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4 Mar 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week 10

This is the 10th week of our serialisation of Ealing resident Alexander Goodlet’s diary from 80 years ago. This week starts with toothache and …

26 Feb 2016

The Goodlet diaries: Week nine

This is the ninth week of our serialisation of Ealing resident Alexander Goodlet’s diary from 80 years ago. This week, there is trouble in …

18 Nov 2015

Tracing your ancestors

Tracing ancestors back through the 20th and 19th centuries is generally straightforward, given the amount of searchable, reliable source material available electronically. But tracing people …

17 Nov 2015

Napoleon, Waterloo and Ealing

Dr Jonathan Oates looks at how this much discussed battle in Europe touched our own area 200 years ago. This year marks the bicentenary …

16 Nov 2015

Who was Susan Smee?

Well, she was a rather unusual and special woman for her time: Acton’s first female councillor – and first woman mayor. Yet, there is …

30 Oct 2015

Was Ealing the ‘Queen of the Suburbs’?

Some residents think of Ealing by this soubriquet; but what exactly does it mean, and why was it used? Clearly the term is meant …

21 Oct 2015

The art of democracy

To mark the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, an exhibition is being held in libraries across the borough. The exhibition opened in June with …

20 Oct 2015

War memorials to fallen locals

Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day form an important part of the national calendar in November, and it is when the country’s many memorials to …

20 Oct 2015

Dr Who and its links to the borough

November marks the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. Production of the original television programmes was closely linked to west London, including Acton and Ealing, …

12 Oct 2015

The mind of a serial killer

John Christie had been killing for years when women’s corpses were finally found at his house in Notting Hill in 1953. One was of …

4 Oct 2015

Guilty or not guilty?

Sixty years ago, Timothy Evans was hanged at Pentonville Prison for murdering his own daughter, Geraldine. However, just three years later it was uncovered …

1 Oct 2015

Village life seen through the census

Almost everybody who has looked into their family’s British roots in the 19th Century will be very familiar with using the census returns of …

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The Goodlet diaries: Week 10

The Goodlet diaries: Week nine

Tracing your ancestors

Napoleon, Waterloo and Ealing

Who was Susan Smee?

Was Ealing the ‘Queen of the Suburbs’?

The art of democracy

War memorials to fallen locals

Dr Who and its links to the borough

The mind of a serial killer

Guilty or not guilty?

Village life seen through the census

Locations

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