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We haven't had a forum social meet for a long time.

Perhaps Mr Taylor would like to invite us to his local in Southall?

Graham Weeks ● 6149d4 Comments ● 6148d

Gunnersbury Park public consultation results meeting

'The next meeting of the Gunnersbury Park Joint Advisory Panel which will take place on Monday 30 November 2009 at which results from the recent public consultation about options for the future of the park will be presented to the panel.'Does anybody know where this meeting is to be held and whether it is open to the public or a 'closed-shop' meeting just for one or two councillors?

John Simms ● 6153d10 Comments ● 6149d

Terminology today

I needed to check the opening times for the local tip but had difficulty finding it on the council's web site for it is now Greenford Road Re-use and Recycling centre, It is not under 'Neighbourhood recycling sites'. Are they pretending not to engage in land fill?

Graham Weeks ● 6149d1 Comments ● 6149d

Tendonitis - Any solutions please?

Diagnosis: Tendonitis in the right hand/wristDoes anyone have advice for effective treatment of this very painful condition please?

Jean F Fernandez ● 6150d8 Comments ● 6149d

Racism on the 427

This evening I was about to get on the bus at around 5.30pm from Ealing Common Station to home in West Ealing.  In front of me were two men both of similar age at around late 30s to early 40s - one black and one white. They had a scuffle getting on the bus and to touch their Oyster tickets.  An argument ensued with both men shouting loudly; faces practically touching. I was half on the bus and decided to step off it at this stage.  The white man threatened the black man and the the white man called the black man a black ****.  I am sure you can all guess what that word was. The bus driver did not take any action at all apart from pressing some silly alarm that said the bus was under attack.  No-one intervened and the men continued on their journey, hopefully without incident.For me this was my first taste of outright racism and I was shocked to the core. I stood at the bus stop waiting for another bus and felt like crying; I just could not believe what had just happened. To have to be the recipient of such hatred is beyond my comprehension, to say what that man said with such venom is beyond my comprehension. I am still reeling from it now.Has anyone seen anything like this before, or in fact been racially abused themselves in Ealing?

Diane Gill ● 6164d24 Comments ● 6149d

November smile

At his 103rd birthday party, my grandfather was asked if he planned to be around for his 104th. "I certainly do," he replied. "Statistics show that very few people die between the ages of 103 and 104." My father, at age 93, had only the most basic needs and very few wants. Last fall my sister-in-law, hoping to get a little help in choosing a suitable birthday gift for him, asked, "Pa, what would you like for your birthday this year?" "Nothing," he replied. "But, Pa," she kidded, "that's what we gave you last year." "Well," he answered, "I'm still using it."

Graham Weeks ● 6168d5 Comments ● 6151d

Do you use Belmont Road and Town Hall Avenue (Chiswick) to reach Sutton Court Road?

Is so, please note that from Monday there will be a temporary NO RIGHT TURN restriction from Town Hall Avenue into Heathfield Terrace (opposite the Chiswick Town Hall) to allow improvement works at this junction to proceed.  There are also works on Sutton Lane North, so you should turn left into Chiswick High Road then right into Heathfield Terrace at the Chiswick War Memorial to reach Sutton Court Road. Or better still - avoid this area completely until the works are completed in mid December.  (Work will resume near the Chiswick Town Hall in early January and be completed in February.)More information on the above scheme is available at www.hounslow.gov.uk/turnham_green_consultation

Chris Calvi-Freeman ● 6155d1 Comments ● 6151d

Back injury recovery - professional recommendation wanted

Please recommend any local practitioners in pilates or physiotherapy, or similar, who can help someone recovering from back injury to build a suitable exercise programme to get back to full health

Melanie Lyons ● 6156d4 Comments ● 6151d

Dickens Yard Finally Stumbles into 'Life'

Ealing Council has finally dotted the 'i's and crossed the 't's on the Dickens Yard housing estate planning application from developers St George. Now this formality is completed, the local residents who want a Judicial Review on the plans and the planning process involved can now crack on with their legal preparations.Councillor Millican is clearly very confident that Dickens Yard will actually be built and that it will be successful. 1,000s of Ealing residents disagreee with him. Only time will tell who is right.

Eric Alan Leach ● 6152d0 Comments ● 6152d

Leather repair

Does anyone know of a local leather goods repairer? I have a leather jacket with a 2-inch straight tear just below the side pocket.

Tony Maxey ● 6153d5 Comments ● 6152d

creative writing workshops in W3

Morning workshops on Thursday (26th) and Friday (27th), a day workshop on Saturday (28th) and a fun event on Sunday afternoon (29th)- a kind of story slam, where you can come and read out your own writing. All upstairs @ The Rocket pub in Acton.You can get more details here http://wordplaywriting.wordpress.com/workshops-in-london/ Hope some of you will make it, and please pass on to anyone you think might be interested.Tonya Blowers (wordplay writing)

Tonya Blowers ● 6154d0 Comments ● 6154d

fishmongers

Have just spotted a new fishmonger that is due to open on Northfields High Street soon...i for one am very excited, all we need now is a charity hop and then I think we will have a very fine high street!

sheetal shah ● 6158d12 Comments ● 6157d

Ahead of time!

Just read about the Christmas tree and carol singing which quote "took place last night" 19th November.  Surely that is Ealing Today being ahead of itself!

Pamela Kay ● 6157d2 Comments ● 6157d

Can anyone recommend a good local barber?

Never had my hair cut in Ealing. Which are the best barbers in the area for a straightforward short back and sides?

C Gray ● 6165d8 Comments ● 6158d

Youth Street Beats Community Play "Mr Skint-Flint"

Youth Street Beats would like to invite you to their show “Mr Skint-Flint” on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th December 2009. Youth Street Beats is a voluntary organisation set up in 2002 working with local children aged 5-17 years. We aim to provide an economic and social alternative, where children are given the opportunity to express themselves creatively. Their full potential is expressed giving them a sense of achievements and confidence. YSB highlights these achievements by presentation of awards and performance spectacles in front of a public arena.This year’s performance for Christmas is “Mr Skint-Flint” an adaptation of the well-known and loved Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol”.Our play will highlight the importance of “Family values”. Through our performance we aim to reach out to friends, families and the wider community highlighting the importance of family cohesion and family communication. The importance of having respect for other and in the eyes of our main Character Scrooge, “that money isn’t everything”. We aim to educate our audiences in a fun way, but at the same time delivering significant messages about our world in which we exist. The children have all been working really hard over the past three months and I would love them to have packed audiences on both nights. The venue is @ Priory Community Centre, Acton Lane, Acton W3. Doors open at 6.30pm and the show starts @7pm. Credit Crunch prices £1 Children £4 AdultsFor more info email ysbarts@hotmail.comhttp://www.ysbarts.com/play.jpg

Collette Noel ● 6158d0 Comments ● 6158d

Urban Foxes

It seems to me that the fox problem is getting worse and worse.  It's obviously bad at this time of year as this year's cubs are kicked out to make their own way in the world.  But things have been worse all summer, with foxes brazenly about in daylight.Two neighbours have reported foxes breaking into houses, even going upstairs and raiding wardrobes for leather shoes and bags.  No, these weren’t two-legged burglars trying to disguise their activities, these creatures leave a very distinctive mess.My wife has posted on the 5RF website a guide to what little we can do about this (see http://www.fiveroadsforum.org/UrbanFoxes.pdf), but it seems that government, Council, RSPC etc. are united in washing their hands of any consequences.  Isn’t it about time that the definition of vermin was rethought, or do we have to wait for a child in their own home to be attacked before anyone does anything?

Robin Hall ● 6220d54 Comments ● 6158d

Loft Conversion

Has anybody got any recent recommendations for a loft conversion company??

Grainne Taylor ● 6167d12 Comments ● 6159d

Elers Rd resurfacing

Cracking job by the council/contractors last week. Not the usual stick-down-loads-of-cones-then-nothing-happens-for-weeks scenario, they really got stuck in from 7 am until knockoff at  ..er...  4 every day. Got the job done well within the promised timeframe and it looks fantastic.  thanks

David Dix ● 6192d13 Comments ● 6159d

Woollies in West Ealing

There seemed to be shopfitters working in there yesterday. Anyone know if it's been let?

Susan Kelly ● 6201d32 Comments ● 6160d

Promises - What Promises???

I just a frustrating experience with a certain High Street Electrical retailer, all I can say is that the name sounded like a type of food.We ordered 2 "white goods" over a week ago and to have it deliver on Saturday. We were given a time slot of 10:30 and 14:30.We were texted on Friday evening from them saying "As promised.... it will be delivered between 10:30 and 14:30).On Saturday we waited and waited and waited until 14:25 and rang their "Delivery Helpline" about the delivery.For the next few hours at least 5/6 times, nothing from them whatsoever.No feedback or anything information if they are going to deliver the item at all.Around 20:30 we eventually got a phone call from the "Delivery Helpline" to say that the driver will be in touch sometime either way.At 20:55 the driver rang to say that they will not be delivering after all today and will be tomorrow, but don't know when.On Sunday around 09:00 I rang the "Delivery Helpline", still no more information about when my delivery is going to come, except that the driver will be ring 1/2 hour before the delivery is due.At round 10:30 the 2 white goods arrived, but there was no phone call from any body.The driver and his mate weren’t going to deliver as my garden gate wasn't big enough for the "box" to get through. I had to give them permission to open the box before they are willing to deliver in to the house.Finally with my owe hand and a bit of "manpower" they are now in the house.Normally I would have tip the driver and his mate, but on this occasion. Not that it was really their fault, but the whole experience is just not one I wish on anybody.On top of that we have already “paid” over £70 (delivery charges) for this nightmare experience already.In context we have had a number of deliveries over the past 2 weeks from various suppliers and had no problems, including a very large (quantity) one from IKEA.

Jim Wong ● 6161d6 Comments ● 6161d