Seventy or more residents (a huge turnout for Brentford Dock) attended the reception on Friday 1st April to celebrate the Bhatti family having run the Spar shop on Brentford Dock for 20 years. David Procter made a speech and a bouquet of flowers was presented to Mrs Bhatti.
Proprietor of the Waterside Café-Bar, Melanie, and chef and food writer, Jamie, are engaged. They will marry next year in the early summer.
On Sunday 15th May Brentford Cruising Club held its Pontoon Party and Boat Jumble in the marina. There are better pictures here.
See if you can spot your neighbour.
No, the circus hasn't come to Syon Park. The fashion stores Top Shop, Top Man and Dorothy Perkins have pitched a bright blue big top next to Syon House for one of the biggest corporate events ever to take place on our neighbours' property.
Syon Park declined to give out information on what would be taking place, saying it was "private". However, our photographer managed to sneak past security guards to take this picture on Tuesday. Unofficial inquiries reveal that the event will be held on Wednesday and Thursday nights.
Martin Stone caught this young fox relaxing on top of a car in the Otho Court-Syon Park car park.
The gardens beside the Watermans Arts Centre in Brentford High Street will get a £60,000 facelift, funded by money from local developments.
The garden beds will be improved, overgrown shrubs will be removed and new bins, seats and picnic benches will be installed.
"The Brentford Farmers' Market will be held weekly from this Saturday, 4 June. Fresh vegetables, organic bread and much more, all on your doorstep. It's outside the Brentford Health Centre on Boston Manor Rd - opposite the station - and runs from 9am to 1pm. See you there!"
A Costcutter supermarket has recently opened in the Brentford Lock development on the north side of the High Street. This is the first commercial unit to open in that development.
There already is a Costcutter, also known as the St John's Superstore, in the Ferry Quays development.
The pictures are avaialble in the 2005 Slide Show
Mary Spice took this picture of the MacMillan Coffee Morning on Friday 30th September. More photos in 2005 Slide Show
On Saturday 12 March, the Chiswick RNLI lifeboat rescued 17 people from Chiswick Eyot just before it was covered by the rapidly-rising tide.
The party had walked across the river bed to the island from Chiswick Mall. They failed to notice the rising tide and were soon cut off. One of the party called 999. At 1.15pm the London Coastguard called out the Chiswick RNLI lifeboat at the nearby Chiswick Pier.
The rigid-inflatable lifeboat arrived within 5 minutes, landed on the island and the crew helped all 17 safely on board. By the time the lifeboat brought the survivors to shore, the island was under water.
On our part of the River Thames the tide takes approximately 8 hours to "go out" and 4 hours to "come in". During spring tides (which occur every fortnight) the river level can rise over 7 metres (24 ft) in 4 hours, i.e., 1.8 metres or 6 ft per hour.
About 10 pm on Saturday 18th June, the RNLI Lifeboat, based at Chiswick Pier, rescued two teenage boys stuck up to their shoulders in the mud around Lot's Ait, the island just to the east of Julius Court.
On Thursday 7th July, the Holiday Inn at Brentford Lock welcomed its first guests. Rooms are available from £75 per night as a "special opening offer." Brentford now has three major hotels Holiday Inn, Premier Travel Inn and Travelodge.
In the mornings, Royal Mail leaves bags of mail inside the Spa shop for later distribution on Brentford Dock by postmen. On the morning of Thursday 18th August, a postman noticed a bogus postman attempting to take a Royal Mail bag from the shop. Someone (?) shut the shop door thus detaining the bogus postman. The police and, or Royal Mail security were telephoned. Royal Mail security arrived first and then the police, who apprehended one man. Roy Branch and our security guard were also there.
A second man escaped in a car similar to that described in five recent robberies. On this occasion the registration number of the car was noted.
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