The Ealing Today website has got a great story about The London Studio, a greetings card company from West Ealing founded by local resident Soula Zavacopoulos, being named as one of the UK’s top 100 businesses in the Smarta Awards. The winner will win £10,000 and it’s all down to the number of votes she gets. You can read the full story here and you can visit The London Studio’s site to vote.
Just a few tickets left to the Oxjam gig at The Ealing Club on Thursday night
I missed this last year so made sure I got my ticket early. Worth the £6 just to see Du Bellows in my view. About 20 tickets left. Other bands include The Geoff Garbow Blues Band and Romeo Down. See here for details
Something a bit special at Saturday’s craft market in West Ealing – a chance to get yourself drawn by an expert caricaturist
Get yourself something to remember this Saturday -come along to Saturday’s craft market in St James Avenue (10am – 3pm) and get your very own caricature drawn by Pixel Monkey (Karl) – a specialist in drawing caricatures with experience of working at Thorpe Park and Chessington World of Adventures – see his website
As well as Karl, there will be a wide range of locally made crafts for sale – jewellery, cards, gifts and more.
More information on our regular stallholders can be found here
A celebration of OPEN Ealing’s achievements and people – Saturday 29th September
This Saturday OPEN Ealing opens its doors to all to bid farewell to its current home. There will be free activities and events for all the family:
12-4pm : ‘Fantastic Worlds’ drawing workshop for all the family with artist Timothy B Layden and an animated film made during OPEN school holiday workshops.
2-4pm : Learn magic with Mr Cosmo and open rehearsals of six 10-minute plays to be performed in the evening
7-11pm : A selection of live music from local classical and jazz musicians; films and documentaries; performance of the six 10-minute plays.
Join us in celebrating everything that OPEN has achieved over the past 18 months. An afternoon and evening of children and family activities and performances and a cocktail or two. A truly memorable day over five glorious floors.
For full details visit OPEN Ealing’s website
West Ealing Family Day – music, food, kids’activities, craft market and more – Saturday from 10am
The weather forecast is good and there’ll be music, food and activities for kids’, so make the most of the good weather and enjoy the late summer at West Ealing Family Day on Saturday.
Some of the activities and events for Family Day:
Kids’ activities include – Punch and Judy (11.30am) at the farmers’ market in Leeland Road; drumming workshops, magic shows and kids’ cookery school at St James Church; making ceramics at OPEN Ealing’s stall in St James Ave; ‘make your own…’ stall in Canberra Road. Also football in Dean Gardens from 1-3pm and fun and activities in St John’s Church from 10.30am.
Music,dance and hot food in Melbourne Ave – music starts at 11am
Craft market in St James Avenue
Community information and craft stalls in Canberra Road
WEN Abundance selling locally made jams, chutneys and more in front of St James Church
Watch out for more including a St John’s Ambulance stand and if you like climbing stairs then you can get a spectacular view across west London from the top of the tower at St John’s Church in Mattock Lane – tours from 10.30am – 3.30pm.
More information on times of kids’ activities on our website
Lots of free children’s activities at West Ealing Family Day on Saturday 22nd September
We’ve put together our best yet activities and entertainment for children at this year’s Family Day. So far confirmed:
Farmers’ Market in Leeland Road – Punch and Judy show from 11.30 – 12.30 plus fruit and vegetable printing and chalk street art
St James Avenue – OPEN Ealing stall for making ceramics – 10am – 4pm
St James Church – drumming workshops, magic shows and cookery lessons. Schedule so far:
11am Drumming workshop (40 mins)
11.45am Magic Show (40 mins)
12.30pm Drumming workshop (40 mins)
1.15pm Magic workshop (40 mins)
3pm Drumming performance (20 mins)
St James Church Garden 10.30am – 3pm Kids’ Cookery School – a chance for kids to make their own healthy meals.
Check our website for final details
Get ready for West Ealing Family Day on Saturday 22nd September
This year’s West Ealing Family Day is fast approaching. This year we have more activities for children including:
- drumming workshops and magic shows in St James Church
- painting and other children’s activities in the famers’ market in Leeland Road
- arts activities for children with OPEN Ealing in St James Avenue
- football in Dean Gardens
We’ll again have hot food and live music in Melbourne Avenue, a craft market in St James Avenue and, for the first time, specialist food stalls and community information stalls in Canberra Road alongside Sainsbury’s. Watch out too for our Abundance stall and apple juice pressing in front of St James Church.
Full details of activities and timings will be on our website
Face painting for kids, natural skin care products, free teas and coffees and more at this Saturday’s West Ealing Craft Market
Alongside the 16 craft stalls selling locally made goods, St James’ Church is offering free teas and coffees at this Saturday’s craft market in St James Avenue ( by entrance to Sainsbury’s car park). The market runs from 10am – 3pm and you can buy a selection of jewellery, home-baked cakes, natural skin care products including soaps, bath salts, body butters, hand creams, as well as original drawings and paintings, handmade beaded bracelets and there’s also face painting for kids.
Air ambulance in Dean Gardens – incident in Chapel Road
I’ve just walked back from OPEN Ealing and passed police cars and ambulances all over the place. Then I saw an air ambulance in Dean Gardens. It looks to me as if an incident took place in Chapel Road, location of a major fire last year, and someone was taken by road ambulance to the air ambulance which had landed in Dean Gardens. More information when we have it… think I’ve just heard the air ambulance fly over our house.
UPDATE – Saturday from Ealing Today website
Seems a man in his 30s was attacked in Chapel Road and left in a serious condition and then airlifted to hospital in east London.
Craft market with local hand-made goods in St James Avenue this Saturday 10am – 3pm
Our next monthly craft market will be in St James Ave this Saturday with a variety of locally made goods on sale – jewellery, prints , original drawings, scented bags and much more. Come along and be tempted!