UP FRONT
Councillor Mahfouz with council leader Julian Bell on the new equipment
Photos: Animal magic
This photo was one of six
winners of a photographic
competition run by Brent
Lodge Animal Centre in
Hanwell.
The winners were all
awarded a ‘meet the
meerkat’ experience at the
council-owned small zoo (often
referred to as the Bunny Park).
The competition was open to
all visitors to commemorate
the centre being recognised as a zoo for 40 years.
All six images are now on show at the entrance of the centre. This one
was by Louise Morgan, others (including of prairie dogs, a peacock and
a chicken) were by Chris Slow, Francis Thomas, Lisa Edington, Rachael
Webb and Sue Holmes.
To view the other winning pictures, and find out more about the centre
and its animal experiences and events, visit www.facebook.com/
BrentLodgePark or follow @BrentLodgePark on Twitter – or
alternatively email [email protected] or call 07956 362 341.
Roaring good time
This cheeky chap is just one of the dozens of fantastic
moments we captured from this year’s Ealing Summer Festivals
over the past three months. He was at the Greenford Carnival.
Go online to view a
gallery of photos from
the festivals on the
official Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/
ealingsummer and on
the website of Ealing
Summer at www.
ealingsummerfestivals.com
– and look out there for a
competition for the best
photo submitted by a
resident.
Time to play
Rope bridges, balancing blocks and beams,
twisted tubular slide, a crawling tunnel and
sensory games. This is the exciting new play
area opening soon at Northala Fields.
Ealing Council’s parks team worked with
designers to create something special at
the Northolt landmark open space, using
responsibly sourced materials.
Councillor Bassam Mahfouz, cabinet member
for transport, environment and leisure, said:
“This is an exciting new attraction in an already
popular park. Northala Fields has always had
an emphasis on sustainability and contributing
to the biodiversity in the area. We didn’t want
to stray away from this when planning the
new playground.”
On easy street
Ealing is the first west London borough to trial a
‘parklet’. An idea started in San Francisco in 2010,
they temporarily take up one parking space,
creating a little pocket of public space. They
provide a place to relax, meet and enjoy the street.
Ealing Council worked with HB Designs to
adapt the American concept to suit a British
street – namely Bond Street, in central Ealing, in
August. It has seating, planting, protection from
the traffic and space to park your bike. At some
point in September the parklet will move to the
Avenue in West Ealing. To hire the parklet later
this year email [email protected]
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