The Grosvenor pub in West Ealing to re-open at end of April
Food and Fuel, the new owners of The Grosvenor pub, met up with locals in one of their ‘Maggie’s’ outlets on New Broadway W5 last night (Tuesday 18th March). The Grosvenor name will be retained as will the stained glass and beautiful, original wooden bar and panelling. Five real ales are promised as well as English/Mediterranean/Gastro Pub food. No talk of juke boxes, pool tables or Sky Sports! Opening at 11am seven days a week with proper coffee and family friendliness this all sounds like a winner.
The refurb/rebuild has proved somewhat costly and upstairs apart from a live-in manager’s flat the function room has not yet been restored. Hopefully it will be later in the year.
Eric Leach
West Ealing businesses vote yes to spending £1m to improve West Ealing
West Ealing businesses have voted ‘yes’ to setting up a Business Improvement District in West Ealing. A BID has been operating in Ealing Broadway for some years and their BID team worked long and hard to persuade West Ealing’s traders to follow their lead. The idea behind a BID is for businesses in the area to contribute about a 1% levy on their rateable value to the BID which then uses that money on projects to improve and promote the area – safety, marketing and promotion, special events and so on. Over the West Ealing BID’s initial five years the amount raised by this levy will be £1 million. Sarah Evans of Waitrose is currently the chair elect of the West Ealing BID and other businesses will be represented on its board of directors.
I’ve said this before but it feels increasingly to me that West Ealing is changing, partly driven by Crossrail, and we wish the West Ealing BID every success in playing its part in improving West Ealing.
There’s more about this story of the Ealing Today website
( On the same theme I’m trying to find out what was said about plans for The Grosvenor pub at last night’s meeting with the owners. The essence of the plan is to turn this once run -down pub in to a gastro pub)
150 days of community in West Ealing: Week 5
Today is the start of Week 5 of our 150 days of community project. Don’t know what we’re talking about? Then click here.
Here are some examples of ‘acts of community’ people have sent us over the last week:
@WENeighbours Enjoyed tea and cake and wonderful retro atmosphere at Tea Darling in West Ealing's Pop Up Shop.
— Vivien Boyes (@vivienboyes) March 11, 2014
Eight or so neighbours (almost) spontaneously turned up at the pop-up vintage tea-room on Sat March 8th and drank tea, ate cake and chatted. It’s strange that it’s extraordinary but above all, it’s just brilliant. Thank you ’150 events’ for making such simple things possible.
-Gill, 10 March
Here’s our next list of seven things we reckon are good for making things better in West Ealing:
- Sing in a choir
- Get to know the counter staff at your local shops
- Attend PTA meetings
- Audition for local amateur dramatics or volunteer backstage
- Give your park a weatherproof chess/draughts board
- Play cards with friends or neighbours
- Give time or food to your local food bank
We’d love to hear from you if you do any of these things, or anything else that makes people smile in West Ealing. We have loads more suggestions of things you can do, if you want to jump ahead!
Ways to send us your contributions:
Send us an email – 150daysofcommunity@gmail.com
Write on our Facebook wall – https://www.facebook.com/groups/124290860921562/
Tweet at us – @WENeighbours
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The Land Without Music – Questors Choir at St John’s Church Saturday 15th March
150 days of community in West Ealing: Week 4
Today is the start of Week 4 of our 150 days of community project. Don’t know what we’re talking about? Then click here.
Here are some examples of ‘acts of community’ people have sent us over the last week:
Our first suggestion was about supporting local shops –
Good #1, @WENeighbours. Much as we love them it's good to remember there's more to #WestEaling than Waitrose and Costa.
— Carlene Bender (@ContactusEaling) March 1, 2014
Our suggestion about joining local sports team garnered some interest as well –
https://twitter.com/EalingFlaneur/status/440065221076733952
@EalingFlaneur @WENeighbours W13 has Pitshanger & Lammas parks (footy, tennis, etc.) and Gurnell pool. Not sure about indoors… church halls?
— Ealing Events (@EalingEvents) March 2, 2014
All great stuff, and we hope to see even more in the coming days and weeks.
Here’s our next list of seven things we reckon are good for making things better in West Ealing:
- Become an organ donor or blood marrow donor.
- Attend your children’s sports events
- Get to know your children’s teachers
- Join the local Rotary or Women’s Institute
- Offer your skills to Brownies/Guides or Cubs/Scouts
- Start a monthly coffee morning
- Attend a talk or event at Ealing library – bring a friend
We’d love to hear from you if you do any of these things, or anything else that makes people smile in West Ealing. We have loads more suggestions of things you can do, if you want to jump ahead!
Ways to send us your contributions:
Send us an email – 150daysofcommunity@gmail.com
Write on our Facebook wall – https://www.facebook.com/groups/124290860921562/
Tweet at us – @WENeighbours
Add a comment to this blog post (below)
Time for Tea in West Ealing – vintage tea room comes to Pop Up Shop from 3rd March
From 3 March -15 March 2014, Tea Darling will transform #EalingPopUpShop into a vintage tearoom, where you can enjoy homemade cake while sipping a nice cuppa amongst a nostalgic British setting. At the same time you will be able to buy handmade cushions, throws, crochet items, candles and baby clothes.
The #EalingPopUpShop has been supported by the Riot Recovery Fund to help generate business in West Ealing. Opened by Ealing Council, the shop is located at 99 Broadway W13 9BP and is open from 10am-6pm, Monday to Saturday.
150 days of community in West Ealing: Week 3
Today is the start of Week 3 of our 150 days of community project. Don’t know what we’re talking about? Then click here.
Here are some lovely examples of ‘acts of community’ people have sent us over the last week:
Happy spring time everyone!
Just sharing a picture of the lovely crocuses on Ealing Green … snapped from the top of Bus 65 yesterday afternoon 🙂
-James
Grosvenor Pub news.
There is a thread on our forum started by the new owners at http://www.westealingneighbours.org.uk/WEN-blog/wen-forum/wen-forum-group1/general-discussion-forum2/the-grosvenor-pub-thread57.0 and we are invited individually to contact the owner on peterm@foodandfuel.co.uk if we would like to attend a meeting to get to know them and express our views-Valeria
Ealing hospital.
Just some unsolicited opinion[n] for you all.
Unfortunately we’ve had to bring our little one into Ealing hospital for a little bit of treatment, and having heard and read bits and pieces of negative comments and being aware of the bigger issue of it being closed/ services being removed, we were a little concerned about how we’d find it. We have been given the best care I’ve ever experienced. Efficient professional staff who can’t do enough to let you know what’s going on and why. I really couldn’t ask for more.
– Jayne
Here’s our next list of seven things we reckon are good for making things better in West Ealing:
- Support local shops
- Have a bake sale for a charity
- Help jump start someone’s car
- Organise or join a team sport
- Join a gardening club
- Attend house parties when invited
We’d love to hear from you if you do any of these things, or anything else that makes people smile in West Ealing. We have loads more suggestions of things you can do, if you want to jump ahead!
Ways to send us your contributions:
Send us an email – 150daysofcommunity@gmail.com
Write on our Facebook wall – https://www.facebook.com/groups/124290860921562/
Tweet at us – @WENeighbours
Add a comment to this blog post (below)
Charity Fundraiser Barn Dance at St James Church on Saturday 1st March from 7.30pm
Just giving a final shout out about our Charity Fundraiser Barn Dance… NEXT Saturday… ALL welcome, come alone, come with family/friends, colleagues… Great band, Raffle, Homemade Cakes… you can bring your own drinks (alcohol allowed). Tickets can be purchased on the night… so just come and join us for a great evening! & Support a local charity helping Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (1 in 4 girls & 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused during childhood)… our charity is SO needed and we need support to keep us going.
Six More Short Plays at OPENEaling – Friday 28th Feb 8pm
SIX short plays 4
Another bunch of performed readings on Friday 28th February, 8pm at OPENShop, 13 Drayton Green Road, W13 0NG.
Six plays by writers: Tom Jensen, Liam O’Grady and Wally Sewell will be performed by actors: Olivia Busby, Robert Blackwood and Joan Blackham, directed by Anthony Shrubsall.
£5 on the door
