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Bonzo goes to Wembley … and comes back again

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The British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, Brent Archives BEE postcards album Here at the Archives we are constantly on the look-out for new images relating to Brent.  Mostly this is a fairly passive process,… Continue reading

When Willesden helped rebuild Stalingrad – a story for Victory Day

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The ribbon of St George, originally associated with a Tsarist medal, but today connected with the Second World War through its use suspending the wartime Order of Glory and the Medal for Victory… Continue reading

Carnival in the Community Gallery!

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During the storms and downpours of recent weeks, it has been easy to feel that summer is still a long way off. But the new exhbition installed this weekend at Brent Museum’s Community… Continue reading

W is for War

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Pressing on with cataloguing the newly acquisitioned school admissions registers from Roe Green Infant School, we’re given a glimpse of what life was like for Wembley schoolchildren caught in the midst of war.… Continue reading

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