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Discovering West Ealing DEAN GARDENS W13 > The Ealing Walking, Talking and Exploring group, directed by expert tour guide Joanna Dudzinska (pictured) visited, discussed and learned about the sights of West Ealing on Saturday. > more on pages 4-5
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Alistair Slaughter As a member of Hanwell-based Gloc Musical Theatre, Ali gets to sing, dance and perform on stage in Ealing. In our Q&A this week, he spills a bit about his upcoming shows...
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o how does an English teacher end up on stage? What happened: did you fall in love with a text and wanted to see it come to life? > Actually I’ve got my mum to thank for that. She was always very musical and dramatic (I mean that in a good way if you’re reading this, mum). When I was 16 she invited me along to a Gloc rehearsal. After that I was hooked by the great people as well as the chance to perform. The link to English is a complete coincidence but there’s no denying the two go hand in hand very well. That said, I’m pretty sure my students think I’m a bit odd when I start practising my tapping in the playground. What is ‘Gloc Goes to The Movies’ like? (see advert, p12). > It’s an incredible selection of songs chosen by two very
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passionate people, Victoria Jones and Matt Pimm. Vicky’s actually a teacher too. Musical theatre seems to attract us for some reason. You’ll recognise big hits from classics like Top Gun as well as more modern films like Austin Powers and Jersey Boys. Sadly, I’m not making an appearance on stage this time round but I will be enjoying the show from the wings as stage manager. I can’t wait to get back on stage with Gloc for ‘Urinetown’ next summer.
You have a different show, a play rather than a musical, coming up at Questors, don’t you? > That’s right. I’ve been lucky enough to be cast in Theatre West 4’s production of The Merchant of Venice. It’s one of the most controversial of Shakespeare’s plays. It got a horrible reputation due to the use of it by the Nazis during the 1930s and 40s. However, looking at it through a modern lens a very different picture emerges. It’s running 22-27 November at the Questors Studio.
Some readers of The_Ealinger will recognise you from our Cricketforfun sessions. You also play rugby, squash, and what else – bowls! When?! > It does sound like a busy schedule, I know, but I’m not sure I could go without any of them. I love teaching, and the rest provide a nice change from that to stop me burning out. I think when you’re doing something you love, you just find the energy somewhere. glocmt.co.uk @GlocMT glocmusicaltheatre – interview by Carlene Bender
At left: Ali Slaughter, and above: in costume (and character) as Sherlock Holmes. At right: A rehearsal scene from ‘Gloc Goes to The Movies’ Photos: contributed
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A tour of West Ealing
BROADWAY W13 > Weeks of research and preparation by tour director Joanna Dudzinska meant that her twohour Saturday Walk around West Ealing was packed with interesting and lesser-known details about the area. This brought great entertainment to the English first-language members of the group, and lots of practice for the group members still learning the language. The tour started at the West Ealing Workspace building on St James’s Avenue, carried east and then crossed over through the Green Man Estate into Drayton Green, up into The Avenue, and then back down to Dean Gardens and the Leeland Road Farmers Market before ending at the wall sculpture on the Sainsbury’s building. Next tour: South Acton, Sun 6 Nov. See ad on page 9.
Below: The tour stopped at the OPEN Ealing creative hub on Singapore Road, and met up with manager Mandie Wilde Below left: A flags mural decorating a building site wall in the Green Man Estate Bottom left: Another mural on the Green Man Estate – the Green Man and Green Woman Bottom right: a visit to Leeland Road
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Have a look at our video summary of the Saturday Walk around West Ealing: youtu.be/6LkegtVWQrs
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Below: ‘Witamy’, or ‘welcome’ in Polish. Below left: Starting off at St James’s Avenue; Bottom left: Window shopping on The Avenue; Bottom centre: in the Corner Shop; Bottom right: Joanna speaks with Martin, one of six brothers who run the well-known Farmers Market fruit stall.
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An event for local women Photos and event coverage by The_Ealinger’s Joanna Dudzinska
EALING TOWN HALL W5 > The Women Matter event last Tuesday commemorated International Day of the Girl Child as well as Ada Lovelace Day, a day to celebrate women mathematicians and scientists, named after the Ealing-based pioneering 19th century computer scientist. Organised by the Ealing Women’s Forum, the event brought together scores of women for the Forum’s Big Conversation, led by Jackie Sear. EalingWomenForum
Top and above left: Jackie Sear inviting Ealing women to talk about the issues that matter to them Above: Radhika Handa, representing Southall Black Sisters Above far left, left: Joanna poses with speaker Judy Wellington of Learn-UK, before Judy paints her ‘Circle of Identity’
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Memories of wartime Ealing Local event coming up? Contact Joanna Dudzinska and invite her to come along to cover it for The_Ealinger. Find Joanna on Facebook via: English Lessons Online and Offline
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THE AVENUE W13 > In last week’s edition, The_Ealinger contributor Joanna Dudzinska wrote about discovering a book called ‘Polish Ealing’, a Polish Ealing historian’s perspective of post-WWII Ealing. This week, nestled among the local newspapers, the lottery tickets and the cellophane-wrapped sweets in the West Ealing Newsagency, she finds ‘A Little Boy’s War’, Roy Bartlett’s book remembering what it was like growing up in Ealing during the same war, sustaining a leg injury in the 1940 Blitz, and as a hungry child surviving on food rations. Now in his late 80s, Roy happily comes along on his mobility scooter to meet Joanna and sign her copy of the book, under the kind and watchful eye of Jo, behind the counter of her parents’ shop of 40 years. “This is my second book,” Roy explains. “The first one was about playing for the Ealing football club.” He remembers playing in Moscow, and changing planes in Warsaw at the time of the Soviet invasion of Prague. That book is sold out but ‘A Little Boy’s War’ is still available.
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Bake sale for Haiti MONTPELIER PARK W5 > A group of school mums, led by Naglaa Mrabti, got baking and shopping and put on a cake sale last Thursday to raise money for the victims of recent Hurricane Matthew which savaged the Caribbean country Haiti and left hundreds of thousands of children in urgent need of humanitarian aid. Within one hour, the sale had raised ÂŁ432.35, which the group will be donating to the charity Save the Children.
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@savechildrenuk Below: Setting out the cakes, samosas, hot dogs and other goodies before the mad rush At right: After-school treats galore Bottom: Home made cakes a hit as usual
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What’s your Christmas offer? Email Carlene at: the_ealinger@contactusealing.co.uk Find out about our high-business £250 full promotion package. @The_Ealinger Out next month: printed/online Christmas edition of ‘Contactus Ealing’ local business magazine. Booking deadline Fri 4 Nov. @ContactusEaling See our Contactus newsletter: eepurl.com/ceoaib
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South Acton Walk and Talk Sunday 6 November – 11am to 1pm Start: Acton Town station; finish Chiswick Park
This friendly tour will take you to another part of the West London borough of Ealing. We will stroll through the changing area, look at the street art and take in as much as possible. Join in whether you want to improve your English, meet new people or do some sightseeing off the main tourist routes. During the walk you may find out which of the famous graffiti artists is called STIK and why; and see the unique abode and vehicle of the celebrated English craftivist, Carrie Reichardt and maybe even bump into her. We will probably also see the place hit by a German bomb, more street art, some wildlife and some gentrification, not to mention Soapsuds Island! The tour costs £10 per person payable by Eventbrite or on the day (children free but your responsibility).
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Testing mywestealing.com Below: Jack Jones shows how the new website would work Below right and bottom: Project contributors
BROADWAY W13 > The West Ealing umbrella website mywestealing.com moved one step closer to launch as designer Jack Jones (Open Ealing) presented his ideas for the site and demonstrated its workings to the website committee, made up of local business-owners and volunteers drawn together by Ealing Council, who are funding the project. Be the first to know when the site goes live: sign up at mywestealing.com. @mywestealing
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Lido Centre: a community hub MATTOCK LANE W13 > With excitement building up over the new West Ealing Workspace coworking space under refurbishment at St James’s House, The_Ealinger went to have a look at another hub in West Ealing – one with a community focus rather than business, at the Lido Centre, corner of Mattock Lane and Northfield Avenue. Manager Sasha Rhoden showed off different sized meeting rooms, kitchen facilities and shared offices, while explaining how the centre works with voluntary groups and charities in Ealing. “This is the place in Ealing to connect with any voluntary sector organisation,” he said, including Mencap, deafPlus, and the Ealing Community and Voluntary Service (Ealing CVS). @lidocentre Below: Sasha promoting Ealing Council’s Fostering and Adoption scheme
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Shiatsu for dementia
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‘Gloc Goes to the Movies’
Music (and dancing) from over 30 of our favourite shows. Wed 26 to Sat 29 Oct, Drayton Manor High School. Book online at: glocmt.co.uk. @GlocMT glocmusicaltheatre
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