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Southall Gasworks site during remediation works, August 2018
Southall Gasworks during remediation works, August 2018.

Bingo! Ealing Tells the Truth About Southall

A regular haunt for many years when trekking up to Cleethorpes to visit family was a night out at the bingo. Not because I was particularly fond of bingo, but because it was a family pastime. It was a social night out. I don’t remember it being a den of …

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We Can Remember It for You Wholesale

I grew up in rural Lincolnshire and moved down South permanently in 1999. Ever since, I’ve been trekking back up to the East Midlands and the …

The Gasworks and Me (and You)

Since 2018, I have been campaigning against the adverse health effects of the Southall Gasworks remediation, along with many other local …

Holding The Line

It’s been a long, hot summer and I don’t know about you, but I have definitely been feeling the heat! After the local elections in May, I needed …

Individuality

Without any consultation, Ealing Council has unveiled its new logo. The old logo was a mature municipal (socialist?) oak. Forty years of …

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