If you fancy a cup of coffee and a chat about anything West Ealing you’re very welcome to join us for a coffee this Saturday morning at Silva Cafe anytime between 11.30 and 12.30. The plans for a 60-bedroom hotel are likely to come up along with other changes and developments along the high street. If there’s anything you want to ask or need help with just drop in – we’d love to see you.
Reprieve shortlived as Blockbusters in West Ealing to close
Sadly, the reprieve for the West Ealing Blockbusters has been short. There is a large Closing Down sign now on their window. I’m sorry for everyone who works there and for the loss of what appears to be a profitable branch. It will leave a hole on our high street and it’s a challenge for us as a residents group and others to find a way to bring this part of West Ealing back to life.
West Ealing Neighbours Facebook is nearly up to 150 – join us if you can
Even if you’ve avoided facebook up to now, it might be worth joining just for WEN Facebook which is now romping along with 148 members. I’m a recent convert thanks to others posting in a way which engages me (especially Tony Luckhurst our butcher who was on The One Show talking about horsemeat the other day and was very enlightening).
It’s a bit like local radio where you can chip in in passing, with either a comment to an existing post, or put in your own post about your own event, activities, queries. You can be funny, whimsical, serious, as brief as you like, add pictures/videos, link to other interesting websites; you can be personal or talk about things to do with our town. Think ‘neighbours chatting over garden fence or in the pub or high street’.
You do need to sign yourself up with your own page first (here: http://www.facebook.com/) and then ask to join the WEN Facebook. But you don’t have to accept all or any friend requests or become active within your own page if you don’t want to.
If you already have a FB page, just log on and ask to join WEN Facebook.
Here are some good guides: http://digitalunite.com/guides/social-networking-blogs/facebook .
Hope to encounter you there soon – and here’s hoping we make it to 500.
Bollywood and London: how popular Hindi cinema views London – talk in West Ealing on Monday 11th February
Monday 11 February
7.30 – 9pm
at Ealing Centre for Independent Living Bayham Road, West Ealing W13 0TQ
Bollywood and London: how popular Hindi cinema views London and its inhabitants. Another talk in the series by Angela Ayton
Entrance: £5 including refreshments