31 Oct 2018 News Remembrance 2018 services and events Remembrance services will be taking place across the borough during the next week, leading up to Remembrance Sunday on 11 November. Ealing will join …
15 Oct 2018 Local history First World War: Local heroes Tens of thousands of local men served in the armed forces in the First World War. At least three of them were decorated for extreme valour …
9 Oct 2018 Leader's Notes Remembering the fallen of the First World War Three of my relatives fought and died on the western front in the First World War. It is commonly used as a touchstone for …
1 Oct 2018 Local history First World War: Tanks and Ealing One major invention that came out of the First World War was the armoured vehicles armed with powerful guns, known as tanks. One prototype …
15 Sep 2018 Local history First World War: Women and the war Women were debarred from serving in the armed forces in any capacity in the First World War, writes Dr Jonathan Oates. However, there was …
1 Sep 2018 Local history First World War: Air raids The invention of the zeppelins and aeroplanes meant that war could be carried on from the air as well as land and sea. Civilian …
7 Aug 2018 Local history | News Remembering a local hero for his ‘conspicuous bravery’ On 13 August a paving stone will be laid in Spencer Road, Acton W3 commemorating the Victoria Cross awarded to local hero Robert Spall …
1 Aug 2018 Local history First World War: Refugees As we draw closer to the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, in November, we will run a series of …
3 Apr 2018 Local history 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 …
8 Nov 2017 Local history | News 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 Local history 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 …
11 Apr 2017 Local history Daughter finds her father’s war medal on Ebay The daughter of a First World War fighter-plane pilot accidentally found her father’s RAF war medal on the internet. Lieutenant Harold Wilfred Auerbach was …
11 Mar 2024 Fighting inequality | News Ambitious school expansion for special educational needs Plans to increase the number of special educational needs (SEND) school places in the borough has moved a step closer, as the appointment of …