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Where exactly am I? Strictly speaking this is a Brentford walk, not a Hanwell one. For some reason I’ve always thought Hanwell extends down as far as Swyncombe Avenue, or maybe even The Ride. As I got ready to start this second part of my Hanwell stroll down Boston Manor Road, the new infographic just…
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Do you notice more runners on the nation’s streets from January to April? It’s likely they’re training for the London Marathon, which usually takes place towards the end of April. You are witnessing them meld into athletes, just as winter melts into spring. Most of them have got 16 weeks of this, with just a…
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By Tony Sears Being about a marriage failing, and neither partner having the means to move out. One of us (me) hatched a plan to escape on weekends, taking an old bike by train to Kent. There I wobbled around the coast, making a series of discoveries, including how I was not entirely blameless in…
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William picked up his bundle of tools and left the new manor house at Sudhale. He trudged eastward along the Oxford Road, barely noticing the woods and common on either side, for his back ached terribly after a hard day’s wood carving. Approaching Hanewelle, he splashed through the shallow river, wishing the lord of the…
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Trap streets, phantom settlements and fictitious book entries Rainy childhood afternoons found me gazing at Ordnance Survey maps, giddily tracing paths across pale brown contour lines that were dramatically close-bunched for hills and gorges, or meandering far apart in wide, gentle valleys. Nowadays I join fellow cartophiles online, where I recently went down a rabbit…
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By Tony Sears Being about a marriage failing, and neither partner having the means to move out. One of us (me) hatched a plan to escape on weekends, taking an old bike by train to Kent. There I made my way along the margins where sea meets shore, discovering all sorts of things, including how…
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May – It’s the final countdown! Manchester United 3 Brentford 0 Monday 2 May A measure of the power of the United brand is that the club isn’t mentioned by name on the tickets, nor on the programme cover. And of course, a visit to Old Trafford, like Anfield, was what we dreamt of on…
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By Tony Sears Being about a marriage failing, and neither partner having the means to move out. One of us (me) hatched a plan to escape on weekends, taking an old bike by train to Kent. There I made my way along the margins where sea meets shore, discovering all sorts of things, including how…
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April… and a spring in the step Chelsea 1 Brentford 4 Saturday 2 April This morning we got an email from Brentford warning against homophobic chanting and quite right too. Though it’s a long time since I’ve heard anyone sing ‘Chelsea Rent Boys’ and never at all in my time watching Brentford. Selective deafness maybe.…
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Part 2 – West Ealing Broadway from Grosvenor Road to Dean Gardens You’ll find no checkpoint at the border between Hanwell and West Ealing, where the Uxbridge Road meets Grosvenor Road. But you might find subtle indications that you have moved from one community to another. The street signs now say W13 instead of W7.…
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Around Hanwell and up the allotment 