Category Archives: News

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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More filming in Brentham

24th October 2014 Hive of activity in Meadvale Road this morning as filming equipment is in use outside The Brentham Club and catering vans fill the car park. Anyone know what’s going on? While the cherry picker is on site … Continue reading

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Brentham pays Tribute to Ealing War Veterans

On August 4th, as part of its programme of events marking the centenary of the start of WW1, St Barnabas Church  held an evening of moving tributes in the form of diary readings with slides, films and ending with a … Continue reading

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WW1 Memorial refurbished

The Memorial at the corner of Pitshanger Lane and Denison Road has been refurbished and rededicated, thanks to St Barnabas Church with help from the Pitshanger Community Association.

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New Archive Material

50 former Brentham May Queens now appear in the Archive Gallery. Do you have pictures of those missing?

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Yellow Lines Bite The Dust

Following extensive lobbying from residents and The Brentham Society – the double yellow lines which mysteriously appeared at the junction of Ludlow Road and Meadvale Road have now gone. Well done all!  

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John Noppen’s War Diary Discovered

As Britain and the world commemorates the Great War 1914 – 1918, read John Noppen’s first hand account in his recently discovered war diary.  John was injurded at the Battle of Neuve Chappelle but survived and his daughter Muriel was a Brentham … Continue reading

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