As 2015 is our centenary year, the CHS Committee decided to ring the changes and heat up the summer party with a barbecue. The weather forecasts were not wrong and we awoke on Sunday morning to lashings of wind and rain – perfect conditions for outdoor dining. But we gardeners are made of sturdier stuff […]
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CHAS member Noreen Jones has sent us this photo of Chiswick High Road, taken from Turnham Green in 1863. Noreen lived with her parents 1926-1939 in the house 3rd from the right side of the Crown & Anchor (368 Chiswick High Road) – there is a copy of photo in the Chiswick Library archive. The
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It’s been quite a good year for wildlife in our part of Chiswick. The neighbours on one side had nesting robins and goldfinches; on the other side, a blackbird’s nest in wisteria which could be seen from the French windows – it was delightful to watch the chicks growing up and then fledging. The female
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It’s 0929 and there’s a slight air of panic; the signposts for the entries, the class cards, aren’t complete. But Mike and Jill get things in place with seconds to spare – let the show begin. The door keepers to the show, Dave and John, combine into a Laughing Buddha, calm and smiling, smoothing the flow
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Ingredients: 5 pieces preserved stem ginger in syrup, chopped 2 tablespoons ginger syrup (from jar of stem ginger in syrup) 1 heaped teaspoon ground ginger 1 heaped teaspoon grated fresh root ginger 175g / 6oz butter 175g / 6oz golden caster sugar 3 large eggs 1 tablespoon molasses syrup (treacle) 225g / 8oz self-raising flour
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