EDITOR'S LETTER
Welcome It’s tricky writing Out & About at the moment. In & Isolated would be nearer the mark, especially as everything I had planned to write about has been cancelled!
the site of the old market-place in Chiswick the Columbia Rd of west London. P18
I’ve chosen some articles which I hope you will find interesting and take your mind off things, just for a bit.
I imagine we’ve all been watching a lot more television. EastEnders has just celebrated 35 years. I reckon if you watched all the episodes from the beginning, when you emerge the Coronavirus should have gone! You might also be slightly detached from the real world, but maybe that’s no bad thing. Les McCallum, a retired TV set designer, talks about the early days when his friend Mike Hagan was given the job of creating Albert Square. P20
Hen Corner celebrates 10 years this year. Not quite as upbeat a celebration as they’d hoped. Normally the place would be bursting with families ooh-ing and ah-ing at fluffy chicks and making Easter goodies. Instead Sara Ward offers you her recipe for hot cross buns to make at home. P8 There is something of the Blitz spirit in the air. How timely then, that Les McCallum has been re-creating a wartime shelter. His neighbour in Isleworth discovered he had one, intact, in the back garden, and the two of them have been having great fun restoring it to a cosy bolt hole. P10 As we start thinking more seriously about Climate Change, Karen Liebreich of Abundance London reports on moves afoot to create a Great West Hedge: a green pollution barrier along the A4. P13 She is also one of the key people behind an initiative to create a flower market in Chiswick. Our hope is to make
Emery Walker’s house in Hammersmith is decorated throughout in its original Arts & Crafts style, with furnishings and furniture, art works and knickknacks all of the period. Lucinda MacPherson has been focusing on their collection of William Morris wallpapers. P26 Hope you enjoy reading this issue. Stay safe and keep well. Best wishes,
Bridget
Editor: Bridget Osborne
COVER IMAGE Easter with Hen Corner P8
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Weddings Private Parties Corporate Events Birthdays Nelly Ali. Photograph by Pam Wade
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