October 2009 Archives

GET fit with table tennis at Northfields Community Centre, Northcroft Road, Ealing.

Sessions are held on Monday's and Friday's from 7.30-10.30 p.m with the first night free and there after it is £1-£3 or £20 membership and £2 per night.

Coaching is available and beginners and league players are all welcome.

Ealing businesses are encouraged to sign up to the annual Heathrow Meet the Buyers event to gain access to millions of pounds worth of business opportunities.

THE Julian Light Operatic Society this year celebrates 60 years in Ealing with a production of Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Yeomen of the Guard" at Questors Theatre from November 11-14.

Named after Julian Avenue in Acton the society has, since its first show in 1949, provided local people of all ages with the opportunity for taking part in and enjoying Gilbert & Sullivan and other light opera, and to learn many aspects of stagecraft, music and singing.

For tickets contact Questors at www.questors.org.uk or call 020 8567 518.

A poetry competition deadline has been extended following the intermittent postal strikes over the last two weeks.

The Ealing Arts and Leisure competition will still be accepting entries until Monday November 9 and entry forms are still available to download from the website.

A restaurant is inviting people to share in the Christmas cheer as they offer free mulled wine and festive canapés at the start of December.

Drop sessions offering a whole host of advice, from health to housing, are being held at Ealing Town Hall on Tuesday.

The gathering of experts has been organised by housing association A2 Dominion and will run between 1pm and 4pm.

A LOVING husband donated one of his kidneys so his wife could undergo pioneering treatment and live a normal life.

Wictor Moszczynski, of Inglis Road, Ealing, knew his wife Albina has a very rare blood type and it would have been very unlikely she could have found a match.

Clothing store H&M has opened up on Ealing Broadway raising fresh hopes for the recession-hit town centre.

The chain opened for business today and shoppers were optimistic it will bring a much-needed boost to the area. A small queue had already formed half an hour before the new shop was due to open at 11am.

A bluesman who made a name for himself busking around Ealing and on the London Underground will perform a one-off gig at the Drayton Court pub in West Ealing next weekend.

John Albert is hoping for a sold-out show at the venue in The Avenue on Saturday, October 24, as the gig is being filmed for a music video.

A university radio station has blasted through to a national award in the category of 'Best Marketing and Branding'.

Thames Valley University's show, Blast Radio, has been nominated for a national Student Radio Award (SRA) after only five months of transmission from the historic Ealing Studios.