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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. Anyone is welcome to the event at 7.30 in our usual venue in Dickens … Continued
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. Anyone is welcome to the event at 7.30 in our usual venue in Dickens … Continued
This year’s award ceremony will be held at Open Ealing, Unit 14 School Lane, Dickens Yard, Ealing W5 2TD on Tuesday 17 October 2023 at 7.30. Our speaker and presenter of the awards will be Alice Lester, Operational Director, Regeneration, … Continued
Our John Delafons lecture in July was given by historian Susan Peatfield and her subject was the eminent former local architect Leonard Shuffrey. Sadly, as she told us, he is not well researched and much remains to be discovered about … Continued
Nearly 40 people were present at our recent John Delafons Annual Lecture to hear Susan Peatfield talk about a much neglected artist and craftsman. Leonard Shuffrey (1852-1926) was regarded as second only to his contemporary William Morris in terms of … Continued
On Wednesday 28 June a party of some thirty people gathered at Brunel’s magnificent Wharncliffe Viaduct for the unveiling of an information board about the Grade I listed structure and its significance to Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The project was sparked … Continued
Our next event will be a talk by Susan Peatfield on Leonard Shuffrey entitled “The Superlative Artistry of Leonard Shuffrey”. Shuffrey was a late Victorian architect and designer who has been compared with William Morris and William de Morgan. He … Continued
A new interpretation panel celebrating Brunel’s Grade I listed Wharncliffe Viaduct will be unveiled next Wednesday, 28th June, at 11 am. The panel was suggested by one of our members who visited the viaduct during lockdown and felt it deserved … Continued
Every year Civic Voice encourages civic societies to celebrate the areas they represent on Civic Day. This year it was on 17 June and we organised 2 visits to interesting buildings: St Peter’s Church Mount Park Rd, W5 2RU and … Continued
This year, Civic Day, “a national celebration of civic pride”, takes place on Saturday 17 June. We have arranged two visits to interesting buildings: At 9.45am, St Peter’s Church, Mount Park Road, W5 2RU “a unique fusion of free Gothic and … Continued
Design Review Panels proved a popular topic for our post AGM talk. Adrian Harvey (pictured), Associate Director of Frame Projects, told us about the role of his firm in setting them up in different parts of the country and London … Continued