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Find out about the plans to transform the area around Ealing Broadway Station
Ealing Council will hold two public exhibitions of its plans for the area around Ealing Broadway station, which is going to be to be transformed with the completion of the new Crossrail station in 2016. The exhibitions next week will give you a chance to comment on ideas for areas around the station which…
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Get ready for West Ealing’s SoundBite Festival in Dean Gardens on Saturday 13th Sept from 12noon
This year’s SoundBite Festival in Dean Gardens is looking good. We’re concentrating everything in Dean Gardens this time round. The event starts at 12noon and the music runs through until 10pm. Get ready for a great day out. Music TJ ‘Holyboy’ Johnson Nostalgia Steel Band Bob Knight and Risky Business Son Yambu (salsa) Jacob…
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Resident fined for cutting branches off a street tree
I saw this story on the Ealing Today website whereby a man was seen cutting branches off a street tree in Perivale. He was seen, reported, charged with, and found guilty of, criminal damage and then fined £2,400. I have to say that’s a pretty hefty fine but I was pleasantly surprised that the Council…
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WEN Abundance – Pesky parakeets pinch our apples!
Indian ring-necked parakeets – possible apple-eating culprits There are all sorts of theories about how these Indian Ring-Necked parakeets came to this country – from escaping off the set of The African Queen being filmed at Shepperton Studios in 1951 to Jimi Hendrix releasing them in Carnaby Street in the 1960s. In the last few…
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Get your skates on – Rolladome is coming to West Ealing from Sat 16th August
Roller-skating is coming to Dean Gardens from 16th – 29th August Open-skating family sessions Adult lunchtime skating sessions Sessions for beginners and intermediaries Hockey, Roller Derby, Speed Skating and more Then come 7pm it will transform in to a Roller Disco. Over 12 themed nights the Rolladome comes alive with a selection of West London’s…
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New pop-up cafe coming to Green Man Lane Estate next week
Every now and then I take a walk by the ever-changing Green Man Lane Estate to see what’s happening. I’m particularly interested in what’s going to happen in the community cafe. And at last there’s something happening. A pop-up cafe is opening next week. It’s run by Coco Labelle who describe themselves as follows: ‘Coco…
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Spectacular Chariot Festival in West Ealing on Sunday
The Chariot Festival is by far West Ealing’s biggest annual event. We have about 10,000 people attending this event from all over Europe and it transforms Dean Gardens and the surrounding area. This weekend of 9/10th August sees the annual Shri Kanagathurkkai Amman Temple (SKAT) festival come to West Ealing once again. The festival culminates…
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Volunteers needed to help with exciting new roller-skating project in Dean Gardens
Are you interested in volunteering with me on the W13gets rolling project? You don’t need to skate (unless you want to) you just need to be available for a couple of weeks or until the end of August and want to be part of an exciting and innovative project. We need people now to help…