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• Stir Up Sunday, 20 November 2011

  Join this free family activity with Gunnersbury's Victorian servants as they prepare for the Christmas…

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• A Community of Gardeners, a talk on Thursday 15 September 2011

    Light refreshments from 7pm, talk at 7.30pm - all welcome Terrace Room, Small Mansion Val Bott's…

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• London Mela 2011, Sunday 4 September

  The wonderful London Mela runs from 12 noon to 8.30pm next Sunday. With sponsorship from the Mayor of…

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• Explore Gunnersbury, London Open House, 18 September 2011

  Ealing and Hounslow councils have organised a chance to see Gunnersbury's historic buildings and join…

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• Colours of Another Age - the Rothschild Autochromes 6 August 2011- 29 January 2012

  An exhibition from the Rothschild Archive The long dream of photographers - to be able to capture the…

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• Orange Rockcorps at Gunnersbury Park Orangery, 25 June 2011, noon to 4pm

  The message below has been circulated to the Friends: if you wish to take part, please use the web…

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• FRIENDS EVENTS - DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

  Park Walk, Saturday 11 June, from 10.30am to 12 noon Walk round the historic landscape of the Park…

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• Half term activities, 1 June 2011

  The Museum will be providing entertaining sessions on 1 June. They suggest coming for a whole day in…

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• Heavy metal - embroidery exhibition 28 May-19 June 2011

    An exhibition of work by the Isleworth & District…

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• The Voice of Iranian Artists 1 March- 8 May 2011

  An exhibition about the work and heritage of Iranian artists in the UK and particularly in West London.…

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• Joan Catterall (1941-2011)

  Joan Catterall, one of the founder members of the Friends of Gunnersbury Park in 1981, died on 24 February…

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• Gunnersbury Park: A Rothschild House 1835-1925, 21 February 2011

  7.30pm, 21 February 2011 An illustrated talk by Diana Davis, based upon research for her recent MA…

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• Ealing Polish Lives, exhibition until 23 January 2011

  This exhibition tells the stories of different generations of Polish residents in Ealing, comparing…

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• At Last! New Toilets at Gunnersbury Park!

  The Friends of Gunnersbury Park and Museum sponsored a small celebration of the completion of the new…

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• Special event 29 November 2010

  Managing a National Trust property from spiralling decline to a good news story, a talk by Julie Smith,…

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• Gunnersbury Park Joint Advisory Committee

  The next meeting, after a gap of nearly a year, takes place in the Large Mansion at Gunnersbury on Friday…

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• Stir-Up Sunday 11.30 to 3.30pm 21 November 2010

  Join this free family event as the Victorian servants prepare for the Christmas festivities!  Sessions…

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• A Hive of Industry - until September 2011

  Quietly over the summer a new exhibition has been installed at the Museum at Gunnersbury. A fantastic…

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• A History of the World in a Hundred Objects

  With the success of its Radio 4 series, presented by Neil MacGregor of the British Museum, the BBC has…

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• New Fashion Display at the Museum 2010-11

  There is a new display of Victorian dress at Gunnersbury Park Museum which shows the range of clothes…

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• Princess Amelia’s Fan free children's workshops 3 & 4 August 2010

  Join us for one of our exciting one-day drama and craft workshops, for age 8-12 years, on Tuesday 3rd…

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• Gunnersbury Park Trees

  The Friends have recently received this note from John Laing Integrated Services, the company ultimately…

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• Museum activities 2 June 2010

  Green Elephants and Mice! A family activity for children of all ages  Q: When is a milk carton…

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• Friends Seek action from English Heritage

  This is the text of a press release issued by the Friends on 13 December 2009: FRIENDS ASK ENGLISH…

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• Huge damage from repeated lead thefts

   Over the period of the last three weeks, Gunnersbury has suffered four thefts of lead from the roof…

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• Consultation shows large majority in favour of restoration

  The report published today shows that there were 4,304 responses to the Consultation. The proposals…

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• Ealing Runs Out of Options?

  We have to face the fact that the governance of Gunnersbury has collapsed – yet again – and that…

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• Ealing Councillor Attacks Hounslow, with response

  Cllr Dabrowska sent this letter to the Ealing Gazette, which was published on 30th October.…

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• Cllr Taylor Reveals The Results Of The Consultation

    It appears that a majority of the 4000 responses to the survey were in favour of the proposal to fund…

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• Ealing Destroys Collaboration with Hounslow

  In a remarkable about-turn, Ealing Conservatives have published a press release announcing that they…

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• Peter Crouch donation to the Museum!

  England centre forward, Peter Crouch, has recently given one of his signed England shirts to Gunnersbury…

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• Spencer Perceval Exhibition

  Spencer Perceval and All Saints Church New exhibition at Gunnersbury Park Museum,  October 3 2009…

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• Good News About Toilets

  This is a progress report on the building of a new unisex toilet in Gunnersbury Park. In response…

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• Meeting and Walk for the Friends, 2pm, Sunday 20 September

  The Consultation Questionnaire Terrace Room, Small Mansion  Friends who would like to discuss the…

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• "Beware - Falling Masonry"

  On Tuesday evening (11th) several chunks of masonry fell from the first floor of the Small Mansion.…

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• The “Stakeholders” Meetings

  Although the original idea was to form a group of people who represented societies and organisations,…

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• The London Mela, Sunday 16 August, 1pm to 8.30pm

  Full details and the running order of all the acts at this year's Mela at Gunnersbury can be found at…

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• More floods in the Large Mansion museum stores

  The structure of the Large Mansion is proving unable to cope with the heavy rainstorms that West London…

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• Consultation on the Future of the Park

  At last the consultation document has been published, and circulated to every household within two miles…

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• Volunteers needed, 20 September 2009

  Vanda Foster, Gunnersbury's curator, writes: We plan to open the Large Mansion, the Bath-house and the…

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• Hounslow Summer Uni at Gunnersbury 2009

  A    Audition Technique workshop, age 14 to 21 years Tuesday 28 and Thursday 30 July, 10am to 3pm Thinking…

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• English Heritage announces Risk Register for 2009

  English Heritage has announced its Register of Buildings, Monuments and Parks at Risk. Nine Listed structures…

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• Gunnersbury Park Museum: National Archaeology Festival, July 2009

  Friday 17 July  "Just Divine" Keith Harmon, Chairman of the Middlesex & Surrey Archaeological Dowsers…

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• Donation from Waitrose, Chiswick

  We are delighted to report that the Chiswick Waitrose store has given £238 to the Friends' funds. Each…

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• Goblin Boots and Fairy Tales

  Half term activities for May 2009 Goblin Boots and Fairy Shoes Make your own goblin boots and fairy…

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• Awards to museum volunteers

  The Mayor of Hounslow, Cllr Genevieve Hibbs, hosted afternoon tea for 35 of the Museum's volunteers…

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• Rothschild autochrome photographs

  To mark the centenary of colour photography, an exhibition has opened at Exbury in Hampshire, where…

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• Branching Out exhibition: 9 – 31 May 2009

  This is the sixth biennial exhibition of the Isleworth and District Branch of the Embroiderers’…

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• The Option Proposals In Detail

  This article is an account of the detailed proposals which have been put to the Gunnersbury Park Regeneration…

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• Friends' Meeting to discuss the Options Appraisal - Thursday 9th April

  The Friends will be meeting Paul Jardine of Jura Consultants at 6.30 on the evening of Thursday 9th…

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• Outline of the Options presented to the Regeneration Board, 26th February 2009

  Paul Jardine of Jura Consultants presented the outline of his Options Appraisal to the Gunnersbury Park…

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• Museum News February 2009 - Grants for Museum projects

  Gunnersbury Park Museum has recently secured a grant from the John and Ruth Howard Charitable Trust…

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• London Historic Landscapes Seminar - 26th February 2009

  Nearly 100 people attended this seminar in the Small Mansion, on 26th February 2009. It was organised…

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• The Options Appraisal at Gunnersbury Park - 24th January 2009

  Paul Jardine of Jura Consultants gave a 30 minute presentation about the options appraisal which his…

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• Another disgraceful meeting - Regeneration Board, 30th January 2009

  On Friday 30th January 2009 the Gunnersbury Park Regeneration Board held a Special Meeting to consider…

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