local history

11 Nov 2016

Christie the serial killer back on our screens

John Christie had been killing for years when women’s corpses were finally uncovered at his house in 1953 – hidden behind walls and also …

7 Nov 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 46

Week 46 sees Armistice Day being commemorated and Goodlet remembers the day itself when the First World War ended and he, as a teenager, …

31 Oct 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 45

‘Things are very difficult at home these days’, writes Goodlet in week 45 of the serialisation of his diaries from 1936. Meanwhile, Mussolini is …

24 Oct 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 44

Week 44 rather bizarrely sees Goodlet registering his regret over the abolishing of the cutlass. A haircut, not with a cutlass one would assume, …

17 Oct 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 …

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