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West Ealing is a district in the London Borough of Ealing, in West London.The district is about three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) west of Ealing Broadway.Although there is a long history of settlement in the area, West Ealing in its present form is less than one hundred years old.
Alan Blumlein (1903–1942), electronics engineer, lived in Ealing from 1933 until his death. He is commemorated with a blue plaque, [ 2 ] placed on his house in the Haymills Estate . Lillian Board (1948–1970), track athlete and Olympic silver medallist, lived in Ealing from 1956 until her death.
Shakira Spencer (13 June 1987 – September 2022) was a 35-year-old mother-of-two from Ealing, west London, who was tortured and murdered by three people she considered to be her friends. Spencer, who was considered to be a vulnerable adult , was befriended, then abused by Ashana Studholme, Lisa Richardson and Shaun Pendlebury, after Studholme ...
Ealing (/ ˈ iː l ɪ ŋ /) is a district in west London, England, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) west of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Ealing. [2] It is the administrative centre of the borough and is identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan .
Sir Alec Guinness (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor.In the British Film Institute listing of 1999 of the 100 most important British films of the 20th century, he was the single most noted actor, represented across nine films — six in starring roles and three in supporting roles — including five directed by David Lean and four from Ealing ...
Twyford Church of England Academies Trust is a multi-academy trust based in West London and affiliated to the London Diocesan Board for Schools.It currently consists of four academies in the London Borough of Ealing: Twyford Church of England High School, William Perkin Church of England High School, Ada Lovelace Church of England High School and Ealing Fields High School.
The Ealing rail crash was an accident on the British railway system that occurred on 19 December 1973. The 17:18 express train from London Paddington to Oxford —with approximately 650 passengers on board—was derailed while travelling at around 70 mph (110 km/h) between Ealing Broadway and West Ealing .
Coyle was born in Bury, Lancashire, [4] [5] and attended Bury Grammar School for Girls. [5] She did her undergraduate studies at Brasenose College, Oxford, reading philosophy, politics, and economics, before gaining an MA and a PhD in Economics from Harvard University, graduating in 1985, [6] her thesis was titled The dynamic behaviour of employment (wages, contracts, productivity, business ...