This is the text of a press release issued by the Friends on 13 December 2009: FRIENDS ASK ENGLISH HERITAGE TO ACT At their Annual General Meeting on 6 December the Friends of Gunnersbury Park & Museum resolved
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Huge damage from repeated lead thefts
Over the period of the last three weeks, Gunnersbury has suffered four thefts of lead from the roof of the servants’ wing in the Large Mansion, three of them in the last four days. A couple of weekends ago lead
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Consultation shows large majority in favour of restoration
The report published today shows that there were 4,304 responses to the Consultation. The proposals for the Large Mansion, Small Mansion, Stables, Landscape and Sports were agreed or strongly agreed by between 61% and 79% of the respondents. The
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Ealing Runs Out of Options?
We have to face the fact that the governance of Gunnersbury has collapsed – yet again – and that the estate and the museum will continue to decay and decline until this is radically changed. The specific event this
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Ealing Councillor Attacks Hounslow, with response
Cllr Dabrowska sent this letter to the Ealing Gazette, which was published on 30th October. I have responded with a refutation of her claims, and hope it will be published in their next edition. Right, Hounslow, time for
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Cllr Taylor Reveals The Results Of The Consultation
It appears that a majority of the 4000 responses to the survey were in favour of the proposal to fund the restoration of GunnersburyPark with money from the sale or lease of some of its land. This information was
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Peter Crouch donation to the Museum!
England centre forward, Peter Crouch, has recently given one of his signed England shirts to Gunnersbury Park Museum. Peter is a local lad from Ealing and a former pupil of North Ealing and Drayton Manor Schools. At 6ft 7ins he
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Spencer Perceval Exhibition
Spencer Perceval and All Saints Church New exhibition at Gunnersbury Park Museum, October 3 2009 – Jan 3 2010 Spencer Perceval was the only Ealing resident to become Prime Minister (in 1809) and the only British Prime Minister to
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Good News About Toilets
This is a progress report on the building of a new unisex toilet in GunnersburyPark. In response to the widespread public criticism of toilet provision at Gunnersbury, the London Borough of Ealing allocated from its own resources £125,000 to
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Meeting and Walk for the Friends, 2pm, Sunday 20 September
The Consultation Questionnaire Terrace Room, Small Mansion Friends who would like to discuss the Questionnaire before they fill it in will be welcome at this event, which takes place 10 days before the closing date for its return. Richard
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