local history

27 Sep 2019

Black history: From ancient Egypt to modern success

Ealing Council’s libraries are working in collaboration with Black History Studies to present a series of three talks that are all free to attend …

9 Aug 2019

Evacuation of children from Ealing in 1939

Concerns about aerial bombing if the Second World War broke out led to plans being drawn up for the evacuation of children from London …

20 Jun 2019

Ealing’s link to the first flight across the Atlantic

Last week (14-15 June) marked a significant date in aviation: The 100-year anniversary of the first ever non-stop flight over the Atlantic. It was …

6 Jun 2019

D-Day: ‘The hour so long awaited has come’

With the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy that ushered in a long and hard-fought, but ultimately successful, ending to the Second …

10 Apr 2019

Libraries: A story of more than books

Ealing’s libraries were born more than 130 years ago thanks to local people wanting to do something good for their neighbours and fellow residents, …

6 Mar 2019

The great women of Gunnersbury

To mark International Women’s Month, Gunnersbury Park and Museum is hosting two talks – and a tour – this Saturday (9 March) on women …

2 Mar 2019

European refugees in Ealing during the last century

London’s population has always been one of comings and goings and migration and immigration; but in the last century, Ealing welcomed a number of …

22 Feb 2019

Have your say on libraries and children’s centres

Ealing Council has launched two public consultations on proposed changes to their library and children’s centre services. Residents have until Friday, 17 May to …

1 Feb 2019

Henrietta: The king’s mistress and the Georgian court

Henrietta Howard, later Countess of Suffolk, was the long-term mistress and confidante of King George II. In March, renowned writer and historian Tracy Borman will …

29 Jan 2019

Southall riots: 23 April 1979

On 23 April it will be the 40th anniversary of the events in Southall in 1979 that were later to be called ‘the Southall …

21 Nov 2018

First World War: School remembrance with artistic touch

A school in Perivale held two weeks of activities themed around the First World War to commemorate the centenary anniversary of the 1918 armistice. …

1 Nov 2018

First World War: The Armistice in Ealing 1918

Dr Jonathan Oates concludes our series on the First World War by reflecting on what happened locally when reports of a peace treaty being …

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local history

Black history: From ancient Egypt to modern success

Evacuation of children from Ealing in 1939

Ealing’s link to the first flight across the Atlantic

D-Day: ‘The hour so long awaited has come’

Libraries: A story of more than books

The great women of Gunnersbury

European refugees in Ealing during the last century

Have your say on libraries and children’s centres

Henrietta: The king’s mistress and the Georgian court

Southall riots: 23 April 1979

First World War: School remembrance with artistic touch

First World War: The Armistice in Ealing 1918

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