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Re lifts in broadway centre

When are there going to sort out the problems with the lifts there are always out of order and not just for a few hours or a day there can be not working for days and when you speak to anyone there don't no what good is that I am disabled and in a wheelchair so I can not get up and down the floors any other way one of the lifts buy the library has been out of order for nearly a week and this morning when my wife and I went to get our order from M&S both lifts where out of order so I am going to right a letter to the centre manager and find out how much longer this is going on and also the ticket machine also on the first floor by the disabled bays is out of order more times then it is working and after all that I would like to wish everyone a very happy christmas

Harold John Ward ● 5757d0 Comments ● 5757d

Car Broken Into Milford Road

Our car had it's window smashed last night on Milford RoadNothing was taken but I think they had a look around insideDid anyone suffer anything similar?

James Green ● 5777d6 Comments ● 5757d

Empire moving at last?

See front page report that Empire have promised to start work on the cinema in the new year.

Susan Kelly ● 5758d0 Comments ● 5758d

One of the best Winter walks in the UK !

Who knew !The Guardian's list of the best Winter walks features Ealing !http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/dec/20/pubs-winter-walks-readers-tips?CMP=twt_fd

Mary MacInnes ● 5758d0 Comments ● 5758d

Car keys found

Set of car keys found in Clovelly Road, Wed 15th at 7 pm or so.

Caroline Cabraal ● 5765d1 Comments ● 5759d

My sheepskin coat needs cleaning

anyone know anywhere good? It's a lovely old vintage one with leather trim - I am worried it could go all stiff. I found a place in Maida Vale but they quoted 52 quid!

Viv Ellis ● 5759d0 Comments ● 5759d

Oyster Daylight Robbery ?

As its the season of goodwill I thought it best to warn everyone of the perils of using Oyster and assuming you are only paying the correct amount. Normally I have a season ticket, but as it finished last week and I have some holiday I decided to use pay as you go...put £30 on it on Sunday for 4 days travel - should be enough I thought....however by the time I had finished a busy days travel (zone 1-3) and started my journey this morning found that over £14 had been taken!Now I know that Oyster should only take up to the equivalent of a day travelcard (£8.60) - so I checked this when I arrived at Liverpool St station this morning and was told that I had not swiped out at the end of my homeward journey the previous night and been charged the princely sum of £6 (peak single jouney fare !!) for this. I can distinctly remember that the barrier I used to exit Ealing Broadway opened up when I presented my card, but also that the indicator light on the barrier remained red (not amber or green) so I can only presume that the barrier was faulty.I am sure I was one of over several hundred who used that one last night - making a nice Xmas bonus for someone!This morning - all the barriers were open to entry/exit. Inviting people to forget to swipe ?? Why is this done early morning / late evening ?? Definitely sharp practice in my book. On a very positive note - the ticket person at the station refunded me the fares over the total single day travelcard once I explained what I had done.

Niall Connolly ● 5759d5 Comments ● 5759d

Ealing Freegive Group

Reusing items saves money, reduces waste and is a way to do something positive for the environment. Items we throw away such as bed, television, clothes, furniture, printer, toys, sofa and computer can pass to someone in your community.If you haven't heard yet, there is a wonderful organisation called Ealing Freegive ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ealingfreegive ). Ealing Freegive Group connects people who are giving and getting unwanted items for free in the London Borough of Ealing. It's all about recycle, reuse, reduce and keeping good stuff out of landfills and, at the same time, helping someone in your community by gifting them the item you no longer need. Another benefit of using Ealing Freegive is that it encourages poeple to get rid of junk that we no longer need and promote community involvement in the process. By using Ealing Freegive, not only are you able to get rid of your item with the minimum of fuss; you will also be doing your part in stopping another reusable item ending up in a landfill. It's completely free to join.Visit Ealing Freegive Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ealingfreegiveFreegive group is active in all London boroughs. Find a group near you at http://www.freegive.co.uk/londonfg.htmHow freegive group works: 1. You have a television or clothes or furniture or printer or toys you were going to throw out.2. You join your local Freegive group.3. You post an offer on your local Freegive group.4. People respond to you if they are interested.5. You pick a recipient and arrange for them to collect the item.6. They take the item away.7. You let your local freegive group know that the item is no longer available by posting an item TAKEN message to the group. Note: If you need an item you can request one on your local freegive group in the same way by posting an item WANTED message to the group and if someone has what you’re looking for they will contact you to offer it.This is a great idea! Encouraging people to reuse and recycle things by giving them away and not sending them to the garbage bin! Ealing Freegive is a great way to build a bond in the community and it's always good to recycle. Fantastic idea and everyone should join!

Amy Willson ● 5759d1 Comments ● 5759d

Sign the Online Petition to Save our Ealing Cinema

From the front page story, everyone who wants a cinema back in Ealing please sign the petitionhttp://www.ealingtoday.co.uk/default.asp?section=info&page=eaempire005.htmEven of you never go to the cinema, please signDo you want a car park there instead? Please sign.

David Archer ● 5786d17 Comments ● 5760d

Papillon Cafe Northfield Avenue

New people have taken over what was Skylight Cafe on Northfield Ave - and it's brilliant! Great coffe, sandwiches and hot food for lunch and best of all - beautiful patisserie. Proper lovely delicate patries and rich gateaux. Fatal for the waistline but oh so delicious.It's strangely rare in Ealing to see stuff like this - plenty of places do stodgy cake or mass produced stuff that has no flavour but these are works of art! For a true indulgence, have a coffe and a choux bun shaped like a swan - gorgeous!

Cassie Blake ● 5773d10 Comments ● 5760d

Hotel Building Mania in Central Ealing

In living memory there have been no hotels in Central Ealing. Right now three are under construction and plans for a fourth are with the Council.Just for the record the hotel building sites are 'The Ealing Hotel' in Bond Street, a Travel Lodge Hotel on the south side of the Uxbridge Road and a Premier Inn Hotel on the north side of the Uxbridge Road. The putative fourth hotel (4 Star) would be built directly across the road from the Travel Lodge.Can anyone advise us all why all of a sudden it's viable to create these hotels when for generations it was not viable?

Eric Alan Leach ● 5765d14 Comments ● 5760d

Comment on Steve Pound's article and Christmas Greeting

How good to hear good and Christian sentiments being expressed at Christmas towards new communities.  The contribution new communities make by supporting each other and those in greatest need is too often over-looked. People with enthusiasm and an appetite for hard work and self improvement characterize migrants.  Refugees are often those who are at the very heart of an over thrown government, or regime, people who are engaged and educated.  I hope everyone will make greater effort to welcome newcomers to Ealing in 2011.  From my position as Volunteer Centre Manager I am privileged to meet many people from diverse backgrounds who are looking to find ways to volunteer their skills to help others and learn about English culture, improve their command of spoken English.

Lizzie Saunders, Volunteer Centre Manager ● 5762d3 Comments ● 5760d

Ealing - 'A Third Rate Borough in A Third World Country'

Has any one seen Tony Palmer's comments?Does he mean Ealing is a third rate borough generally, but one that happens to be within a third rate country?Or does he mean Ealing is a third rate borough WITHIN a third rate country?To put it another way is he saying Ealing is a 6th rate borough if it were in a 1st rate country? Or indeed a 5th rate borough in a second rate country? Or is the rating of the borough independent of the rating of the country, ie it would still be a 3rd rate borough even if it were in a 4th rate country?Another point. If, as you'd assume, the rating of a borough couldn't exceed the rating of the country it's in (as you'd expect as it is, after all, only a part of that country) then what he is saying is that Ealing is a first rate borough but it is the country generally that is the problem.I haven't even read the article yet, it's far too long and the heading is confusing enough as it is.

Sam Watts ● 5785d7 Comments ● 5763d

Bathroom refurbish help

Can anyone recommend someone who can completely refurbish our 17 year old shower room? Plumbing, tiling, the works. Having had a nightmare kitchen replacement 5 years ago I can't face another disaster and will only trust personal recommendations. Help please!

Maggi Howells ● 5766d4 Comments ● 5763d

Winter Wonderland & Santa's Grotto

Spend most of today setting up a special Xmas Wonderland & Santa's Grotto. Hard work, could do with more help/helpers specially someone who are creative and artistic as well as people who like xmas and would like to local community generally.

Jim Wong ● 5783d14 Comments ● 5763d

Ealing hospital maternity department

hi - I've been referred to Ealing hospital to have my second child. I had severe pre eclampsia with my first who was born at 34 weeks + 5 days so I was told I'd definitely get into to Queen Charlotte's again this time.  I'm in two minds now as heard bad things about Ealing hospital in the past - though more favourable things in the last year. Today my husband and I dropped in unannounced to get a feel for the place and I was very pleasantly surprised when a lovely midwife dropped everything when I explained the situation and took us on a private tour of all the facilities ante natal, postnatal and c section rooms. She spent an hour with us and was so lovely, answering my umpteen questions happily. So I think I'll stick with going there, despite QCH being more famous for 'high risk' pregnancies but just wondered if anyone had recent experience of giving birth at Ealing.

Anne Pugh ● 5769d2 Comments ● 5763d

More snow on the way

Heavy snow due on Saturdayhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12006670

Mark Yates ● 5764d0 Comments ● 5764d

Park Ranger petition at Ealing site

It seemed best to start a new thread for this, as this forum structure is truly awful.I see there is a petition against cutting the Park Ranger service from 24 to 4 at http://ealing-consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal/petitions/benjamin_dennehy if anyone wishes to sign.

Tony Sleep ● 5764d0 Comments ● 5764d

West Ealing in blog post

Here's an interesting retail expert's view on West Ealing :http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/2010/12/13/west-ealings-surprising-former-woolies-building/

Mary MacInnes ● 5764d0 Comments ● 5764d

Don't drop off at Ealing Bdwy Station - legalised theft by our Council

I had to drop my partner off at Ealing Broadway last week. She had warned me that she'd heard that if you enter the little service road running past the station, that was an instant fine.So I stopped on the main road without pulling in to the service road. Nobody was inconvenienced. The road was quiet. We were stopped for around 10 seconds.£50 penalty notice arrived today.Legalised theft.What exactly do they expect people to do when departing from the station with awkward luggage?

Mark Vale ● 5766d8 Comments ● 5765d