Image above: Coronation Celebrations, Glebe St, 1953 / Chiswick Local Studies
Residents of Chiswick’s Glebe Estate have never been so thankful for their wide streets, front and back gardens, and the community spirit that has helped us all survive nearly a year of Covid lockdowns.
On Tuesday 12 January 2021, at the Chiswick Area Forum, LB Hounslow launches a consultati
The invasion of Chiswick Eyot
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Image above: Withy bundling on Chiswick Eyot; photograph by Alanna McCrumb
Every year the Old Chiswick Protection Society puts out a call for volunteers to come and bundle withies to shore up Chiswick Eyot. This year they’re doing it earlier than usual, and they need people to come and help in early December.
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Matt Smith2020-11-30 20:06:272020-12-01 10:41:49The invasion of Chiswick EyotQueen Victoria at Chiswick House
/in 2016, Chiswick Book Festival, Reviews and Features, This is Chiswick History /by Bridget OsborneChiswick Garden ‘most important in UK’
/in 2019, Reviews and Features, This is Chiswick, This is Chiswick History /by Bridget OsborneBetjeman and the Battle of Bedford Park
/in Guest Blog, This is Chiswick History /by Guest BloggerGuest blog by Kate Bowes
"We sat around John Betjeman, on the lawn, in an adoring circle,” recalled Eleanor Greeves, wife of Tom Affleck Greeves, (architect and future co-founder of the Bedford Park Society), after having tea in May 1952 at Betjeman’s house, The Mead in Wantage, brought together by a mutual friend Peter Clarke. Betjeman (poet, writer, broadcaster and later Sir JohMiss Marple to Hamilton: the centenary of ArtsEd
/in Features, News, This is Chiswick, This is Chiswick History, This is Chiswick Organisations, This is Chiswick People, This is Chiswick Places /by Lucinda MacPhersonBased in the heart of Chiswick, ArtsEd has been setting the world alight with extraordinary talent for almost 100 years.
The school kick started 2019 with two lively musicals: Cry-Baby and Disney’s Newsies, performed by their third year BA Musical Theatre students. Then later this year, their third year BA Acting students will be performing World Premieres of new plays by playwrights, Torben