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Featured Advert on page on page 4Well People 12 2 Belfrey Secure locksmiths 2 BK Fancy Dress Shop 11 Bodyline Fitness 13 Cheddar Deli 10 Colin Bibra estate agents 9 15 Darch and Duff 10 Ealing Mums in Business 9 EalingToday.co.uk 11 Express Print Limited 16 Green Mango Cafe 14 Holmqvist Design 2 Impact Coach Tours 6 MCH Hair and Beauty 9 MediMatch E5 My-Studio E4 E3 NABTA 11 Northfields Community Centre 9 Northfields Friends Facebook 11 Nutrition Solutions for Health 15 Parkers bakery 6 7 Poisson fishmongers E4 Scalebreaker 2 Spa Maroc E3 Spice Magic 12 The Blah Lounge 10 The Cracked Pot Flower Boutique 8 15 The Log Cabin 8 The Training Pack 13 Transformation Kitchens and Bedrooms 14 Viva Videos 12 14 West London Singles E8 W5 Physio 15
Northfields shops are full of good finds
Inside What’s Northfields like? 4-5 – a bit of apple orchard history – our list of shopfronts & stats
Memories to celebrate
6-7
Charitable businesses
8-9
– Parkers bakery 1913-2013 – Frankie remembers Rowse’s
– Support for The Log Cabin – The Cracked Pot and Cultivate – Our Community Centre – Recent donations: Colin Bibra, Ealing Mums in Business, MCH
Shop profiles
10-11
– Darch and Duff, Cheddar Deli, The Blah Lounge, BK Fancy Dress
Northfields online
11
Street of curry
12
Northfields Homebiz
12
– The @New2Northfields tweeter – Where to connect on the web
– Review: Spice Magic restaurant – The videomaker: Viva Videos – For healthy eating: 4Well People
Q&A 13 – Roy Summers, Bodyline Fitness
Parting shots
14
– Esther Needle: on chores (yawn) – Green Mango Cafe back soon!
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Thanks for stopping to have a look at our ‘Contactus Ealing’ Northfields edition. Maybe you’ll find out about shops you never knew existed on Northfield Avenue; or maybe you’ll find out something new about them. For example that the Parkers baking business started in Acton. Or that Colin Bibra has been in Ealing (and only Ealing) for 25 years. I’ve enjoyed getting to know Northfields better, and have found some wonderful new buys: narcissi flowers from The Cracked Pot; chicken green masala at Spice Magic; West Ealing apple juice from Cheddar Deli. Hope you’ll find your own special buys. If this magazine was at all useful, be sure to have a look at the online interactive version, with extra pages and more stories. And while you’re online, do take part in our new IWTWTP competition! All the best, Carlene Bender Editor-publisher, Contactus magazines Web: contactusealing.co.uk Email: info@contactusealing.co.uk Twitter: @ContactusEaling Tel: 07960392677 More to read in our online edition at: issuu.com/contactusealing If you would like to advertise with us, our next publication is ‘Ealing Homebiz’, due out in September 2013. Booking deadline: 31 July 2013. ‘Contactus Ealing’ is published again in December, highlighting Hanwell W7. ‘Contactus Ealing’ & ‘Ealing Homebiz’
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The draw of local shops “There is this ‘villagey’ feel to the avenue”
‘IT’S LIKE IF THEY WERE MADE JUST FOR US’ A solid vein of shops that links the community – ‘Northfields’
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tarting from Uxbridge Road (at the Lido Junction), Northfield Avenue snakes down through nearly 200 businesses to Little Ealing Road (connecting with Pope’s Lane). The neighbourhood is simply called “Northfields”... As one of the 60-odd shopping parades in Ealing borough, this avenue deserves special attention because of its individuality and community aspect. Getting to Northfields N is easy as not only does Lammas it have its own tube Park station (Northfields on the Piccadilly Line, with South Ealing South Ealing a record close Northfields distance away), but both the E2 and E3 buses link
the area with Chiswick, Ealing Broadway, Brentford, Acton, and Greenford. Stop-and-shop bays (30-min) are widely available, and, on many side streets, parking is easy once you avoid the permit-holders-only times of 10-11am and 3-4pm, Mon-Fri. With most of the shops being independent, and quite a few run by residents of themselves, there is a ‘villagey’ feel to the avenue, despite it being nearly a mile long. The shops also don’t pretend to attract visitors from far-off – we asked local shoppers to explain why there were no high street Pizza Huts or Clarks, and got replies like: “It’s like Northfields shops were made just for us to shop in”; and, “These shops are for the locals, those chain stores wouldn’t fit in here”.
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From a muddy lane
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orthfield Avenue originated as Northfield Lane, a muddy track linking the Uxbridge Road and Little Ealing Road, cutting through market gardens and apple orchards on both sides. The local Steel family owned and leased much of this land, and the area’s apple history lives on in street names such as Bramley, Wellington and Julien, and in the Steel’s Fruit Packing Warehouse still standing on the corner of Northfield Road and Norcroft Road. It wasn’t until the Metropolitan District Railway “halt” opened at Northfields in 1908 that the area began to develop, and the
lane became the avenue. The station, along with the fruit packing warehouse and The Forester inn, is now a Grade 2 listed building, while the former Odeon cinema (now Ealing Christian Centre) is even more special as a Grade 2*. Midway along the avenue is the green known as Lammas Park, derived from ‘Lammas lands’, used for grazing cattle in medieval times. And up at the top are allotments, now run by the Pathways charity, dating back to the Poor Relief Act of 1832. Information sources: www.british-history.ac.uk littleealinghistory.org.uk Western side
Northfields station
Oscarsons
Full list of shops on pages E6-E7 (Online Extra)
Rough analysis of shopfronts Based on our own informal observations, here is a rough breakdown of the types of shops and businesses situated on Northfield Avenue:
194 Eastern side
The Plough
Richardsons
Total number of shopfronts counted
60
Number of shopfronts on eastern side
134
Number of shopfronts on western side
42
15 coffee shops
14
Number of estate agents
13
Number of hairdressers/barbers
12
Number of newsagents/off-licence
Number of eating places (including coffee shops and takeaways) 4 pubs 15 ‘other’ 1 restaurants (Italian, 2 Chinese, 3 French) 4 8 curry restaurants
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For the love of bread
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Shopowner Brian Davis shows off the new signage made of tempered black glass, which just says ‘Parkers’
f businesses too got a postcard from the Queen when they made it to 100 years old, the postbox at 64 Northfield Avenue would be ringing with a Royal missive this month, as Parkers bakery marks one hundred years of being in business. The family bakery, now run by Brian Davis (his aunt was married to one of the Parker brothers), is famous in Ealing and beyond for producing some of the finest quality bread, rolls, buns, doughnuts, pastries, and savouries. “We are known for our bread, because we still make it the old-fashioned way, by hand, although we do use some machinery to help,” explains Davis from behind the counter. “Originally, we were in West Ealing,” he continues. “This Northfields branch opened in the 1950s.” “Northfields hasn’t changed a great deal, it still has a villagey feel, which is why we don’t have a website – most of our customers live around here.” The shop is almost always full of customers,
Frankie Cordwell: keeping alive the memories “This is a picture of me, three years old, outside Rowse’s, holding my mother’s hand.” Eighty-four-year-old Frankie Cordwell is holding up a much-loved photo, and reminiscing about growing up in Northfields and West Ealing. “I also remember standing, as a small child, between those pillars over there,” and she gestures towards the entrance to The Forester pub just off Northfield Avenue, which she can see from her desk at Impact Coach Tours. Impact is her son-in-law’s business, where she works three days a week helping sight-seers plan getaway coach trips to places like Weymouth and the Isle of Wight. Frankie’s birth name was Hilda Jones, but when her husband went off to fight in the second world war, she joined
Frankie Cordwell pulls out a photo of herself, aged three years old
From Frankie’s desk she can see The Forester pub
the Land’s Army and changed her name. Recently she was awarded for the work she did feeding the wartime nation. She went on to have six children, and now lives in Greenford Avenue. “I get alot of memories sitting here. Those allotments, for instance, they’ve always been there,” she adds, pointing
across the road. “Northfields hasn’t changed to me, not since I was coming here to visit my grandfather all those years ago.” FH Rowse’s draper/clothiers might be Wilkinson now, and many of the old shops gone, but Frankie’s words are keeping the memory of them alive.
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“We don’t have a website as most of our customers live around here” The original Parkers bakery: now a bank at 114 The Broadway, West Ealing
although they do get served quickly by any of the 11 staff, particularly at breakfast and lunchtime, when the shop’s sandwiches and filled rolls are highly popular.
big in London. Thomas had two sons, Jack (also known as John) and Thomas Jr. In 1913, young Thomas opened a shop at 276 Uxbridge Road, and set up his bakery. The business grew well, and two more bakeshops were opened, in Southall Broadway and Northfields, along with retail shops in Hounslow and Hillingdon, and a thriving celebration cake department.
Big dreams Parkers began in the late 1800s as Acton Bakeries in no.11 The Vale, by a young Thomas Parker, headed from the West Country to make it
These outlets were all eventually closed in 1989, except for Northfields, where Monica Parker (wife of John) worked in-store until her 90s, to upkeep the brand, and over the course of 40 years passed on her business knowledge to her nephew, Brian. Look out for the bakery’s open day later this month, with special offers for customers – and some rare baked treats...
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Mouthwatering window display: the doughnuts come highly recommended
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Family-run craft bakery, producing traditional bread, buns, cakes and pastries
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The Log Cabin effect
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Cultivate plants for sale at The Cracked Pot It’s Thursday, delivery day at The Cracked Pot Flower Boutique, and you can hardly breathe as the heavy fragrance of the roses, narcissi, lavender and lilies thicken the air. But I am not here to pamper my olfactory organs, I’m here to check out what Cultivate London have sent from their polytunnel farm in Brentford Lock. “We take their plants on a weekly basis,” explains The Cracked Pot owner Louise Coultas-Pitman, “– bulbs, hyacinths, herbs and primroses, and they also do vegetables.” Cultivate London is a scheme running urban farms and providing jobs and training to young people aged 16-24. Louise chose to stock their plants because “customers like them, they just like to know they’re buying something local and supporting a good cause.” “We’d love for their volunteers to come in and do some planting days soon, maybe teach children how to sow a seed,” suggests Louise.
Louise (right) conducts a wedding consultation at her flower boutique
ne step into The Log Cabin setting, and it’s easy to see (and moreso, ‘feel’) why so many Northfields businesses have chosen here as their company charity. The green outdoor area with the Bramley Road Open Space as a Krystyne (left) and Sam make use of The Log Cabin’s backdrop, wood, meeting room. Standing: fundraiser Vivien Dymock soil, gravel, light, quiet, big windows, with disabilities depends on flowers, fresh smells, soft play, it – and it means we don’t have bright colours, wheelchair to overcharge families for the access – these are the sort of provision we offer. things that matter to special “Our sessions are all-inclusive needs children, the ones that so that children with additional come to play at The Log Cabin. needs, over 50 per cent of Vivien Dymock is in charge whom are autistic, and who of fundraising at The Log also have a wide variety of Cabin, and agrees that nearby other disabilities, mix freely businesses are happy to with mainstream children.” support: “Richard Palfreeman, [managing director at] Facilities for hire Northfields estate agents, is The site is popular for one of our trustees; and we children’s parties on Sundays, get help from BK Party Shop, and has links with local Hynes Optometrists, The Mill, special needs schools such Rolfe East, and several others.” as Springhallow, Mandeville, and Sybil Elgar, which all send ‘Exceptional work’ children to the daily After In March this year, CEO of local School Club. “These children estate agents Colin Bibra, also come to us in the holidays John Bishop, raised awareness and on Saturdays,” adds Vivien. of The Log Cabin, as well as The Log Cabin now has a £620, by running the Easter modern, equipped 25-seat 10k at Maidenhead. On his JustGiving page, he explained that he chose The Log Cabin “because they do exceptional work in the community”. Vivien is grateful for his help: “We rely on private enterprise for donations – the sustainability of the services Vivien Dymock, we provide all year round for The Log Cabin 250 children and young people
“We rely on private enterprise for donations”
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CHOSEN CHARITIES Here are some recent fundraising events and activities undertaken by Northfields businesses to benefit and support local charities.
The Log Cabin, next to Northfields underground train station, is designed as a place for children with disabilities to have fun and socialise
(12 around a table) meeting room available for hire, which will strengthen the charity’s links with smaller companies in the area who are often on the lookout for meeting rooms. One such business owner, Northfields videomaker Valerie Smith of Viva Videos, was so impressed by The Log Cabin
facilities that she donated her services to promote the new meeting room facility. See the video at: www.logcabin.org.uk/index. php/lettings For more information, do contact Vivien at 020 8840 3400. To hire the meeting room, call 020 3137 8048.
Making use of space at the Northfields Community Centre Tucked away in a little cove off Northcroft Road (no.71a), facing Altenburg Avenue, is the local community centre. Parents first discover it as a venue for birthday parties, and later on find out so much else is going on here.
For information about hobbies and meeting groups, call 020 8567 2893
Ann Pearce, chair of the Northfields Community Centre management committee, is confident that anyone can find an activity to interest them, from the Northfields Camera Club, to Lacemakers, to the Women’s Institute. Ann, who was born in Coldershaw Road in 1939, and lived in W13 for nearly her whole life, knows that “when you live somewhere for a long time, you get a bit blind to what’s in the area”, so encourages residents to check out their local community centre. “If we can’t serve the community,” she adds, “then we’re rubbish.”
Ealing Mums in Business – The Spring Family Fair in April, put on by businesswomen Erin Thomas-Wong and Shelley Henderson, and supported by Spice Magic restaurant, raised over £800 for the Springhallow school for children with autism in West Ealing.
Colin Bibra Estate Agents – Not only did CEO John Bishop run the Easter 10k to raise £620 for The Log Cabin (see main story), Colin Bibra went on to sponsor the Gunnersbury 10k medals in May. Sosi Ross (pictured), sales and lettings manager, ran the 10k herself, and believes “for a business like Colin Bibra, established only in Ealing for 25 years, to participate in the community is a very visible and helpful thing to do.”
MCH Hair and Beauty – This team of beauticians and hairdressers raised more than £3500 for cancer research charities with a raffle and pamper-afternoon in April. Beauty manager Sophie West (second right) estimated that between 500 and 600 clients, former clients, staff and friends came by to show their support.
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Darch and Duff times two Why are there two Darch and Duffs – or is it Darches and Duff? – ok, how come there are two branches of Darch and Duff on Northfield Avenue? Helen Duff is on the shop floor at no.90, busy showing customers her latest project – bespoke paintings of houses and landscapes – but stops to explain. “Fifteen years ago, I was in the fashion business, my business partner Mary Darch was in fashion as well, so we decided to open a store – Darch and Duff, selling jewellery, handbags, accessories for the home. It took off, so four years later we opened a children’s store a few doors away at number 68.” “We took a chance opening up here, back then it was a basic shopping street, just us and the baker’s [Parkers],” she adds. “But now the estate agents tell us our shops have boosted house prices in the area!” Would she open a third Northfields shop? “Not now,” she laughs. “We want to keep on with what we’re doing, and expand on the Internet.”
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sk a Northfields shopper to name his or her favourite shop on the avenue, and there’s a good chance that Cheddar Deli will get a mention. Since opening in August 2011 (the day of the Ealing Riots), Cheddar Deli has brought new vigour to the avenue, its yellow and black logo bringing in over 150 customers on a Saturday. Plans for growth Owner Brent Wilkinson (pictured above with some brie and some salami), has ongoing plans for growth. After a successful start with cheese, he’s moved on to charcuterie, wine and beer,
Just say ‘cheese’ and is reaching out to Chiswick via Wyndham House butchers. Regular wine and cheese tasting evenings are keeping his business profile high. Next up: e-commerce. “We’ll start with a localised website, see how that works,” Brent explains. “There’ll be an element of click-and-collect: order Wednesday, collect Saturday. It’s a good way to promote our meat platters and cheese towers.” He feels fortunate to be in Northfields: “I live half a mile from my shop, and I absolutely support the local traders. We’ve got to complement each other, or else the shopper will be off to Waitrose...”
The Blah Lounge: let’s talk
Helen Duff at the counter in the first Darch and Duff gift shop
A glimpse of the handmade cards and pictures that the second [kids] shop is known for
“The logo says it all,” says Jay Sleiman, who owns The Blah Lounge along with his sister Maya, and business partner Qais Naseri. “Red lips, talking, word of mouth, everyone can come here and interact. A ‘lounge’ is where people meet.” “There’s no dessert parlour around here, and that’s what we’re offering.” Sundaes, milkshakes, gelatos, waffles: the dessert menu does look yum, but there’s healthy stuff too – the freshly made smoothies are actually fabulous. The Blah Lounge hosts children’s birthday parties too, for up to 25 children.
Jay and Maya
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Secret tweeter
KEEP UP ONLINE
“I like to sit on the fence a bit...” @New2 Northfields, Twitter
H
er bright eyes are an instant giveaway; I know it must be her. The person behind the @New2Northfields tweets wants to remain incognito, but at least will allow me to say that she’s a ‘she’. We’ve arranged to meet in Papillon, the hippest coffee shop in Northfields, and she explains how she became the ‘Northfields expert’ on Twitter. “When I moved here in 2011, it was a way to find out about the area; it started off as more of an experiment.” Now up to 836 followers, she tweets daily about local news, adding a few gentle comments about local shops. Likes versus follows Although she herself uses Facebook as a social tool,
@New2Northfields nurses a berry smoothie
@New2Northfields suggests that local businesses could be reaching more customers by engaging on Twitter rather than Facebook. A quick check of ‘likes’ vs ‘follows’ bears her out: The Cracked Pot 176 likes, 487 followers; The Plough 846 likes, 1315 followers; Poisson 200 likes, 397 followers. “Lots of businesses get a Twitter account, but then don’t monitor it, or take advantage of referrals, like the plumber I recommended the other day.” Why won’t she ‘go public’? “I like to sit on the fence a bit, be independent and objective, or else my tweets may not be as valuable to my followers. “I’m not here to promote or criticise anybody’s business, I’m just trying to reflect reality.”
Facebook – Northfields Friends – With over 900 members, this closed group of residents and well-wishers (and possibly some past residents too), is a vibrant marketplace for ‘pre-loved’ children’s toys and clothes. Posters seeking tips and advice about the area get a quick reply.
NABTA – Northfield Avenue Businesses & Traders Association – http://northfieldsave.blogspot.co.uk – The last post on this blog was dated June 17, 2007. Now defunct, but the sort of organisation needed to run fun days and late-night opening hours on the avenue, and to present a united front on issues such as parking and rubbish collection.
EalingToday.co.uk – http://www.ealingtoday.co.uk – The Community Forum has plenty of posts about Northfields, some knowledgeable online regulars available to reply to queries.
Dressing up time at BK
BK Fancy Dress Shop owners Karnel Singh and Barbara Goldsack don their fancy dress of choice
Customers come from far and wide to try on outfits at BK Fancy Dress and Party Shop (formerly ‘Bouncing Kids’, which didn’t reflect the adult costumes they also stock). “Although you can order from our website, we’d rather people tried on their costume and be happy with it, and we’re there to offer suggestions if needed,” says Barbara Goldsack, one half of the married duo behind the counter.
Karnel Singh – the other half – adds that in addition to the usual Halloween, hen nights, stag parties, 60s and 70s themes, Nativity, and Book Week dress-up occasions, there is an increasing market in end-of-season football (especially with Brentford FC so close by) and rugby matches, where fans want to stand out. For nine years, BK has been standing out, and bringing footfall, to Northfield Avenue.
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Curry initiation Spice Magic Indian Cuisine Review by Vitaly Bender (9 years old) on his first visit to a curry restaurant
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he setout of Spice Magic was very welcoming, and I felt happy to be there. It made me feel I would have really nice food. The manager [Mohan Senchuri] was very polite, and even asked if we had any nut allergies, which was kind of him. We didn’t know what to order, and he made some good suggestions. I thought the food had a lot of flavour, apart from that it was
a bit peppery for me, and maybe a bit salty. My favourite dish was the rice, and the chicken korma, because that was the least spicy thing. I didn’t really like the poppadoms, although they were crunchy. Evening opening It didn’t take too long to get the food (the hardest part was waiting until 5.30 for them to open), and I didn’t mind waiting, as I wasn’t starving hungry. I feel proud of this restaurant because they give money to
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What started as a hobby nine years ago after the death of her mother, has turned into Viva Videos – Valerie Smith’s business of video-documenting people’s lives before their stories are lost. “I looked at my nieces and nephews, and thought: how precious would it have been to have a video of their grandmother, to show them her mannerisms, to give an idea of her sense of humour.” She started making films, then took three months off her KPMG job in the city to pursue a documentary film-making course run by the Met Film School based at Ealing Studios. Now Valerie works on her videos full-time, and although she also does a brisk trade in testimonial and how-to videos for business websites, it is the life stories that she thrives on – “projects to sink my teeth into; I love hearing the stories.” Born just off Northfield Avenue,
Top: the spicy spread; Above: Vitaly (right) and his brother Vasyl
Valerie holding a photo of her grandmother, Dorothy (inset): “How I wish I could see her story”
Valerie lived away in South London for only 10 years, then found her way back home. “I remember a shop on the avenue called Luckings,’ she says, “and when my mum bought her first pair of tights there. Up until then there were just stockings, so tights were something new, all the rage. “I like the hanging baskets outside the shops now,” she offers. Maybe these hanging baskets will end up featured in her own life story video...
Emily Fawell is the picture of health – well, you’d expect that, she’s a nutritional therapist. It wasn’t always like this, she says. “I used to be two stone heavier and had lots of hormonal health issues.” “Health is an ongoing project,” she explains. “I’m always managing my own health; a lot of people take their health for granted until it’s too late.” Emily gave up a marketing career at big-star companies Diageo and Safeway, to study nutrition and to start up 4Well People, a family friendly clinic in Northfields, her hometown since 2000. She is also director of new city practice, Vital Health Nutrition, which she shares with another therapist in Liverpool Street. In
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Q&A Roy Summers Bodyline Fitness Personal Training Studios,
Springbridge Rd, Ealing Broadway
When you were a boy, did you dream of growing up to be a fitness trainer? Goodness no. I was in a different industry: sales. I’d always been a pretty good middistance runner, and in my 30s decided on a career change. How many clients do you see? Personally, 20 a week. The business overall sees over 110 a week. We have 13 personal trainers here (seven full-time), one osteopath, and two sports massage therapists. It’s 10 years in business for you this September – how are you planning to celebrate?
between those two jobs, she runs weekly weight loss classes as a Zest4Life weight loss coach. And, she’s the driving force behind the Ealing Health and Wellbeing Network. “I feel very strongly about the sense of community,” she says. “If I walk to the shops, I’ll see five people that I know; and my sons [8 and 11] go to local schools.” Of all the strings in her bow, it is being a mother that trumps the rest: “It is very important to me. At the end of the day, my children have to take priority.”
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We’re producing a 10-video workout series, based around using a 10kg weight. We’ll also have a 10k run on June 30. Outside, you can see our new signage: “Estd. 2003”. We just had the gym redecorated too, and invested in new equipment. And, we’re Roy shows planning a drinks party off the TRX in September at Ealing Cricket Club. Why did you set up the Ealing Business Network Group? Mainly to offer a forum for local business discussion. Twitter or Facebook? Twitter – definitely! We’ve had six new clients from Twitter over the past two years. We’re very active on all social media fronts. Do you ever shop in Northfields? I used to live there, and still have strong links to the area – I like it.
“We’re very active on all social media fronts”
Emily’s top 3 eat-well tips: 1. Make sure to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables – find ways to include at least five portions a day 2. Drink lots of water 3. Cut down on sugar
Roy Summers, Bodyline Fitness
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OK SO CALL ME A MUMPRENEUR with Esther Needle* *a W5 businessmum
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y far the hardest bit of being a ‘mumpreneur’ is the daily reminder that the ‘mum’ bit comes before any other part. Hand-in-hand with ‘mum’ is the word ‘housewife’. See me cleaning and scrubbing away: see now bursting into my mind another nifty plan for my business: a marketing idea, an innovative add-on service. But it’s all on hold because even after all the scrubbing, the children need to be fed and ferried and entertained. I say: Self, focus on the timetabled “working hours”. On paper, when those magical
hours come, I am free to produce and create. But the truth is, by then, the creativity and mental energy has been drained away, used up on shopping, driving, homework... I know my business can do so much more, if only I had the time to devote to it. I’m trapped in a situation where I can’t justify outsourcing the chores to someone else (and as a feminist it irks me to do so). I’m no over-the-top borderingon-OCD housewife, but is my business doomed because it can’t be my top priority? Email me what you think: esther.needle@contactusealing. co.uk Parting shot: Spare a thought for the big-biz (female) CEOs who still have to clean the toilet at home
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Speaking of Northfields... What the locals say We interviewed people who work and live in Northfields for their views on the area. Oh, and where they buy their milk... Janet Townley, receptionist at MCH Hair and Beauty; Northfields resident: “I don’t think there’s any kind of shop missing from Northfield Avenue – it’s like a village here.” I get my milk from: “Waitrose”
NORTHFIELDS W13 In this section Where does Northfields buy its milk? ‘Minimalist doesn’t mean boring’ The freshest fish Matching web design with dentistry On the Mayfield wall List of Northfields shops Contactus launch party pics Thanks to our online advertisers: • My-Studio • Spa Maroc • West London Singles
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Sara McCracken, solicitor, Hanwell I get my milk from: “Abel and Cole” Helen Duff, Darch and Duff, Northfield Avenue; Hanwell resident Advice for new shop-owners: “Business is tough. Have a passion for your business, have newness all the time, keep getting new stock in so customers will see something new.” I get my milk from: “Waitrose” Jay Sleiman, The Blah Lounge, Northfield Avenue Advice for new shop-owners: “Follow your dream, follow Continues on page E2
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“It’s nice that there’s lots of individual shops, cafes, hairdressers. They’re all different – for example Papillon is different from Creperie Cila, and that’s why they survive.” Advice for new shop-owners: “Do your research, do your Continued from page E1 homework, find out if there’s a your intuition, don’t follow other need for what you have to offer. people, and keep fighting until Find your USP (what makes you the last breath.” different). Competition is good, but beware.” @New2 Northfields, local Valerie Smith, Viva tweeter Videos, Northfields I get my milk from: On Northfields: “Waitrose, or one “I’ve seen so much of the small shops, transformation when we have a milk crisis.” here since I was Favourite shops: “The Owl a child. What is now Tesco and the Pussycat bookshop, used to be three shops called Cheddar Deli, and of the Williams. The end shop was like restaurants, I’d have to say a hardware with shelves on the Papaya, because it’s something wall. I remember The Forester different, it’s something unique – the windows were opaque, I on Northfields. It’s Sri Lankan wondered what went on in there. food, with a subtly different Now they let anyone in...” taste. They do things like My top three shops: devilled wild boar, and some “The florist (The Cracked Pot); nice side dishes.” Papillon, as I come here all the What’s missing from time, this is like my office; and Northfields: “The other Darch and Duff or The Mill – if day I popped over to South I’m looking for a present I’ll go Ealing Road – I think it would to either of those as I like to be fantastic to have some support local shops.” of those shops, or even a very good charity shop. Brian Davis, Parkers People are concerned about bakery, Northfields commercialisation and I think I get my milk it would be sad if we got a from: “We get milk Starbucks here.” delivered here for the bread, otherwise Louise I get it from the cash and carry.” Coultas-Pitman, The Cracked Pot Ann Pearce, Northfields Flower Boutique Community Centre I get my milk from: On Northfields: “Ocado, or if there’s “Every community needs support an emergency, from my local – shops and residents. The when I’m on my way to more we can work together, the school drop-off.” better we can be. “The only time I moved away Karnel Singh, BK Fancy Dress from Northfields was two Shop, Northfield Avenue years in Acton. My parents and On Northfields: grandparents lived here. I’m
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“Many people may not like it but Tesco is useful” Ann Pearce, Northfields Community Centre not alone, I know a lot of people like that. The main difference between Northfields then and now is that there never used to be anywhere to shop. In the last few years, however, there’s a lot more shops I’d go to, like Darch and Duff. Many people may not like it but Tesco is useful. I think if there’s something big like Tesco, it encourages shoppers and other businesses to the area.” Roy Summers, Bodyline Fitness in Ealing Broadway On Northfields: “I used to live across from The Plough. Northfields is great, we get a lot of customers from there. They have different shops, not the mainstream, lots of independent cafes.” I get my milk from: “The local corner shop where I live now.” Emily Fawell, 4Well People, Northfields “I miss Coltsfoot and Kelp, the health shop that used to be where the bookshop is now. It’s my dream to open up a one-stop health food shop, with therapists, classes, and an organic cafe. I’d like to do that in Northfields.” I get my milk from: “Well, I don’t really buy milk. But when I do I get organic from Waitrose.” Clare Weeks, My-Studio, Northfields I get my milk from: “Sainsbury’s in West Ealing. Because it’s at the top of my road.”
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Clare Weeks Interior Designer, My-Studio email: clare@my-studio.co Northfields You call yourself a ‘minimalist’ – so what does that mean? Most people think this means a white box, something uninviting. What I mean is choosing fewer than four colours, keeping it bold, and using investment pieces; making sure it’s luxurious, and banishing clutter. What’s trending in interior design at the moment? I tend not to go with trends, I go with cool pieces that don’t go out of fashion. However, I am getting a lot of families asking for big tables. What else do families like? They like big, communal rooms with lots of smaller rooms for the children to go off, to practise music, play X-box, and
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“I tend not to go with trends, I go with cool pieces that don’t go out of fashion” Clare Weeks, My-Studio with paint. Two, good lighting. Accent lights, table lights, floor and wall lamps, they really transform your setting.
so on. Generally the women have a good idea of what they want. Men usually just want two things: a big TV and a walk-in shower! How does living in Northfields work to your advantage? I’ve been here for three years, and it’s really handy for Chiswick and Richmond.
Tell us about your most adventurous project so far? We designed a restaurant in Knightsbridge called Mari Vanna, basically to replicate an old Russian granny’s home. So sourcing the sort of things you would find in a babushka’s sitting room – lace, dolls, chandeliers – was a challenge.
What are your top two design tricks, so to speak? One, add colour, and the easiest way of doing this is
What motivational dream keeps you going? I quite like the idea of a shop – somewhere to show off fabric and wallpaper samples, lighting, flooring and rugs, maybe these would even come from my own range...
“We’ve lived in Northfields for 10, 11 years now; the area is known for having good shops,” says Simon. “There’s always been a good butcher, baker, now there’s a cheesemonger, and some nice cafes.” Simon enjoys being so involved in the community: “The
shops are fed by the residential streets, and very much has a neighbourhood feel.” Poisson’s stall at the recently launched Sunday morning Brentford Market now sells sushi, which is “going down a storm”, according to the Poisson website.
Fish for life, then add sushi A typical, traditional British row of independent shops is bound to have (i) a baker (ii) a butcher and (iii) no, not a candlestick maker, a fishmonger. For Northfields, that fishmonger is Poisson. Proprietor Simon Osborne has no regrets about giving up an ITN career to start his dream business, and along with wife Katie (also a former journalist), have been providing fresh fish to W13 and beyond for the past three and a half years.
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DIARY DATES Ealing Mums in Business
MediMatch combines web design with dentistry – how? It’s a simple story, the MediMatch management tell me; only proximity and circumstance led the founders of two rather different businesses to merge together under one banner and set up shop in the Orion Park complex on Northfield Avenue. The dental laboratory had a large client base, and many of the dental practices they served needed a website, explained a MediMatch
spokesman. So why not work together? But, while the dental lab only works directly with dentists, the media solutions side is open to all clients. Their starter rate of £495 is to create a basic website that searchers can find. However, their service extends to “relatively large integration projects”, for example the www.getbike.net site is one that shows off their expertise.
– Local business meet-up Monday 10 June 2013 at 8pm Upstairs The Forester, Northfield Avenue Free informal networking evening. “Come along and share the good, the bad and the ugly of working for yourselves over a glass of wine or two” – Northfields Night Market Saturday 6 July 2013 at 7.30pm Kingsdown Church Hall, Northfield Avenue Free Entry To book a stall, contact shelley@roobubandcustard.co.uk or erin@smallp.co.uk Dean Gardens Picnic – The Big Lunch neighbourhood get-together Sunday 2 June 2013, 1-3pm Dean Gardens, West Ealing (very top of Northfield Avenue) Activities, stall, and games at the area’s first community picnic.
Mayfield Ave mural gets a makeover Northfields’ very own Banksy has been back at work on Mayfield Avenue, updating the mural on the north-facing wall of the Clean Laundry Co. The new mural shows less woodland scene and more graphic-styled graffiti. Left, top: the wall at the beginning of May Left, bottom: the same wall at the end of May
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An idea of what’s here Here is our layman’s collection of shopfronts on Northfield Avenue.
Disclaimer: this is not an ‘official’ or comprehensive list; it is only based on passing-by observation Eastern side (approximately 60 shopfronts) 1– Love Handmade 3 – Transformation Kitchens and Bedrooms 5 – Leading Auto Electrical 7 – Ladbrokes (Dudley Gardens) Kingsdown Methodist Church (Kingsdown Avenue) 93 – The Studio 95 – Expat Dry Cleaners 97 – Café Rocco 99 – Enchanted 101 – Tesco Express (Camborne Avenue) 113 – Creperie Cila 115 – Jasmine Patisserie 117 – King’s Fish Bar 119 – Terra Firma 121 – Northfield Superstore 123 – Buddy’s News 125 – Northfield Dry Cleaners 127 – BK Fancy Dress Shop 129 – Peerless Windows (Leyborne Avenue) 131 – Kosuge Gallery 135 – Michelle Barbers 139 – The Oriental Tree 141 – Taste of Tandoori 143 – Greasepaint 145 – This & That 147 – Papillon Deli & Patisserie 149 – Bronek’s Park Café 151 – The Mill 153 – Maxim Peking Cuisine 157 – Orange Chat 159 – The Cracked Pot Flower Boutique 161 – Papaya (Elers Road) Lammas Park Northfield Dental Practise 193 – Used Cars uses.co.uk 201 – Devonshire House Unit 1 – Astenway
Unit 2 – Seven Dry Cleaners Unit 3 – Poisson Fresh Fish Unit 4 – Link Up Properties Unit 5 – Sofin Interiors (Devonshire Road) 215 – Euro’s Off Licence 217 – Model Shop 219 – 3 Oak Wood Flooring 221 – Pasta Di Piazza 223 – Navasartian Centre 225 – The Healing Rooms 227 – Sainsbury’s Northfields Underground Station – Express Refills – Eats‘n’Bits – Mag’s Petite Fleur (outside) Northfields Library [Bramley Road Open Space] (Bramley Road) 259 – Bramley Pharmacy 261 – Elle Recruitment 263 – Pollyprint 265 – Bathwise (Wellington Road) 287 – JVM Newsagents 289 – Rolfe East 291 – MSN Hair 295 – Envisage Hair and Beauty 299 – The Plough Western side (approximately 126 this side) [Little Ealing Lane – W5] 129 – Eclipse Tiles 131 – Carpet King 135 – Ealing Cookers 137 – Pauline 139 – J. Scollan & Co 141 – Drinks Express Northfields Nursery (Windmill Road] – Nisa Local 318 – Combat showroom 316 – Cannes DVD specialists 314 – Minals Lottery Agent 312 – Easy Superstore 310 – Royal Chicken & Pizza 306 – Haircut 306 304 – Betfred (Niagara Avenue) 284 – Ebstone 282 – J J Duffy
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280 – J&J Insurance & Financial Consultant Ltd 278 – Jay Patel & Co. Chartered Accountants 276 – Domingo’s Restaurant and Tapas Bar (Blondin Avenue) 272 – Tilewise showroom 270 – West Kebab and Fish Bar (& chicken) – Citadel Academy 268 – ECC – Ealing Christian Centre (ELIM Pentecostal Church) – Northfields Hand Car Wash 264 – Northfields Hostel 264 – iPlay & Learn Early Learning Centre (Belsize Avenue) 236 – Daniel Paul Sales, Lettings & Management 234 – Foot Health Centre 232 – B Property Boutique 230 – Northfields Barber 228 – Pizza Spot 226 – Chicken Spot 224 – Orion Park – Get Bike (scooter rental) – Ax Flow (fluidity) – Amek Electrical Services – Anthony Holden Crofts & Co. solicitors – Medi Match Dental Laboratory – Medi Match Media Solutions 222 – Blah Lounge 216 – Sunny’s Superstore 214 – Apex Cars 212 – S’Dry Cleaners; Pc Tech Solutions 210 – Ealing Law Centre – Bartram & Co; Pahl & Associates
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208 – The Garden Cafe 206 – India India restaurant 204 – Colin Bibra (estate agents) 202 – Star Image computer clinic 198 – Florentine Coffee & Bites 196 – Hair by Alan unisex salon 192 – Allbright Glass 190 – The Hungry One 188 – Firecraft Fireplaces (Cranmer Avenue) 182 – 1st Choice Bedding & Carpets 156 – Alcombe Veterinary Practice 158 – Grove Brake & Clutch Service 160 – Sport & Footworks 140 – Townends (estate agents) 138 – Tuffin & Wren (estate agents) (Altenburg Avenue) 134 – MCH Hair & Beauty 132 – Northfields (estate agents) 128 – DFA & Accounting 126 – Dolphin Travel 124 – Smakosz Polski Delikatesy 122 – Spice Magic Indian Cuisine 120 – Hynes Optometrist 116 – RSK (estate agents) 114 – Trendy Polish Unisex Hairdresser (Bernard Avenue) 112 – Hunters Sales and Lettings 110 – Dr Gao Chinese Medical Centre 108 – Cheddar Deli 106 – The Owl & The Pussycat 104 – Wrights DIY Hardware 102 – Body Matters of Ealing 100 – News 100 Off-licence 98 – Hot Snaps 96 – JK – Tailor 94 – Aristacut 92 – Terracotta London Italian Kitchen 90 – Darch & Duff (Graham Avenue) 88 – Richardson Butchers 86 – Kathmandu Nepalese Cuisine 84 – Sinton Andrews 82 – News Express 80 – Jackson’s Wine Bar 76 – Northfield Shoe Service 74 – Northfield Carpet Centre 72 – Lodge Brothers & Wickenden Funeral Directors 70 – Gregorys Hair & Beauty
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68 – Darch & Duff 66 – The Clean Laundry Co (Mayfield Ave) 64 – Parkers bakery 62 – Momento cafe 60 – Dentech Dental Oral Hygiene Products 58 – Annes Cafe 56 – Inka Media 54 – Monty’s Nepalese Cuisine 52 – Fix My Computer 50 – Bamba Internet Café 48 – Regalheim Limited Interiors Contracting 46 – Holiday View Travel 44 – Oscarsons Pets & Provisions (Salisbury Road) 42 – Super Vision TV 40 – Leonards News 38 – Monzer’s Café 36 – Ma Ma’s Nepalese Kitchen 34 – Café Nell 32 – Barbering Brilliance 30 – Northfield Pharmacy (Balfour Road) 28 – Motors repairs and parts 26 – Oshair hair and beauty 24 – Buntings Chartered Surveyors 22 – Dental Surgery 22a – Middlesex Property Management Ltd 22 – Adams Estate Agents (Northfield Road) – Wine Shop 20 – Happy Garden Peking and Cantonese cuisine 18 – Olympia Star 16 – Polski Sklep (polish food market) 14 – Polcentre Accountancy & Bookkeeping – Sylwia Hair Salon 12 – Nickolson – sales, management, lettings, building (Hessel Road) 10 – Apple Café Bar Restaurant 8 – The Olive Bar 6 – Zero Zero hair (Adonis Court) 4 – Cargills Off-licence 2 – Andy’s Quality Fish – Pemberton’s Chartered Certified Accountants – Impact Coach Tours (Peterden House) – The Forester (Leighton Road)
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Contactus magazine launch celebrates friends and family Your devoted editor-publisher Carlene Bender damages the home-made lemon drizzle cake
Getting a business started up and running requires so much input from so many people – you can never say ‘thank you’ enough times. The Contactus launch party last November, just as our first December edition was published, brought together many of these key advisers and backers – not to mention close family and friends – at The Village Inn on Pitshanger Lane.
Born out of an idea to support and promote local businesses after the Ealing Riots of August 2011, Contactus now publishes two magazines in print and online: ‘Contactus Ealing’, a roving magazine highlighting shopping parades in W5, W13 and W7, and ‘Ealing Homebiz’, which is a kind of shop window for local home-based businesses. See contactusealing.co.uk
A fitting venue, as our first edition focused on Pitshanger
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Supporters included the West family of Pitshanger, and Natalie Gardiner (right) of Letterbox Lovers
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