Miss Harrold and her Haberdashery
Langman’s Draper’s shop at 88 High Road, Willesden was founded in the 1890s. When it closed in 1978 many of the shop fittings had remained unchanged since the day it opened. In 1908… Continue reading
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Digital War Memorial: Brent Remembers
The Digital War Memorial is a national project led by the Society of Chief Librarians (SCL). The first phase brought together a wide range of communities to work with high quality artists to… Continue reading
Prehistoric Brent
The new Brent Museum, due to open in the summer, is set out chronologically and the story it tells begins thousands of years ago during prehistoric times. The change from Prehistory to History is generally… Continue reading
The River Brent
Certain members of the Heritage Team (whose literature tastes lean towards the scifi/fantasy genre) were particularly excited when the Cityread book for 2015 was announced. Cityread asks people in a city to come together… Continue reading