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Theatre at Gunnersbury – coming up!

Book tickets on visitgunnersbury.org for enjoyable Quantum Theatre productions on the South Lawn 19 July, 6.30-8.30pm: Wind in the Willows 21 July, 7-9pm Midsummer Night’s Dream 27 July, 5-7pm: The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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Gunnersbury is looking for new trustees

In January we published a news article “Changes to the way Gunnersbury will be governed“. This article had a collection of important background documents – click on the green title if you want to open it. The plans are to
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Gunnersbury Park: the Place & the People

A joint event, promoted by both the Museum and the Friends, this on-line talk takes place on 16 September at 6.30pm. It is not too late to book a place! Val Bott and James Wisdom will present the story of
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Approval granted to Putt in the Park

On Thursday evening Hounslow’s Planning Committee voted to allow the company, Putt in the Park, to take over the bowls pavilion and green and turn it into a café and mini-golf course. The permission was granted with conditions – that
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Park Walk, Sunday 9 June 2019

Friends are warmly invited to join our quarterly stroll round the Park this coming Sunday. Meet at the cafe at 10.30am. This gentle exploration will last about an hour and a half so you’ll be back at the Café in
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The Future of Public Parks

The publishers of the journal The London Gardener (Vol 22, 2018) have very kindly given us permission to re-publish (here) a recent article from their contributor “Perambulator”. It is Parks for People: gone for good and describes the sudden end
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Anniversary 1926 official opening of Park

Neville Chamberlain, then Minister of Health, opened Gunnersbury Park to the public on 21 May 1926, the Friday before the late May Bank Holiday weekend. The Park superintendent reported “crowds large on Saturday, tremendous on Sunday and overwhelming on Monday”.
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Cafe now selling new history of Gunnersbury!

The Scala Publications book on the Gunnersbury Park estate is now on sale in the new cafe in the Park. Succinctly written and profusely illustrated, it covers the story of the estate from the middle ages to the present and
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