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Category Archives: News
The Great Storm – 30 years ago
Brentham suffered significant damage from the storm during the night of 15th/16th October 1987. See what residents woke up to on the morning of 16th October 1987 (30 years ago) If you have any photos of the storm you’d like … Continue reading
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Brentham Finds a Place in the History of Street Trees
A fascinating new book by Mark Johnson “Street Trees in Britain – A History” is an authoritative account of how trees went from being absent or random elements in the urban landscape to important components in the design of streets. … Continue reading
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New Brentham Merchandise
These tea towels show images from our extensive archive. Printed on top quality Panama Cotton, hemmed on 4 sides, measuring 78 x 49 cm and priced at £7-00 each, or £24 for the set of four, they make ideal gifts. … Continue reading
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Recycling – a local scheme
Local Cafe, Cinnamon, on Pitshanger Lane has come up with a really useful idea and is recycling coffee grounds for customers to take for their gardens. Do help yourselves, enrich your Brentham garden and at the same time support a … Continue reading
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Conservation under threat?
The Conservation Policies of Ealing Council are instrumental in keeping our estate looking good so it’s important for us to pay attention to how those policies are being applied in other conservation areas. A planned large development in the heart … Continue reading
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Council policy on replacement windows
In the Chair’s Notes in Brentham News 183, distributed to all residents in June 2015, we stated that Ealing Council would allow double glazing in certain circumstances, including where “this would make an improvement on existing windows which are in … Continue reading
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Replacement windows working group
As noted in Brentham News 183 (June 2015), the Brentham Society has set up a working group, to look at the question of whether double glazing could be installed in Brentham houses without compromising the character of the Conservation Area. … Continue reading
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Insulation v Conservation – Finding a solution
The question of double glazing has become a major discussion point recently, and the April edition of Brentham News Extra outlined the Brentham Society views and Council policy on these. The discussion has arisen following a successful appeal by a … Continue reading
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Book and DVD Deal
The Brentham Society in conjunction with Pitshanger Bookshop The book ‘Brentham: A History of the Pioneer Garden Suburb’, by Aileen Reid, £15 including a free copy of the DVD ‘The Brentham Story’. Available at Pitshanger Bookshop see also the Society SHOP
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Walking Book Club
Hello Residents – You have a walking book club in your midst! We meet and walk in Pitshanger Park (for approximately 1 hour) and discuss a book which has been proposed by different members of the book club at the previous … Continue reading
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Brentham Garden Suburb 