The Mayor of Hounslow, Cllr Genevieve Hibbs, hosted afternoon tea for 35 of the Museum’s volunteers in the Victorian Kitchens at Gunnersbury on 30 April. People help the work of the museum in many different ways – mending costumes for
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Rothschild autochrome photographs
To mark the centenary of colour photography, an exhibition has opened at Exbury in Hampshire, where Lionel de Rothschild created a beautiful garden in the 1920s. The exhibition runs from 1 May to 27 September 2009. On display is a selection
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Branching Out exhibition: 9 – 31 May 2009
This is the sixth biennial exhibition of the Isleworth and District Branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild – and their first at Gunnersbury. On show will be a variety of works by members in which they have been encouraged to
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The Option Proposals In Detail
This article is an account of the detailed proposals which have been put to the Gunnersbury Park Regeneration Board, and incorporates elements of the Board’s discussion on 2nd April 2009. The Friends will be meeting Paul Jardine at 6.30 on
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Friends’ Meeting to discuss the Options Appraisal – Thursday 9th April
The Friends will be meeting Paul Jardine of Jura Consultants at 6.30 on the evening of Thursday 9th April in the Terrace Room of the Small Mansion (light refreshments from 6.00). If you are a member, please come along to
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Outline of the Options presented to the Regeneration Board, 26th February 2009
Paul Jardine of Jura Consultants presented the outline of his Options Appraisal to the Gunnersbury Park Regeneration Board on February 26th 2009. The “headline” outcomes of his work are these proposals: * That Large Mansion be used as a restaurant
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Museum News February 2009 – Grants for Museum projects
Gunnersbury Park Museum has recently secured a grant from the John and Ruth Howard Charitable Trust to support local schools and community centres in their quest for knowledge. The grant of £1,850 will be used to provide an archaeology loan
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London Historic Landscapes Seminar – 26th February 2009
Nearly 100 people attended this seminar in the Small Mansion, on 26th February 2009. It was organised by the London Parks and Green Spaces Forum and English Heritage, and supported by Ealing and Hounslow. People came from many London Boroughs
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The Options Appraisal at Gunnersbury Park – 24th January 2009
Paul Jardine of Jura Consultants gave a 30 minute presentation about the options appraisal which his firm is currently undertaking, and answered questions from the audience at the end. He spent most of the time describing the options appraisal process
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Another disgraceful meeting – Regeneration Board, 30th January 2009
On Friday 30th January 2009 the Gunnersbury Park Regeneration Board held a Special Meeting to consider the Options Appraisal. The quality of the discussion and the behaviour of some of the councillors was so dreadful that it confirmed once again
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