Category archives: Keep Things Local

Local historian Oliver Cyriax interviews a woman with altitude: an airship-pioneer who braved the heights in the 1930s. A Profile in Courage by local historian Oliver Cyriax. Dateline: Ravenscourt Park 1936 “Of course our flock scattered as the Graf came in,” says Vera Pith-Scottley. “It took three hours to find…

Hanif Mayet – Evolve Fitness Training Q. What do you like about the area? The variety of people and the energy. Q. Where does your surname, Mayet, originate? It’s Arabic. My dad is South African. His great-grandparents were Indian born and moved to South Africa. My mum’s side are English…

A heartfelt ‘thank you’ from a well-known shopkeeper whose sad loss saw many of her considerate customers offer support and compassion in her hour of need. Wiping a tear from her eye, Manjit Rana admits that the death of her husband taught her just how much her family and their…

It is the unwritten rule that every successful businesswoman knows: their wardrobe must serve to emphasise their personal brand and business acumen. Rarely a week goes by without a newspaper commenting on the Prime Minister’s shoes or a fashion faux pas committed by a senior cabinet minister. Whether it is…

That picture left to you by a relative that you are fond of but know nothing about, who is it by? Is it a real oil painting? Is it rare? How old is it? What is its value? Harry Moore-Gwyn, an established expert and curator with a good knowledge in…

Were you born here? No, in Wandsworth, but we moved here when I was eleven. When I left secondary school at fifteen, nearly sixteen, my first job was in a local butcher called A. Richards and Son in Merton Road. Why did you choose to become a butcher? When I…

Click to Download Hammersmith Locals Winter 2016 PDF Download the PDF to get in touch with locals by clicking on phone numbers, links, and email addresses. Promote friends and good causes by following them and sharing via the PDF social media icons. You can also share this direct link to the…

Shoots and Leaves is a truly local business with 17 years’ of trading in London. It is proud to sponsor the WLAC article in Hammersmith Locals. We hope that by highlighting the valuable work this charity does that others will also support the WLAC. West London Action for Children (WLAC) is…

Let’s start with a quote from Frank Sinatra (a barber shop legend) to get us in the Christmas party spirit – ‘Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy!’ Over the festive period there will be family get-togethers, New Year’s Eve spectaculars and the notorious…

He has worked as a civil servant in the Department of Trade & Industry and been a menswear salesman at Liberty. But in recent months, Kim Benson is bringing his years of expertise to bear in helping to run the Grove Neighbourhood Centre (GNC). For five years he volunteered at…