When Figs Go Bad!
While trawling through the Willesden Chronicles of May 1945 for a wedding anniversary announcement, I came across an article with the intriguing title, “FIGS WENT BAD”. The story is about a Willesden greengrocer… Continue reading
Category Archive: Brent Archives
War and Remembrance
Sydney Dennis Slocum obituary, Willesden Chronicle, 15th March 1940. Slocum served in 224 Squadron, flying American-built Lockheed Hudsons over the North Sea from Leuchars in Scotland Brent Archives’ latest display on the felt… Continue reading
Jugendstil versus Art Nouveau in early twentieth-century Lorraine
Next week I am off to Riga in Latvia for a short holiday. One of Riga’s claims to fame is the quantity of Art Nouveau buildings in the city, including an entire Art… Continue reading
A new ‘Golden Age’ of picture postcards in Brent!
Our postcard showing an unsigned watercolour of St. Mary’s, Willesden, before 1807 In Britain, the ‘Golden Age’ of picture postcards is traditionally considered to date from between 1902, when the introduction of divided… Continue reading