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Sport Relief run HANWELL The Bhangu, Bhutta and Ral families came out to support The Ealing Sport Relief Mile fundraising run on Sunday at the Bunny Park. Participants “did themselves proud” by walking/running/ hopping one, three or six miles.

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• p2: Q&A – Nicola Gaughan, Iconic Creative • p3: community – West Ealing Online project continued • p4: business – come networking with us in Acton

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My uncle Jim was a bomber pilot during WW2. He went missing in April 1942 aged just 20 and is still MIA. I decided to see if I could find out what happened to him. Five years’ research managed to pinpoint what I believe is the general crash area, and also traced the families of the other crew members worldwide.

Becoming involved with The Bomber Command Memorial, I publishd a charity book of my photos of the Memorial, to help raise money for its upkeep.

The idea also developed into the making of a film. I wrote, produced and edited “What did you do in the war Grandad?”, a short film paying tribute to my uncle. The film was long-listed in the Winchester Short Film Festival last year.

The creative type Nicola Gaughan adds creative flair to everything she does – from graphic design to photography to film-making, to baking. In our Q&A she reveals the one thing she’s not very creative about...

Your business is called Iconic Creative; is there anything you just can’t get creative about?

Code, I’m just not a coder. I’m a very visual person, getting my inspiration from films, photography, museums, galleries, friends and so on. I’ve tried working in HTML and just couldn’t get my head round it.

You’re born-and-bred Hanwell, and still living there; how involved do you get locally?

I’ve acted as volunteer photographer for The Neighbours Paper, productions

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and crewing at Questors, and several Hanwell Carnivals. I also occasionally photograph events for the Hanwell Community forum. Health issues have stopped this involvement, and I now play a role supporting local businesses, giving talks on small business marketing, taking part in Ealing Business Forum, #EalingHour and so on.

The film-making side of your work seems to be taking off these days, tell us about “What did you do in the war Grandad?”.

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What’s your next project then?

I’m busy preparing promotional material for the Acton Business Expo in May, we’ve recently started work on our second film, and I’ve just been offered a place on an MA Post Production course. iconiccreative.co.uk @IconicCreative Iconic-Creative-FilmPhotography – Carlene Bender

“I’m a very visual person, getting my inspiration from films, photography, museums...”

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West Ealingers WEST EALING Discussions continued last week for the setting up of a West Ealing Online umbrella website, incorporating sites like West Ealing Centre Neighbourhood Forum, West Ealing Neighbours Forum, and associated Twitter and Facebook pages. The group meets again on Wednesday; anyone interested is invited (see p4 diary).

Above: Kevin Harris of Local Level leads the brainstorming at the Welshore Hub; at right follow-up core meeting at Amalfi Caffe on St John’s Parade, with Jack Jones of OPEN Ealing, Simon Hall of Growing West Ealing, Loredana Baranga of Marketology, and David Highton of West Ealing Neighbours.

Old As cricket open day

oldactonianscricket.com Save the date: Old Actonians Cricket Club’s Cricket Open Day, Sat 30 April: Gunnersbury Drive, South Ealing W5 4LL from noon. @OldAs_CC @OldAsLadies

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Acton biz Facebook group facebook.com/groups/ BusinessesinActonW3 To promote local business news, offers and events in Acton. *Little sister to the Businesses in Ealing group.

West Ealing: have your say tinyurl.com/ WestEalingOnline-survey Take our short five-question survey to share your views about a West Ealing Online super-website. @halls47

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Meet for lunch EALING COMMON Ealing member of The Athena Network, interior designer Isabelle Morley-Fletcher, presents her one-minute pitch during lunch at The Grange as regional director Jo Sumner (left), and group chair Clotilde de Cacqueray listen on.

Linking up EALING BROADWAY Quick ‘selfie’ at Thursday’s Link4Coffee at Limeyard Restaurant. L-r: yours truly Carlene Bender, The_Ealinger; Deborah Boyle, Receptor; Nicola Gaughan, Iconic Creative; Ceza Ouzounian, BurlExercise; Dipa Kotak, Link4Growth; and Margaret Guillen, business coach.

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