local history

4 Oct 2015

Guilty or not guilty?

Sixty years ago, Timothy Evans was hanged at Pentonville Prison for murdering his own daughter, Geraldine. However, just three years later it was uncovered …

2 Oct 2015

The mystery of Perivale Manor

In 1989, an episode of Dr Who on television featured a walled mansion in Perivale and a reptilian lord of the manor, who, in …

1 Oct 2015

Village life seen through the census

Almost everybody who has looked into their family’s British roots in the 19th Century will be very familiar with using the census returns of …

1 Oct 2015

Shop local message is nothing new

The theme ‘shop local’ is not a new one. Readers of Ealing Illustrated in 1893 were introduced to the concept. It was argued that …

1 Oct 2015

Dame marks theatre’s half century

The Questors Theatre celebrated its 50th anniversary with a renaming ceremony, adding a touch of movie glamour. The theatre in Mattock Lane, Ealing, held …

1 Oct 2015

A lonely, broken-hearted girl

The lives of ordinary black women who lived and worked in London before the Second World War are not well known. Like many working …

30 Sep 2015

The vanished world of Victorian South Acton

It is 150 years since construction began of Victorian South Acton, writes Linda Davies. This landscape of terraced housing and small industries, now almost …

29 Sep 2015

Why we are up in arms

A coat of arms is similar to a badge and it represents, in picture form, an individual, family or organisation display on a triangular …

29 Sep 2015

Holy Cross Church

This year (2011) has seen celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of a Greenford landmark, Holy Cross Church, writes Peter Hounsell. The church became …