news of the king’s abdication and that his brother George (pictured above during a …
28 Nov 2016 Local history The Goodlet diaries: Week 49 Week 49 is dominated by what Goodlet calls ‘the Royal crisis’ as it becomes clear that King Edward (pictured above during a visit to …
21 Nov 2016 Local history The Goodlet diaries: Week 48 Goodlet takes a stroll to Kew Bridge (pictured) in week 48 while the march to war speeds up a notch with developments like the …
14 Nov 2016 Local history The Goodlet diaries: Week 47 Week 47 of Goodlet’s diary is one of contrasts: Admiring the new trolley buses along the Uxbridge Road (pictured) while lamenting the fact that …
7 Nov 2016 Local history The Goodlet diaries: Week 46 Week 46 sees Armistice Day being commemorated and Goodlet remembers the day itself when the First World War ended and he, as a teenager, …
31 Oct 2016 Local history The Goodlet diaries: Week 45 ‘Things are very difficult at home these days’, writes Goodlet in week 45 of the serialisation of his diaries from 1936. Meanwhile, Mussolini is …
24 Oct 2016 Local history The Goodlet diaries: Week 44 Week 44 rather bizarrely sees Goodlet registering his regret over the abolishing of the cutlass. A haircut, not with a cutlass one would assume, …
17 Oct 2016 Local history The Goodlet diaries: Week 43 Week 43. Cashing a cheque at a bank in Acton (pictured) brought a bit of relief to a week tarnished by financial worries and a flood …
10 Oct 2016 Local history The Goodlet diaries: Week 42 Week 42 sees Goodlet lament the state of world affairs as war creeps ever closer: ‘What a world. Really, it is just bedlam compared …
3 Oct 2016 Local history 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 …
26 Sep 2016 Local history 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 …
19 Sep 2016 Local history 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 …
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