Ealing Walking, Talking and Exploring Group

West Ealing streets, temples, shops to London's oldest allotments

Saturday, 28th October

1.30-3.30pm

Meet at West Ealing Station

You will hear about the vast gardens and orchards of London in this area, the pony races and donkey rides on Ealing Dean and see a colourful Hindu Temple and St John's Church which lost its original steeple.

I will tell you about the hospitals, cinema and department stores that used to be here and about the man who wrote a book about his childhood in the area during WW2 and another about his football years and a Cold War visit with his team to Moscow.

After two hours of walking, talking and exploring, we will arrive at the Northfields Allotments in time to take part in their special Halloween event if you wish so. I'm sure, like on their Open Day in the summer, there will be some delicious snacks, cakes and biscuits and drinks on offer to give us this well- deserved energy boost. We can then meet and chat to the people who take pride in and campaign to save the allotments and we will see what is there, including an old air-raid shelter from the war.

If you are in a hurry, after a quick look at this oasis of cultivated green in Ealing, you can then walk back to West Ealing Railway Station, continue to Northfields Underground Station or take one of many local buses from Northfields Avenue or the Uxbridge Road.

Each tour costs £10 per person and children come free but parents’ responsibility.

Join on Facebook or/and Meetup group Ealing Walking Talking and Exploring Group or contact Joanna Dudzinska at lifelanguage@yahoo.co.uk to sign up for the tour and for more information.

25th October 2017