October 2008 Archives

Walks and talks

Osterley Park and House, Jersey Road. Original redbrick Tudor house, transformed and remodelled by Robert Adam between 1760-1780. Heritage Open Day. Visit Osterley Park House and Garden for free. Call 020 8232 5050. See www.nationaltrust.org.uk/osterley.

As part of our StoryStar writing competition judge and award-winning author Tabitha Suzuma gives you her top 10 tips on how to write a great short story.

StoryStar is a writing competition for young people in west London aged 4 - 18. All entries are published on www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk and the winners will receive books for themselves and their school from Random House Children's Books and see their stories printed in the paper.

Thursday 13th November 2008 at 8pm

Viewing from 7pm

Auction starts at 8pm

Milford Arms, 574 London Road, Isleworth, TW7 4EY

For more details please visit: www.haws-animals.org.uk

There will also be a raffle and a sales table where you can stock up on Hounslow Animal Welfare Rescue Cat Calendars and Christmas cards - all designed by our volunteers

A con man is duping Isleworth residents into handing over their money by pretending he needs to visit his sick girlfriend.

The Isleworth Safer Neighbourhood team were contacted by a number of people who were approached by a man in the South Street, North Street and Swan Street area, and told his girlfriend was rushed to St Peters Hospital and can he borrow money to get there and see her.

Walks and talks

Osterley Park and House, Jersey Road. Original redbrick Tudor house, transformed and remodelled by Robert Adam between 1760-1780. Heritage Open Day. Visit Osterley Park House and Garden for free. Call 020 8232 5050. See www.nationaltrust.org.uk/osterley.

Wood flooring, aromatherapy and atmospheric lighting!

This isn't just any birthing centre, this is West Middlesex Hospital's new luxury, natural birth centre.

The centre, which took 18 months to complete and cost £2million, is designed to promote natural childbirth and create a home away from home for mums.

Walks and talks

Osterley Park and House, Jersey Road. Original redbrick Tudor house, transformed and remodelled by Robert Adam between 1760-1780. Heritage Open Day. Visit Osterley Park House and Garden for free. Call 020 8232 5050. See www.nationaltrust.org.uk/osterley.

October has been Black History Month for more than 30 years - and this year we want to hear from you about what it means to be Black in 21st Century London.

www.londoninformer.co.uk and www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk have teamed up with Snappy Snaps to launch our Black History Month Photography Competition - and we have some great prizes.

All of your photos along the theme Black in 21st Century London will be published on www.londoninformer.co.uk and www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk and the winners in the London Informer and Hounslow Informer newspapers in November.