Ken Finding was prompted to write to the Acton History Group after reading about Gunnersbury Park in The Acton Historian 52. His memories of the Park appeared in issue 53 in May 2012. “I recollect the time I discovered the
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Archives for Memories
From The King of Brentford by Mrs Robert Henrey
From The King of Brentford by Mrs Robert Henrey, first published 1946 by Peter Davies Ltd The book was written by a Frenchwoman, Madeleine Gal, who married Robert Henrey, a journalist. He was the son of the Vicar of St
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Working for the Rothschilds, memories of Bernard Collis
from Voices of Ealing and Hounslow, edited by Sue McAlpine, Tempus, 2000 I started work in 1919 when I was fourteen. My Grandmother lived in Antrobus Road where the head gardener of the Rothschilds lived and my grandma was saying
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At Gunnersbury’s Stables by Betty Winnett
from Voices of Ealing & Hounslow edited by Sue McAlpine, Tempus, 2000 In 1935 Dad was offered a job in Gunnersbury Park as a horse-keeper. There were several cylinder mowers, which the horses pulled, cutting all the fields. He was
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From Just Beyond London by Gordon S Maxwell
From Just Beyond London by Gordon S Maxwell, Methuen, 1927 Gordon Maxwell’s chapter, entitled A London Wonderland, described a day spent in Gunnersbury Park, shortly before it opened as a public park. These are short extracts. As I stood upon
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