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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. …

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 …

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 …

1 Mar 2017

Horsenden Hill: Saxons, spies and the odd surprise

Horsenden Hill stands tall at the heart of our borough – our largest open space and a part of life, but it is also …

4 Jan 2017

The Montpelier Road murders

Montpelier Road is a quiet, residential street. Just over six decades ago, though, it was the scene of arguably one of Ealing’s worst crimes. …

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 …

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 …

2 Nov 2015

Singer honoured in Acton

A plaque has been unveiled in Acton on the site of the former house of the late singer and actor Adam Faith. Deputy mayor …

30 Oct 2015

What’s in a name? Our town’s origins

Our borough has reached a milestone. It was 45 years ago when, in 1965, the old boroughs of Ealing, Acton and Southall were abolished. …

17 Oct 2015

A stack of plaques

We have all seen blue plaques on walls all over London. They commemorate and record where a well-known or historically significant person lived and who …

5 Oct 2015

Fifty years of the Hanwell Carnival

When Hanwell Carnival takes place on Saturday, 19 June, it will be the 50th consecutive year it has been held. The first was held …

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Holocaust survivor stories at memorial events

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

Silence, remembrance and revisiting stories

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

Horsenden Hill: Saxons, spies and the odd surprise

The Montpelier Road murders

Christie the serial killer back on our screens

Holocaust: The Kindertransport rescue

Singer honoured in Acton

What’s in a name? Our town’s origins

A stack of plaques

Fifty years of the Hanwell Carnival

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