local history

8 Mar 2016

Ealing no mystery to Agatha Christie

Did you know the well-known character Miss Marple was based on a lady who lived in Ealing? Or that her creator also featured our …

7 Mar 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 11

This is the 11th week of our serialisation of Ealing resident Alexander Goodlet’s diary from 80 years ago. This week, it dawns on him …

4 Mar 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 10

This is the 10th week of our serialisation of Ealing resident Alexander Goodlet’s diary from 80 years ago. This week starts with toothache and …

29 Feb 2016

St Mary’s changing fortunes

In 1963, church historian Eric Beavis published a book: Perivale – Its Manor, Church and Patronage. More than 50 years later, his daughter Hilary …

26 Feb 2016

The hut made of sticks

A piece of living history has appeared under the trees in the beautiful, secluded Litten Nature Reserve in Greenford. A council park ranger and …

26 Feb 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week nine

This is the ninth week of our serialisation of Ealing resident Alexander Goodlet’s diary from 80 years ago. This week, there is trouble in …

19 Feb 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week eight

This is the eighth week of our serialisation of Ealing resident Alexander Goodlet’s diary from 80 years ago. This week, illness seems to strike …

12 Feb 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week seven

This is the seventh week of our serialisation of Ealing resident Alexander Goodlet’s diary from 80 years ago. This week, a relative visits who …

5 Feb 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week six

This is the sixth week of our serialisation of Ealing resident Alexander Goodlet’s diary from 80 years ago. This week, a strike at Smithfields is …

1 Feb 2016

Holocaust: The Kindertransport rescue

“On 11 January 1939, my parents did an amazingly brave thing. When I was just eight years old, they put me on a train …

29 Jan 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week five

This is the fifth week of our serialisation of Alexander Goodlet’s diaries from 80 years ago. This week Goodlet’s attention is taken by ‘that …

22 Jan 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week four

This is the fourth week of our serialisation of Alexander Goodlet’s diaries from 80 years ago. This week, Nazi Germany begins to attract international …

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Mice and beetles were found at butcher’s shop

The owner of a Southall butchers has been fined after the discovery of an infestation of mice and insects. At Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court …

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