
Lament for Heidelberg
Lament for Heidelberg (as if) by EJ Thribb, Private Eye’s veteran poet, aged 17 1/2 So, Heidelberg Great red-brick High Street presence Holding mighty German

Lament for Heidelberg (as if) by EJ Thribb, Private Eye’s veteran poet, aged 17 1/2 So, Heidelberg Great red-brick High Street presence Holding mighty German

Sam’s Waterside 3 Kingham Avenue (Bradshaw Yard), Brentford TW8 8GP (approach on the left of Morrisons) Few of us can be unaware of Sam’s spectacular

To challenge your local knowledge – and perhaps spur you to take a look at the original, we’ll be showing a local feature in each

Oskars is, as most Islanders know by now, our new Concierge. He joined us late last year and has fitted in well. He is from

Some dates for your diary The Island’s Social Group plans a Spring Eggstravaganza starting at 3.00pm on Sunday 14 April outside 6 Tallow Road. Come

Saving our young waterfowl Continuing Islanders’ efforts to prevent cygnets and chicks from being swept over the weir and sluice, this year timber log barriers

Here It has been a busy year for the BLIRA Board, working on behalf of all the Shareholders and also in the interests of those who

Brentford Lock Island Residents Association (BLIRA) was established in 2006 as an owners’ body to liaise with the Managing Agents, initially Peverel/OM, later Blenheims and

Two Grade 1 listed heritage buildings in our area were the creations of notable women**. One of them, Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk, has left

A reasonably local walk that Islanders may wish to try is Crane Park. Straddling Twickenham and Hounslow, the park is a slender ribbon, over 2

William Shaw has returned to the BLIRA Chair. His previous co-Chair, Nigel Meakin, returns as Vice-Chair together with Peter Goddard, who, although he just stepped

Trico-Folberth’s, Art-Deco assembly building, typical of the Golden Mile, above. Since Roman times, Brentford exploited its unique position at the confluence of the rivers Thames

Andrew has just joined the BLIRA Board as a Director. He and wife Babs are original owners of the Mill house at 1 Tallow Road

Author: Sam Bright The subheading to this 2022 polemic describes the author’s pitch: “Why we need to save the country from its capital”. As Londoners

Seen here on Lion Way, opposite The Weir Bar You’ll have often passed this little building and perhaps wondered about its function. The answer to that










