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Wonderland in Acton HIGH STREET W3 > At number 185, there’s a pop-up shop where the old W3 Gallery used to be: the Wonderland Collective, curated by Kate McKenzie of Eat Me Drink Me. Local businesses Mala & Bunga (jewellery), Handmade in Ealing (chocolates), Charlotte Berridge Studio (original art prints) and Eat Me Drink Me (gifts) have set up in the space until 2 April. @EatMeDrinkMeLDN
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What The_Ealinger did in February
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EALING W5 > Here’s a week-by-week overview of what ‘The_Ealinger’ (just a typical Ealing resident and worker), was up to this past month.
Top: Chasing Deer meeting some young fans after their show Middle: Lucy Savage with her Handmade in Ealing chocolates Bottom: Christina Martin of Future Health Management at the Ealing Business Partnership meeting. (Inset: Valentine’s Day.)
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Week 1: We started off the month exactly right on the 2nd with a bit of live music at the Orchard Cafe at OPEN Ealing on Singapore Road down in West Ealing. Pitshanger-based band Chasing Deer played a selection of cover songs alongside their much-appreciated original compositions. We were even treated to a couple of brand-new never-heard-in-publicbefore songs destined for their soon-to-bereleased four-song EP. A few days later, on the 7th, we put our business hat on and attended the Ealing Council quarterly Ealing Business Partnership meeting at the Ealing Town Hall, where Cllr Yvonne Johnson, portfolio holder for finance, performance and customer services, was presenting the Council’s ‘Medium Term Financial Strategy Update’, including a new 2 per cent social care levy for residents. Probably the most exciting thing to happen in the borough this month, though, was the Wonderland Collective, which opened on the 8th at 185 High Street in Acton (see cover photo). Curated by Eat Me Drink Me, this project saw the W3 Gallery space on the High Street in Acton converted into a pop-up gift shop.
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p u nd Week 2: Two highlights to the second week of February: half-term, which meant the usual holiday-time emptying of the borough, apparently many to skiing holidays. The other highlight was Valentine’s Day, and The_Ealinger hosted a love-fest during #EalingHour on Twitter. Week 3: This was the week of Storm Doris, with things like tree branches, leaves and wheelie bins being blown about. We also heard a lot about Dr Jonathan Oates’ presentation about the history of Pitshanger, delivered at Ealing Central Library. The_Ealinger spent the evening of the 22nd in North Acton, at the Co Work Hub, where local PR whiz Hayley Smith was talking about “The Art of Asking”, and how to build strong and useful relationships with clients. Week 4: Not wanting to speak too soon but there’s been no frost on cars in the mornings! Thanks to Pancake Day on the 28th, temperatures climbed above zero and tended to stay there. Even the spot where we took our foggy January cover pic was all brightened up with spring flowers.
February 2017
Top: Hayley Smith of Boxed Out PR at the Co Work Hub Middle: Hayley with donations for her charity, Flow Aid Bottom: Montpelier Park gets ready for spring (Inset: last month’s cover)
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Alistair Young The Ealing Club Community Interest Company is a social enterprise (without ties to any venue) set up to highlight Ealing’s legendary music heritage with a view to inspiring new opportunities for live music into the future. As a founding co-director of this initiative, Alistair Young is working hard to put Ealing’s music heritage back on the map, to help to enhance the potential of live music in the area.
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ow do the plans to redevelop 9-42 The Broadway (a scheme that means rebuilding the original location of “the Ealing Club”) affect the Ealing Club CIC and its live music programme? A > Provision of a ‘state of the art’ live music venue on a location cited by many journalists as being ‘The Cradle of British Rock Music’ could be an exciting prospect for Ealing and live music across London.
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Plans for the entire 9-42 Broadway site are due to be considered by an official enquiry in May and approval will be subject to a subsequent decision made by the Secretary of State. As for our own music events, the Ealing Club CIC is planning to deliver proprietary events such as Ealing Eclectic at several venues while we continue to curate and support elements at a growing number of festivals undertaken in Ealing.
Any news about The Ealing Club movie? A > ‘Suburban Steps To Rockland – The Story of The Ealing Club’ has now been post-produced. Its director Giorgio Guernier has carefully blended together over 30-40 interviews along with an extensive library of stills and archive footage to tell the story of Ealing’s relationship with ‘The Blues’ and rock’n’roll. Let’s hope 2017 will see this project distributed and broadcast to as wide an audience as possible. What three things can Ealing
people do to show how much we love live music? A > 1. Sign up to The Ealing Club CIC newsletter and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram 2. Invite friends to Ealing to sample live music events including: Ealing Eclectic, Ealing Summer Festivals, The Hanwell Hootie, SoundBite and EMFF. 3. Encourage those who are able to sponsor ‘Suburban Steps For Rockland – The Story of The Ealing Club’. ealingclub.com @TheEalingClub @EalingClub – interview by Carlene Bender
Paul Jones and Dave Kelly Photo by Paul Clampin
Upcoming event for your diary: 27 Apr 2017: Tom Walker Trio at Ealing Eclectic
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Networking: March Two Contactus business meetups this month – the first one, on Sat 18 March, is our second Saturday speed networking, following on the success of the first Saturday session last December, and will be held at the Ealing Works coworking space in West Ealing. Our other meetup in March is on Thu 30 March, this time at Charlotte’s W5 in Dickens Yard, Ealing Broadway. The speakers in the 10-minute business slot will be Ealing-based pop band Chasing Deer, talking about: “Being a band: the business side of the music business”. These meetups are FREE to attend, so please register via Eventbrite, and do come along. See page 8.
Contactus February meetup, which included a short tour of the Ealing Council Chamber
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27 FEB TO 31 MAR January meetup at Ealing Works
> Tue 28 Feb, 1pm-2pm – FREE. Contactus pre-Expo February Meetup – at Charlotte’s W5, W5 2TD @ContactusEaling @EalingBizExpo > Tue 28 Feb, 8pm-9pm – online. Ealing Hour: hosted this week by Hilary Nicholl (@Barnabites) @EalingHour #EalingHour > Wed 1 Mar, 10am-12pm – £15. Ealing Connect: a morning of networking – at Charlotte’s W5, Dickens Yard, Ealing Broadway. @EalingConnect > Thu 2 Mar, 5pm-7pm – £15+. Park Royal Business Group Park Royal Social – at The CoClub, North Acton, W3 6UG @ParkRoyalBG > Tue 7 Mar, 6.30pm-8pm – FREE. Ealing Business Forum – W7 Emporium, 60 Boston Road, Hanwell
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> Tue 7 Mar, 8pm-9pm – online. Ealing Hour: hosted this week by Carlene Bender (@ContactusEaling) @EalingHour #EalingHour > Tue 14 Mar, 8pm-9pm – online. Ealing Hour: guest-hosted this week by @LoredanaBaranga (@MarketologyUK) @EalingHour #EalingHour > Thu 16 Mar, 10-11.30am – FREE. Link 4 Growth’s Link 4 Coffee – at Limeyard, Ealing Broadway W5 5DB @L4GNWLondon > Sat 18 Mar, 1pm-2pm – FREE Contactus Saturday Speed Networking – at Ealing Works, West Ealing W13 9BE. @ContactusEaling @EalingWorkspace > Tue 21 Mar, 8pm-9pm – online.
Ealing Hour: hosted this week by Hilary Nicholl (@Barnabites). @EalingHour #EalingHour > Tue 21 Mar, 12pm-2pm – membership/visitors. The Athena Network: Ealing branch lunch meeting – at Duke of Kent, W13 8DL @AthenaWLondon > Tue 28 Mar, 6.30-9pm – FREE Social Media for Business – at Ealing Works, West Ealing W13 9BE, with Anita Wong of Bommie Media @EalingWorkspace > Tue 28 Mar, 8pm-9pm – online. Ealing Hour: hosted this week by Nicola Gaughan (@iconiccreative). @EalingHour #EalingHour > Thu 30 Mar, 1pm-2pm – FREE. Contactus pre-Expo March Meetup – at Charlotte’s W5, W5 2TD with speakers, local band Chasing Deer @ContactusEaling Ongoing and everyday – online. Network in both our Facebook groups, Businesses in Ealing and Businesses in Acton.
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INSTA PICK: ‘The hawk to scare away the pigeons’, taken in the Christ the Saviour churchyard, Ealing Broadway, is our pick of the month on Instagram of photos tagged with the magic word #ealing. Photo posted by @elliexox96
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T&S Finance Events Ltd is a joint venture between Taras Financial and The Events Hub, and is being launched at the Expo on 19-20 May 2017. Ruby will be presenting the ‘Exhibitors Prep’ training session for Ealing Business Expo exhibitors on 22 Mar. Meet Ruby and Matteo, speakers at the Contactus magazines FREE business meetup, Fri 28 April, 1-2pm.
Women’s indoor cricket
@OldAsLadies Join Actonians Ladies’ last pre-season indoor session Sun 19 Mar, 2.304pm, Twyford Sports Centre, Acton W3 9PP. Beginners welcome. Email Maz: oldactoniansladies@gmail.com
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Upcoming Contactus Meetups, 1-2pm: • Sat 18 March – *Saturday Speed Networking* – online readers click to book venue: Ealing Works, West Ealing W13 9BE • Thu 30 March – the business talk will be from local band *Chasing Deer* – click to book venue: Charlotte’s W5, Ealing Broadway, W5 2TD • other dates: Fri 28 Apr; Tue 30 May; Fri 30 Jun (venues being confirmed)
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