Wembley Who’s Who Quiz – the answers!

 Philip Grant provides the answers to last Saturday's  'Who's Who?' in Wembley Quiz LINK

Philip writes: I hope that everyone who had a go at this quiz enjoyed it. Here are the answers, and a bit more information about the ten people you were invited to identify.

Although there are no prizes, you will find that even people who lived in Wembley 100 years ago or more have had an influence on the area as we know it now, such as where that road, school or park got its name from. Local history gives us the background stories which show us what an interesting place we live in. Those stories belong to all of us who live in Wembley and Brent, and I look forward to sharing more of them with you in future.

 

Social care in Kingsbury...200 years ago

As well as looking at how social care was provided to the poor of Kingsbury Parish in the early 19th century, using examples of real people from original hand-written records now held at Brent Archives, this illustrated talk may help listeners to consider how attitudes to the poor have (or have not) changed since then.

From Fire to Fountain - Film & Television at Wembley Park - 20th January

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Philip Grant posted a well-received article about the closure of Fountain Studios in Wembley Park recently LINK and mentioned the above presentation that he was planning. 

For more  information you can also contact Philip directly Philgrant69@aol.com

Discover some Brent local history this summer

Guest blog by Philip Grant

 

Some of the comments on last month’s blog about the unexploded Second World War bomb which was unearthed at Wembley Park suggest that there are “Wembley Matters” readers interested in local history. Wembley History Society has been promoting an interest in the area’s history for over sixty years, and here are some of the activities it is involved in which give you the chance to discover more.

If you live in Kingsbury, and thought that history was just something you had to learn in school, with lots of dates that you could never remember, there is an Adult Learners’ Week event on Tuesday 16 June which may change your mind. “History – it’s a walk in the park!” will take you on a guided walk around Roe Green Park, looking at features you may have passed by without knowing the stories behind them. The walk leaves Kingsbury Library at 1.30pm, and details can be found HERE

 

This event is free, and there is no need to book – just turn up by 1.25pm on the day if you want to take part.

Kingsbury Cricket Team, c.1901

If Sudbury is your local area, there is a community local history project taking place at the moment which could be “up your street”. Wembley History Society and Brent Archives are working with residents’ associations, schools and individuals to put together material for a display in the autumn. “Sudbury –Then and Now” is inviting people to “adopt” one of many old photographs and postcards of the area, find out a little about the story behind it, and take a matching colour view of the scene in 2015. If you think that this would be of interest to you, more details can be found on the Sudbury Town Residents’ Association website HERE which includes a pdf presentation about the project, and how you can get involved.

The Mall, Sudbury. c.1914

Vale Farm Swimming Pool, 1950's

 If you prefer to get your information from an illustrated talk, there is an opportunity to find out more about some of Brent’s most unusual homes from the 1920’s and 1930’s, and the man who designed them, on Friday 19 June. “Ernest Trobridge – Kingsbury’s Extraordinary Architect” is the subject of a Wembley History Society presentation at English Martyrs’ Hall, just off Blackbird Hill, Wembley Park, beginning at 7.30pm. There are details HERE and on the poster above

Philip Grant