Second World War

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 …

8 Nov 2017

Silence, remembrance and revisiting stories

A two-minute silence will, as ever, take place on Armistice Day at 11am this Saturday (11 November) – echoing the so-called ‘eleventh hour of …

6 Jun 2017

Spies: The real ‘M’ and his near undoing in Ealing

Maxwell Knight was a paradox, writes Henry Hemming. A jazz obsessive and nature enthusiast (he is the author of the definitive work on how …

21 Nov 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 48

Goodlet takes a stroll to Kew Bridge (pictured) in week 48 while the march to war speeds up a notch with developments like the …

14 Nov 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 47

Week 47 of Goodlet’s diary is one of contrasts: Admiring the new trolley buses along the Uxbridge Road (pictured) while lamenting the fact that …

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, …

1 Nov 2016

Time to remember

On Armistice Day (11 November), and on Remembrance Sunday (13 November) the country will stop to commemorate the sacrifice of our armed forces, past …

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Second World War

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

Silence, remembrance and revisiting stories

Spies: The real ‘M’ and his near undoing in Ealing

The Goodlet diaries: Week 48

The Goodlet diaries: Week 47

The Goodlet diaries: Week 46

Time to remember

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