WARD FORUMS
Honouring
the past
To commemorate the
100-year anniversary
of the start of the First
World War, ward forums
remembered the fallen
by supporting and
helping to pay for repairs
carried out on memorials.
A
war memorial at the corner
of Pitshanger Lane and
Denison Road outside
St Barnabas Church in
Cleveland ward was one of the restoration
projects. Members of the church, along
with Pitshanger Community Association
and Brentham Society, worked together
to restore the memorial’s stonework
and overhaul its surrounding area.
Following the completion of the work,
a service attended by more than 100
community members was held to rededicate the monument and mark the
100-year centenary of the beginning
of the First World War.
Other war memorials, including
ones near Greenford Town Hall and
the Manor House Grounds in Southall,
received funds from their local ward
forums for restoration, with all five
Southall wards contributing to restore
the monument in The Green which is
modelled on the cenotaph in Whitehall.
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Southall War Memorial in The Green
WHAT IS IN A NAME?
Elsewhere in the borough, history
is being preserved with a popular
programme to renew street nameplates.
The initiative, which has seen many
street fixtures and fittings restored,
began as a result of a review of the old
nameplates by residents living in the
Brentham Garden Estate Conservation
Area in Ealing. Brentham Garden is one
of the borough’s 29 conservation areas.
Many of the plates, which had been
used for more than 60 years, were in
poor condition or not easily visible
to drivers. They have since been
repositioned or replaced by new or
refurbished cast iron signs that are in
keeping with the style of the area.
To have your say on matters
that affect your area, and on
how money is spent to make
it better, visit www.ealing.
gov.uk/wardforum and find out
when your next meeting is taking
place. You can also find out more,
including a check of which ward
you live in by getting in touch with
your neighbourhood co-ordinator.
Keep in touch by following
@ealingcouncil twitter feed.
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Acton and Chiswick
Kofi Nyamah, call 020 8825 5818
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Ealing and Hanwell
Tan Afzal, call 020 8825 6426