Category: West London

This is the final part of the local Gazette & Post’s, ‘This is your Street’ series, which appeared on 28th February 1958:  ‘When 23-year-old Bernard Cload was a small boy, doctors said he would never be able to read a newspaper because his eyes were injured.  Now reading is Mr Cload’s second favourite hobby. The Continue reading

This is part two of the local Gazette & Post’s, ‘This is your Street’ series, which appeared on 28th February 1958:  ‘Thirty years ago, there was a pond and a row of cottages on the corner of Askew Road and Goldhawk Road.  Now, in place of the pond, is a small garden, and instead of the cottages is the Seven Stars Garage.  But Continue reading

As part of their, ‘This is your Street’ series, the local Gazette & Post featured Askew Road, W12, on 28th February 1958: ‘One hundred years ago Askew Road was the centre of a newly formed suburb of Starch Green. At the northern end was Uxbridge Road and at the south was Gaggle Goose Green. The Continue reading

The following article appeared in the Acton Gazette on 5th September 1930: ‘Although the foundation-stone of the isolation block, the first section of the new Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, Hammersmith, which contains only wards for patients suffering from puerperal fever, was laid by Princess Marie Louise as recently as November 4 last, the first patients are Continue reading

The following article by Cinzia D’Ambrosi appeared in the brochure she compiled to commemorate the Centenary of the Sulgrave Youth Club, held last month at the Club’s premises in the Goldhawk Road, Shepherd’s Bush:  ‘While researching the history of the Sulgrave Youth Club, I inevitably crossed paths with the legacy of the legendary rock band, ‘The Who’.  Two of the band’s iconic members, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, frequented the Sulgrave Youth Club in their Continue reading

The Sulgrave Centenary was held at the club premises in Goldhawk Road, Shepherd’s Bush on Friday, 26th June 2026.  I was so pleased to be able to attend the event because back in the day when I was a club member (1962-1968) it meant so much to my childhood and youth. A very important facet of my life indeed.  Great sports to play, football, Continue reading

The following article appeared in the Kensington Post in February 1971:  ‘Bottom of any league of street markets, would come the genuine places for cheap goods.  One such place is the North End Road Market in Fulham. Another lies on a half-mile patch of ground between the Goldhawk and Uxbridge Roads, W12.  This is the Shepherd’s Bush Market. This strip of shops and stalls Continue reading

Last Thursday I met up with Ron Hill in Cockney’s in the Portobello Road.  Later, I was informed that it was under threat of closure because of a proposed doubling of the rent.  Local MP, Joe Powell, is backing the campaign, which includes an online petition:  ‘Cockney’s Pie & Mash on the Portobello Road has said that it is at risk of closing following a proposed doubling of its annual Continue reading

My thanks to Dougie Gray for alerting me to this amazing story on Facebook. The article had appeared in the Acton Gazette on 11th July 1958:  ‘A little grey-haired woman of 73, who survived the Titanic disaster, this week broke a 46-year silence when she spoke to me about the night 1,500 people perished in Continue reading

Today marks the 80th anniversary of: ‘Victory in Europe Day’.  I spoke to my sister Shirley recently and she told me that on that day in 1945, Dad was still in the Army in the South of France, and recalled attending a street party in Bassein Park Road, around the corner from our home in Continue reading