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 …
12 Sep 2016 Local history The Goodlet diaries: Week 38 Week 38 is punctuated by several trips to Horn Lane in Acton (pictured) and news of the trial of a man who tried to …
5 Sep 2016 Local history The Goodlet diaries: Week 37 Week 37 of Goodlet’s diaries from 80 years ago include a visit to the Tower of London, news of a cross-Atlantic flight, and some pondering …
9 Apr 2024 Climate action | News £28million proposed for borough’s streets Plans to invest more than £28million in streets across the borough are due to be considered by Ealing Council’s cabinet next week (17 April), …