Our new president

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We are delighted to announce that our new president is Steve Pound, formerly MP for Ealing North between 1997 and 2019. Prior to that he was an Ealing Councillor from 1982 so he knows the Borough extremely well. Steve is … Continued

2024 AGM

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Our AGM on 17 April drew a good crowd despite the miserable weather, and most people stayed for a drink afterwards. Our chairman Ann Chapman ran through the highs and lows of the last year. We’ve erected plaques for John … Continued

Little Ealing history

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A new edition of a book on the history of Little Ealing has just been published. Historically, Little Ealing was the hamlet centred around the junctions of Northfield Lane with Little Ealing Lane and Windmill Lane, to be distinguished from … Continued

Our next event

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Sadly our President, Sherard Cowper-Coles, is standing down this year. He will be speaking about his love of Ealing at our AGM on Tuesday 16 April. His talk will be called A Tribute to Ealing. Anyone is welcome to the … Continued

Conservation area in Northfields?

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The Council has been consulting the public over recent changes to conservation areas in Ealing. Most of the proposed changes to the existing areas would be minor but the most significant relates to the proposed introduction of a conservation area … Continued

Missing plaque

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Early in 2023 one of our plaques went missing. This was the very first plaque we had installed: a bronze pavement plaque which was unveiled on 23 February 2005 to commemorate the first branch of Waitrose originally known as Messrs Waite, … Continued

Temples of Industry

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In recent years we have had a couple of lectures about the art deco buildings along the Great West Road, sometimes called the Golden Mile. If you enjoyed them you may be interested in a new online exhibition created by … Continued

Unveiling of our Soane plaque

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The John Soane plaque will be formally unveiled on Thursday, 14 December 6pm – 7pm at Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery, Ealing Green, W5 5EQ. Please join us in the Soane Suite to celebrate the installation of the plaque and to … Continued

New cinema at last

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Just when we’d given up hope….we have a new cinema opening for business in Ealing on Friday 20 October. The 8 screen Picturehouse in the Filmworks development will feature lights salvaged from the old Empire which had been kept in … Continued