The Link between Red Phone Boxes and Walpole
... is Sir John Soane. Tony Williams explains.
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Church Lane Then and Now
Originally known as Frog Lane, Church Lane is at the end of an ancient footpath which corresponds to today’s Culmington and Churchfields Roads along which people from Ealing Dean would come to church in the old village. Church Lane itself contains some of the oldest houses in Ealing. Paul Fitzmaurice takes us down another memory lane of old Ealing.
Picture: Art UK
Christmas in Ealing 1962
The world had just breathed a collective sigh of relief when the resolution of the Cuban missile crisis had averted a catastrophic world war.
In Britain Elvis Presley was top of the Christmas hit parade with Return to Sender whilst a little known group from Liverpool had just had its first top twenty hit with Love Me Do. Also, the Ealing Club had opened its doors earlier in the year just opposite Ealing Broadway Station.
So what else was happening in Ealing? Paul Fitzmaurice has been finding out.
An Update on Radbourne Walk (2014)
Diana Maxton reports on the work done in 2014 to reclaim the notorious alleyway running south from St John's Church and Mattock Lane Parade.
Ealing Green's Other Riots (1880)
As the vivid memories of the riots on Ealing Green two years ago in 2011 begin to fade, it is interesting to note that Ealing Green has had a whole history of raucous and violent behaviour which has a quite contemporary ring to it.