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 …
29 Aug 2016 Local history The Goodlet diaries: Week 36 Week 36 sees our diarist Alexander meet some other Goodlets in Hampstead, who had previously lived in Russia for three generations before having to …
23 Aug 2016 Local history A gentleman archaeologist and our prehistoric past John Allen Brown is not the most famous name in Ealing’s history but lived in Ealing for most of his adult life until his …
22 Aug 2016 Local history The Goodlet diaries: Week 35 “The world is just insane and devil ridden.” As the war drums beat ever louder, Goodlet fears what is to come. Week 35 also …
15 Aug 2016 Local history The Goodlet diaries: Week 34 “After dinner took an hour’s stroll over Hanger Hill and was amazed at the busy, brightly lighted community where I remember a country lane.” …
8 Aug 2016 Local history The Goodlet diaries: Week 33 As week 33 unfolds, Goodlet discovers he has (finally) got a job, while still enjoying himself on the south coast. A host of things …
16 Apr 2025 News Fake designer goods land company in real trouble The director of a Southall company has been handed a suspended prison sentence after being caught with 18 tonnes of fake luxury goods worth …