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DID YOU KNOW...
HOUSE HISTORY
GOES ONLINE
296 YRS
Lifelong Chiswick local and media
guru Nigel Walley is helping six
Chiswick residents’ associations,
including the SOTG Association,
to develop House History Initiatives
via Chimni. Get your house included,
email [email protected]
THE COFFEE TRAVELLER
58 THAMES ROAD
The caffeinated version of Cheers
for locals. Paul Cooney says –
“If you live in Strand on the Green,
you love The Coffee Traveller”.
Last year was “a bit of a horrid
time,” say Neil and Bex, owners of
‘strand hub’ The Coffee Traveller
– but locals rallied to the rescue
when a van full of equipment was
stolen and the cafe was ram raided.
Amber Inder Rieden was due to row
a race on the Thames and seized the
fundraising opportunity, and within
48 hours, the community had raised
enough money to get the team back
in business.
ITALIAN GENEROSITY
THE CHISWICK
CONNECTION
Concerns relating to
overcrowding, safety and
the inadequate design of
Gunnersbury station date back
over 15 years. Locals eagerly
anticipate the installation of
a 120m ‘weathering steel’
footbridge connecting Chiswick
Park station to Chiswick Business
Park, hoping it will relieve some
of the gridlock at Gunnersbury.
The £7m project is scheduled for
completion at the end of 2018.
The Italians quietly installed itself
on the high road in 2016 and has
flourished thanks to a fanatical fan
club of local foodies. They donate
their freshly baked loaves, including
Chiswick’s best ciabatta, to The
Shelter Project Hounslow’s overnight
and visiting guests. A W4-based
volunteer tells us, “You couldn’t
meet a more generous bunch.”
LOCAL FAVOURITE
THE PILOT
56 WELLESLEY ROAD
With the best garden in Gunnersbury
The Pilot is Paul Cooney’s favourite
– “This Fuller’s kitchen produces
mouthwatering panfried salmon".
CAFFEINE, KINDNESS
AND COMMUNITY
LOCAL FAVOURITE
The number of years the Grade II
listed Bull’s Head pub has been
licensed. Rumours have it this
local favourite once housed Oliver
Cromwell’s secret campaign HQ.
ERNEST GARDENS W4
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IT’S A FACT...
450 KG
The largest bell in the Russian
Orthodox Cathedral is the exact
weight of a grand piano. Its
Psalms inscription reads, “I will
sing unto the Lord as long as I live.”
GREEN
GROUND
THORNEY HEDGE RD W4
£1,000,000 FREEHOLD
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