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Chiswick Flower Market returns
Chiswick Flower Market, Anna Kunst Chiswick Flower Market, Anna Kunst
Chiswick Flower Market, Anna Kunst
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THE CHISWICK FLOWER MARKET is back!
Chiswick Flower Market is back on Sunday 2nd May. The Old Market Place outside George IV on Chiswick High Rd and adjacent Devonshire Rd will be full of stalls, with lots of beautiful bedding plants, cut flowers, ready-made bouquets, bulbs, house plants and even dried flowers. The organisers have been champing at the bit to reopen. Now is the time when we all want to get out and enjoy the garden and get planting. The market traders, some of whom grow their plants in their own nurseries, can’t wait to show off their carefully tended plants. Multi award winning gold medalists at the Chelsea Flower Show, Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants, will be back, along with The Kew Plantsman, (specialising in plants which are rare or unusual), Pepperpot nursery and London House Plants. Jacques Amand will have bulbs for spring planting; LifeLike Flowers offer beautiful arrangements of silk flowers and Herboo will be inspiring a new generation of gardeners with their children’s gardening kits.
May is the month for markets
The market, which opened last September – the first new flower market to open in London in 150 years - will be welcoming some new traders in May, including: local business Nicola the Gardener, Golborne Road market trader In the Garden, and Columbia Road trader Evergreen.
CHISWICK FLOWER MARKET
9.30am - 3.00pm, Sunday 2nd May and every 1st Sunday of the month thereafter. Old Market Place, Chiswick High Rd, London W4 2DR
Covid regulations allowing, the new Chiswick Cheese Market will also be opening in May. According to local historian, the late Gillian Clegg, Chiswick was originally known as Cheesewick. Chiswick was first recorded c.1000 as the Old English Ceswican meaning ‘Cheese Farm’; the riverside area of Duke’s Meadows is thought to have supported an annual cheese fair up until the 18th century. Organisers Cookbook Kitchen are looking to reconnect Chiswick with its roots, bring cheese back home to Chiswick and make Chiswick a destination for locals and visitors across London and beyond. ‘Inspired by Jamie Oliver’s ‘Save British Cheese’ campaign in 2020 we want to create a platform for cheese producers and enthusiasts to come together in the original home of cheese. The market will represent all the very best cheeses from Britain and beyond and bring the wonder of well-crafted cheese to Chiswick’.
CHISWICK CHEESE MARKET
10.00am - 3.00pm, Sunday 16th May and every 3rd Sunday of the month thereafter Old Market Place, Chiswick High Rd, London W4 2DR
Duck Pond Markets are now running artisan markets at Gunnersbury Park and Chiswick House. During lockdown they were selling items considered as ‘essential’ only, but from 17th April they will be back to their full complement of stalls selling jewellery, cushions, cards, pottery and art as well as food and ‘eco homeware.’ Organiser Caron Pook now has six Duck Ponds markets, at Ruislip, Highgate, Richmond and Chalfont St Giles as well as Gunnersbury and Chiswick House.
DUCK POND MARKET
10.00am – 4.00pm, Saturday 3rd and 17th April, 1st, 15th & 29th May and every 1st, 3rd and 5th Saturday thereafter Chiswick House & Gardens, Burlington Lane, London W4 2RP
DUCK POND MARKET
10.00am – 4.00pm, Saturday 10th and 24th April, 8th & 22nd May and every 2nd and 4th Saturday thereafter. Gunnersbury Park Museum, Popes Lane, London W5 4NH
Duck Pond Market
Duck Pond Market Duck Pond Market
FOOD MARKET CHISWICK
The Food Market Chiswick has been open most of the time throughout the past year. It continues with a mix of stalls selling a range of fresh food – both street food, pies and pastries ready to eat and fresh vegetables, cheese, bread, fish and meat - every Sunday morning.
FOOD MARKET CHISWICK
10.00am – 2.00pm every Sunday morning. Pavilion, Market Drive, Chiswick W4 2RX
WILLIAM & JOHN LODGE (6 th GENERATION) SHARE THE SECRETS OF SUCCESS IN A FAMILY BUSINESS
Q. Lodge Brothers is the longest serving family-owned funeral business in the local area, what do you think is the secret to success when working with family? A. When a family business has spanned 240 years and has been developed over seven generations, the loyalty to each other is ingrained. The exchange of knowledge, mentoring and coaching from one generation to the next allows the progression of modernisation and new ideas in carrying the company forward. Over the years our reputation has been built on trust, recommendation and the quality of service we provide. Naturally, each family member strives to maintain that reputation for themselves and for each other. It is a real team effort.
Q. What is the biggest change you’ve observed in the last few decades?
A. Many years ago, we, like our forefathers, called on our carpentry skills to build and French polish the coffins for each funeral. This was part of the service we provided. Automated machinery for the production of coffins was not introduced until the1960s by specialist suppliers. Although to this day our skilled staff still personally add the bespoke interior lining, handles and name plate for each coffin in our workshop.
Over the generations, we have also observed a change in trends. There has been a gradual shift in philosophy away from the traditional religious funeral service, with sombre mourners dressed in black - now we see more secular services led by civil celebrants, with families opting to ‘commemorate and celebrate’ the life of a loved one, remembering their character and hobbies, and sometimes, introducing brighter colours to the clothes the mourners wear or request a coloured tie worn by our funeral bearers (e.g football related colours of blue or red). And, of course, popular music selections are now preferable to the traditional singing of hymns. Nowadays, with the rise in natural burials and ‘greener’ funeral options, the freedom of choice for our clients is far wider than ever before and it has been very interesting to see this develop.
Robert Lodge, William Lodge, Chris Lodge, John Lodge
Q. Do you have a particular lasting memory from your years of service that has made you proud to be a Lodge Brother? A. We were honoured to be asked to care for the repatriation of the British servicemen who had died in combat during the Falklands War. Then, a year after the war ended, along with 11 members of staff, we spent three months in the Falkland Islands, locating and burying the deceased Argentinian soldiers who had died in battle, the interments either taking place at Port Stanley Cemetery, or repatriation arranged back to Argentina.
Q. The past year has been a challenge for everyone, particularly the funeral profession. What is your biggest hope for 2021? A. It has been a difficult year to observe, with so many bereaved families not able to invite as many family and friends to attend a funeral due to the restrictions of the number of mourners allowed, and sometimes not being able to have the funeral service in their usual place of worship. We look forward in hope that the new vaccination programmes will be successful and that infection rates will continue to drop so that we can all get back to some sort of normality, allowing our families to say goodbye the way they want to.
Our new branch in Isleworth is at 1-2 The Pavement, South Street TW7 7AJ Call 020 8194 9510 or visit www.lodgebrothers.co.uk
Andrew & Robert Lodge with their eco-friendly hybrid funeral fleet
OUR FAMILY HELPING YOUR FAMILY
For over 240 years, seven generations of the Lodge Family have been proud to help local families in their time of need. We provide all funerals, whether modern, traditional, green or alternative, with care and compassion.
NOW OPEN IN ISLEWORTH 1-2 The Pavement, South Street, Isleworth TW7 7AJ 020 8194 9510
“The staff at Lodge Brothers have been sympathetic, understanding and supportive. They were with us every step of the way throughout a very difficult time and we are and will be forever grateful for their support.”
Mr Robinson
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