Second World War

25 Jul 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 31

Week 31 of our serialisation of Alexander Goodlet’s Ealing diaries includes the usual mixture of domestic preoccupations and international current affairs. Among many things, …

11 Jul 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 29

Week 29 sees Goodlet pop down to Brighton himself, before returning home to Ealing and pondering the ever worsening situation in Europe while getting …

25 Apr 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 18

Week 18 of our serialisation touches on north American political deals, Goodlet’s distaste of potential conscription in Britain, and a piece of good news on the …

18 Apr 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 17

Week 17 of our serialisation of this 80-year-old diary of local man Alexander Goodlet deals with a Canadian goldmine disaster, disturbing news from Austria…and …

11 Apr 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 16

Week 16 of our serialisation of these diaries from 80 years ago encompasses: A shopping trip in Ealing, news of a public hanging and …

4 Apr 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 15

Political machinations in the British Parliament, ‘vulgar and bellicose blustering’ by Mussolini…and a new trolleybus service in Acton. Week 15 of our serialisation of …

1 Apr 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 14

“I think Germany is in the grip of a madman, and sooner or later we will all be involved in the bloody and futile …

1 Feb 2016

Holocaust: The Kindertransport rescue

“On 11 January 1939, my parents did an amazingly brave thing. When I was just eight years old, they put me on a train …

11 Nov 2015

Second World War: ‘We never saw our parents again’

On 27 January 2015 it will be the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi’s nefarious Auschwitz concentration camp. A tree is planted …

4 Nov 2015

The human face of war

A two-minute silence will be held on the steps of Ealing Town Hall to mark Armistice Day on Wednesday, 11 November at 11am. The …

3 Nov 2015

Second World War: Northolt’s Polish heroes

Between August-November 1940, the Battle of Britain raged over our skies, during a critical early phase of the Second World War. RAF Northolt became …

1 Nov 2015

Ealing and the Blitz

September 2010 marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the aerial attacks on Britain by the German air force – which were known collectively …

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Second World War

The Goodlet diaries: Week 31

The Goodlet diaries: Week 29

The Goodlet diaries: Week 18

The Goodlet diaries: Week 17

The Goodlet diaries: Week 16

The Goodlet diaries: Week 15

The Goodlet diaries: Week 14

Holocaust: The Kindertransport rescue

Second World War: ‘We never saw our parents again’

The human face of war

Second World War: Northolt’s Polish heroes

Ealing and the Blitz

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