Second World War

4 May 2020

How to celebrate VE Day safely

Residents of Ealing are being encouraged to get involved in the national celebrations for VE Day 75 on Friday (8 May), with a range …

1 May 2020

Flags, rosettes, ribbons and fires: VE Day

This year, the early May bank holiday has been moved to a Friday (8 May) instead of a Monday to commemorate Victory in Europe …

23 Jan 2020

Service for Holocaust Memorial Day

Ealing Council’s annual service to mark Holocaust Memorial Day will be held on Monday (27 January) at Brentside High School. The mayor of Ealing, …

5 Nov 2019

Services to remember and reflect in silence

Members of the public are invited to join councillors and council staff who will be observing a two-minute silence outside Ealing Town Hall at …

27 Aug 2019

September prompts a look to the past and the future

This September represents the 80th anniversary of the start of the Second World War. It is also the month when thousands of children and …

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 …

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 …

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 …

8 Feb 2019

Holocaust survivor stories at memorial events

This week, school pupils from the borough took part in a special programme of events hosted by local synagogues to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. …

21 Jan 2019

Schools to take part in holocaust memorial

Between 28 January and 7 February, school pupils from west London and beyond will take part in a special programme of events hosted by …

3 Apr 2018

Northolt’s place in RAF’s 100 years of history

This April marks the centenary anniversary of the formation of the Royal Air Force (RAF). During the Second World War, one of its key …

12 Feb 2018

Holocaust: Survivors share wartime experiences

Each year, Holocaust Memorial Day is marked in the borough in late January, as it is around the world. Last week, as Melanie Silver …

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Second World War

How to celebrate VE Day safely

Flags, rosettes, ribbons and fires: VE Day

Service for Holocaust Memorial Day

Services to remember and reflect in silence

September prompts a look to the past and the future

Evacuation of children from Ealing in 1939

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

European refugees in Ealing during the last century

Holocaust survivor stories at memorial events

Schools to take part in holocaust memorial

Northolt’s place in RAF’s 100 years of history

Holocaust: Survivors share wartime experiences

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