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The Shallis Boys

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CNN have just released online a short film about the Shallis family who lived in 10 Ranelagh Road in Harlesden. The film tells the family’s very sad story of loss during the First… Continue reading

Archives re-opening moved back to 1st May

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Our decant from WGLC continues apace.  However, owing to circumstances beyond our control, we will now be re-opening in the interim Willesden Green Library, at George Furness House, 2-12 Grange Road, on Wednesday… Continue reading

In praise of Royal Mail carts, and the absence of nosebleeds

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On 22 June 1941, within hours of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, museum staff began evacuating the Hermitage and other heritage collections in and near Leningrad. One curator, Anatoly Kuchumov, wrote… Continue reading

Holiday Opening Hours

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As from today the Archives will be closed until Wednesday 2nd January 2013 when we will be open 9am until 5pm. Come and see us in 2013 for help researching your family tree,… Continue reading

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