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The spring has sprung, the days are getting longer and we have five bank holidays in April and May – two for Easter, one for the coronation of King Charles III and the early May and late May Spring bank holidays. What to do with all this time off? We have a round up of events for children and families in April and May. Pages 6-8.

Chiswick Women’s Cricket team take to the nets in April, in preparation for their first season playing in a league. I met team captain Leonora Yorath, who told me how they had started during Covid lockdowns for a bit of exercise and fun, and how now things have begun to get more serious. Page 10.

Chiswick’s new Repair Café is proving a success. Set up by four women who wanted to do their bit for the environment, they now have 30 or 40 volunteers who will have a go at mending anything from a Hoover to a teddy bear. Page 15.

The Victorian Society, based in Chiswick, is looking for volunteers. They try and stop developers from tearing down Victorian and Edwardian buildings. Their current major battle is to stop Liverpool Street Station from being enveloped in 16 storeys of modern construction. Volunteers do everything from helping with research to serving drinks on the bar at social events. Page 16.

April is the time when male Goldcrests make their nests, which birdwatcher Les McCallum says are a wonderful thing to behold, constructed from spiders’ webs, moss and lichens and lined with feathers. He has been studying and drawing these tiny little birds for more than 60 years. Page 18.

April is also the time when the garden springs to life and we need to start paying attention to planting and weeding. Gardening notes page 20.

At Hen Corner the hens are looking forward to being released to scratch around the garden, and with beekeeping season fully under way Sara Ward is on the lookout for swarms of bees settling where they are not welcome. Page 26.

With the lighter evenings it is more attractive to leave the house and go and find some live entertainment. Jazz at George IV has a great line-up of New Orleans jazz, blues, soul and tributes to some of the greatest artists. Pages 24- 25.

Let’s just hope the weather is good.

Editor: Bridget Osborne

By Bob Meecham, Landmark Arts Centre

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