Local history
We have a rich local history: From daredevil pilots to royal molecatchers, and from manor houses to once rural villages. Our borough has had more than its fair share of fascinating characters, interesting tales, and also has towns recorded in the Domesday book. Curious about the area's past and its role in various national or international events? Then read on. We have collated years of history articles for you from Around Ealing magazine and included others that have appeared online more recently, which will be added to regularly as we go along, including a serialisation of a diary from the 1930s. Thanks must go to the borough's archivist Dr Jonathan Oates - because many of the stories are written or researched by him - and to the local history section of Ealing Central Library.
Fifty years of the Hanwell Carnival
When Hanwell Carnival takes place on Saturday, 19 June, it will be the 50th consecutive year it has been held....
Secret diary of a royal observer
With the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton drawing close, it seems timely to take a look at the...
Guilty or not guilty?
Sixty years ago, Timothy Evans was hanged at Pentonville Prison for murdering his own daughter, Geraldine. However, just three years...
The mystery of Perivale Manor
In 1989, an episode of Dr Who on television featured a walled mansion in Perivale and a reptilian lord of...
Village life seen through the census
Almost everybody who has looked into their family’s British roots in the 19th Century will be very familiar with using...
Shop local message is nothing new
The theme ‘shop local’ is not a new one. Readers of Ealing Illustrated in 1893 were introduced to the concept....
Dame marks theatre’s half century
The Questors Theatre celebrated its 50th anniversary with a renaming ceremony, adding a touch of movie glamour. The theatre in...
A lonely, broken-hearted girl
The lives of ordinary black women who lived and worked in London before the Second World War are not well...
The vanished world of Victorian South Acton
It is 150 years since construction began of Victorian South Acton, writes Linda Davies. This landscape of terraced housing and...
Why we are up in arms
A coat of arms is similar to a badge and it represents, in picture form, an individual, family or organisation...
Holy Cross Church
This year (2011) has seen celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of a Greenford landmark, Holy Cross Church, writes Peter...
Death of an alchemist
Over the centuries, men have tried to find the process in which base metals could be transformed into gold –...