Today the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery Fund jointly announced that Gunnersbury has been awarded its first stage of development money to support its full bid for a Parks for People award. This is for £321,330 from Parks
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Archaeology and Gunnersbury 2
The Museum of London is recruiting a small team of volunteers from LB Hounslow, preferably Brentford residents, for an exciting 5-week community archaeology project. Based in Brentford, the project will begin on 18 June and end in the week beginning 16
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Archaeology and Gunnersbury 1
During the week beginning 21 May archaeology students from Birkbeck College are at Gunnersbury for 4 days learning how to do geophysical archaeology surveys. The are learning how to use a range of sensors to map archaeology sites, initially without
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Tree Walk, Sunday 13 May 2012, 11am
John Wells, a local ecologist, has notified us that he will be leading a walk to look at the trees in Gunnersbury Park. Meet outside Gunnersbury Park Museum 11am. He suggests bringing a x10 lens if you have one.
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Victorian family activities, Sunday 1 April 2012
Two kinds of Museum activities for all ages – please note children must be accompanied by an adult. Phone 020 8992 2247 for details Victorian Kitchens 11.30am-12.30pm; 1.15-2.15pm; 3.30-4.30pm free activities, no advance booking, first come first served. Meet Gunnersbury’s
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Charles Dickens Centenary event, Sunday 15 April 2012 at 2.30pm
Hounslow Libraries have put together several events for the Dickens bicentenary. One will take place at Gunnersbury Park Museum. Lucinda Dickens Hawksley will be talking about her recent book commemorating Charles Dickens, her great-great-great-grand-father. Tickets are £1 and you must
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Our Sporting Life: Celebrating sports clubs and sporting heroes in Hounslow and Ealing
Saturday February 25 to Tuesday August 28 2012 The Museum’s new exhibition is part of the build up to the greatest ever exhibition of British sporting history to be held in London for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It
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Stir Up Sunday, 20 November 2011
Join this free family activity with Gunnersbury’s Victorian servants as they prepare for the Christmas festivities! Traditionally, Christmas preparations in a big household would begin on the last Sunday before the church services for Advent. This was known as Stir-Up
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A Community of Gardeners, a talk on Thursday 15 September 2011
Light refreshments from 7pm, talk at 7.30pm – all welcome Terrace Room, Small Mansion Val Bott’s illustrated talk looks at nursery gardeners in Brentford & Chiswick between about 1650 and 1800. Most historians have written about market gardeners in our
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London Mela 2011, Sunday 4 September
The wonderful London Mela runs from 12 noon to 8.30pm next Sunday. With sponsorship from the Mayor of London and O2, admission is free. This is an event not to be missed, with colour, sound and spectacle – there will
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