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New supply of Abundance apple juice now available

We had a pleading message left on our phone from the apple pressers at Chiltern Ridge asking us to come and collect our (second batch of) Abundance apple juice. They are so busy this year pressing apples that they are running out of room to store all the bottles of juice. So a hastily arranged drive yesterday morning and we collected 79 bottles and then ended up driving back through the pouring rain and a hailstorm. No matter, we now have it and will get it labelled ready for sale. We tried some this morning and it’s fruity and dry – very pleasant indeed.

As well as apple juice we have damson jam all bottled up and looking a glorious deep red. I think damsons, along with blackcurrants, have one of the most intense of fruit flavours. So this jam should be something to savour.

There are pears picked and ready for our ever-popular pear and ginger chutney and quinces ready for …… well maybe a chutney to go with curries a bit like mango chutney. We shall see.

If you want any of our Abundance products please email wenabundance@gmail.com for details.

 

 

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Good news: Luckhurst butchers will be back in new year

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Here’s some good news from Tony Luckhurst:

Just an update that obviously the planned building works are taking longer than expected.

I wanted to reassure customers that we are still committed to returning to Melbourne Ave but this won’t be until the new year.
Sorry for any inconvenience. Thanks for your patience but this is very frustrating for us too.

Any enquiries 07831 510106 or email butcher@luckhurst.org.uk
We have a facebook page too.
Many Thanks, Tony Luckhurst
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WEN vice chair nominated to be local planning champion

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Congratulations Eric!  Eric Leach, WEN vice chair and chair of the West Ealing Centre Neighbourhood Forum, has been nominated Neighbourhood Planning Champion by the Department for Communities and Local Government. Eric’s role will be to spread the word about the Localism Act which has given powers to local neighbourhoods.

Planning Minister Nick Boles said:

“There is a genuine neighbourhood planning movement occurring with more than 500 communities already using these powers and many hundreds more taking steps to make use of this important new right.  ”We’ve seen a great start but I want to see many more communities making sure they make the most out of neighbourhood planning.  This funding will help councils support plans around the country and help turn communities’ aspirations for their area into reality.”

Eric has lived in West Ealing for over 30 years and describes himself as a ‘blunt speaking and enthusiastic Lancashire man’ with a vision to make the area a better place for residents, traders and visitors alike.

He worked for many years within the voluntary sector and joined West Ealing Neighbours (WEN) in 2006.

Eric says of his new position:

”I think that I have been given the role as I have attended more of the Government neighbourhood planning meetings than anyone else! Seriously though I found out at a Government meeting this week that our Local Planning Authority nominated me.

”Presumably it’s in recognition for the work I’ve done and am doing in setting up the Neighbourhood Forum in West Ealing centre and to a lesser extent in central Ealing.

”I have also been helping neighbourhood planning initiatives in Hanwell and in Acton. The new role will extend to responding to other requests for neighbourhhod planning help and advice in and around London, which I’m happy to do if I have the time’.

 

With thanks to Ealing Today

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OPEN Ealing – sale of limited edition artworks 18th -23rd October

Limited Edition Letterpress and Screen-prints by Danny Flynn

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OPENShop, OPEN Ealing’s current performance and exhibition space in West Ealing, is turning into a.. er.. shop, of all things, for just five days.  

From  Saturday 19th to Wednesday 23rd October OPEN is hosting a sale of limited edition printed artworks by acclaimed designer Danny Flynn.  Flynn has previously exhibited at Tate Modern and the Whitechapel Gallery.   On sale will be a range of prints from £250 to £2.50, including limited edition large prints of Keith Richards, Kylie Minogue, John Lee Hooker, Nick Cave and more.  Also on sale will be bags, T-shirts, beer mats, greetings cards and bookmarks. 

Come along for the chance to buy an early Christmas present or two, or just to view. OPENShop is at 13, Drayton Green Road, W13, and will be open from 11am to 6pm each day.  Cash or cheques only please

 

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Leave our flowers alone! Flowers stolen from Melbourne Ave flowerbed

We managed to find some money from the SoundBite Festival budget to re-plant this flowerbed in Melbourne Ave to brighten up the area. All was well for a few weeks but one plant was stolen last week and then more plants have been stolen two nights in a row this week. Lots of people have said how much they enjoy the splash of colour and sit down for a few minutes to enjoy the flowers.

To try to deter further plants thefts I’ve put up this notice in the flowerbed:

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 We hope you like these flowers but please leave them here for others to enjoy as well

The plants in this flowerbed have been paid for by local residents and we hope you enjoy this splash of colour that brightens up the street. Our thanks to Jeff’s Flowers for doing the planting and looking after the flowerbed for all of us to enjoy. Lots of people have told us how much better the street looks with this colourful flowerbed.

Sadly, we have had some plants stolen over the last few days. These plants don’t belong to Ealing Council but to the local residents. If many more get stolen all that will be left to look at will be a bare patch of earth.

And be aware that there is a CCTV camera right next to this flowerbed!

 

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Visit the West Ealing craft market tomorrow for some locally made treats

Craft Market Family Day 2012

Next to the newly opened Morrisons on the corner of the Uxbridge Road and St James Ave, the West Ealing craft market is open for business tomorrow from 10am – 3pm.  If you’re doing your Saturday morning shopping just take a walk up to St James Ave and come and see what we have to tempt you with:

  • Knitted kids clothes
  • Sock Monkey
  • Cushions
  • Cards
  • Scarves
  • Abundance apple juice
  • Vegan cakes and sweets
  • Jewellery and gemstones
  • Sweets
  • Relishes

 

 

 

 

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New season West Ealing Abundance apple juice available from Saturday’s craft market

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It’s juicylicious!  It’s this season’s first consignment of local apple juice (with a pinch of pear).  It’s on sale at our Abundance stall at Saturday’s craft fair in St James Ave 10am – 3pm. All the fruit is local with some from our Walmer Gardens orchard and others from trees in local back gardens. It’s pure juice with no added sugar or preservatives. It’s £2.80 a bottle (75cl) or three for £7.50.  Also available will be the last few bottles of our elderflower cordial.  So come along on Saturday and stock up whilst you can.

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Work starts again on new hotel in West Ealing

After weeks of inactivity work has started again on the new hotel at the corner of Melbourne Ave and the Uxbridge Road. Scaffolding is starting to go up. The delay has been down to the developers needing to carry out a detailed structural survey for Holiday Inn Express who are going to operate this hotel.  There will also be some changes to the plans with two more storeys at the front (Uxbridge Road) end to increase the number of rooms. I don’t know what the likely completion date will be but I can’t see Tony Luckhurst being back before Christmas.

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The new Morrisons Local in West Ealing opens on Thursday

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The old Blockbusters stood empty and forelorn for some months and then work on the new Morrisons Local started and  it’s progressed very quickly and will open at 9am on Thursday.  On the corner of St James Ave and the Uxbridge Road this supermarket should bring some much-needed footfall down this end of the high street and, hopefully, benefit the nearby shops.

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What next for The Grosvenor – pub or housing?

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The agent’s board is up on The Grosvenor pub. Tucked away in the dense pattern of residential streets, this pub is in need of some serious tlc if it to have any chance of surviving. Can it be revived and become a key part of the local community? The Forester has been transformed under new ownership. It was absolutely jam-packed a couple of weekends ago for the YUMW13 event, so it can be done with passion and imagination.

I know the monthly w7edge music nights bring plenty of people in to The Grosvenor and there is a big catchment area for it with very few other pubs in easy walking distance. If you have about £850,00 to spare it can be all yours then comes the cost of completely revamping it. I guess the question is whether someone sees it has potential as a business or whether its true value lies in its potential as a site for new homes.