local history

10 Nov 2015

First World War: ‘Hell – there is no other word’

The First World War was a story of triumphs and tragedies and this tale of a local man embodies both, as Dr Jonathan Oates …

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 …

9 Nov 2015

Ealing’s strange fair

Since at least the 18th Century there had been an annual fair on Ealing Green. It was a three-day event in June with everything …

8 Nov 2015

First World War: Herbert comes home

A local soldier has been recognised in Ealing, almost a century after his death. Herbert Crook, known as Harry, died while fighting on one of …

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 …

5 Nov 2015

Never quite a manor

From medieval estate, to Victorian garden parties and collections of Rembrandt paintings, and eventually a health centre…an old home in Northolt has had an …

4 Nov 2015

The human face of war

A two-minute silence will be held on the steps of Ealing Town Hall to mark Armistice Day on Wednesday, 11 November at 11am. The …

3 Nov 2015

Second World War: Northolt’s Polish heroes

Between August-November 1940, the Battle of Britain raged over our skies, during a critical early phase of the Second World War. RAF Northolt became …