On Saturday afternoon we were delighted to welcome author and dress historian Jayne Shrimpton to the Special Exhibitions Gallery at Willesden Green Library Centre to give a talk on analyzing old family photos,… Continue reading
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
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
Recently our attention was drawn to a street sign that appears on a house in Dewsbury Road on the corner of Aberdeen Road. It’s fairly hard to decipher but our best guess is… Continue reading
