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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The Park
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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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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Orange Rockcorps at Gunnersbury Park Orangery, 25 June 2011, noon to 4pm
The message below has been circulated to the Friends: if you wish to take part, please use the web address or phone numbe below to register. Calling All Volunteers! Gunnersbury Park is a beautiful 75 hectare (186 acres) landscape of
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At Last! New Toilets at Gunnersbury Park!
The Friends of Gunnersbury Park and Museum sponsored a small celebration of the completion of the new toilet block beside the Victorian kitchen wing of the Large Mansion on the morning of Tuesday 14 December 2010. Representatives of the
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Gunnersbury Park Trees
The Friends have recently received this note from John Laing Integrated Services, the company ultimately responsible for the landscape at Gunnersbury. It is a very informative note and so we are reproducing it and its attachments in full. “As part
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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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“Beware – Falling Masonry”
On Tuesday evening (11th) several chunks of masonry fell from the first floor of the Small Mansion. They had been pushed out by plant roots growing in the structure. Luckily no one was injured.
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