December 2008 Archives

Bollywood fans can keep their new year's resolutions to get in shape by heading to Heston for dance classes.

Instructor Monisha Bharadwaj will lead people through fitness routines based on Bollywood movies, oriental folk dancing and world music.

Merry Christmas from everyone at www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk

I have always been fascinated by travel, writes Chronicle reader Mr C Panks.

As a working class kid in Watford in the 1960s, my little bro and I bundled into the back of Dad's old Anglia van and we drove up to Norfolk where we had family.

My memories are of sitting on cold grey dunes, shivering in swimming trunks and cardie, eating ham sandwiches with sand in them, gazing watery eyed out across the North Sea at the oil rigs being towed out.

More than 80 elderly residents from across Hounslow are set to enjoy a Yuletide knees up thanks to the generosity of local firms.

Pensioners Alone at Christmas will lay on a festive feast at Hounslow Youth Centre in Kingsley Road, Hounslow, on Thursday, when visitors can also enjoy live music, comedy and games.

Across Heston, schools have spent the last few weeks rehearsing for their Christmas plays.

As you can see from our photo gallery at http://www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk/west-london-videos-pics/ some have gone down the traditional route of featuring Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus, while others have taken a new, modern approach.

However, they all have one thing in common - cute performers, like these youngsters at Springwell Junior School.

For more adorable snaps pick up your copy of the Hounslow & Heston Chronicle, where we bring you festive scenes from some of the best school yuletide shows in your area.

A woman was rushed to hospital with a serious head injury after a crash in Heston yesterday afternoon.

The 62-year-old is believed to have been hit when two cars collided in the Great West Road, at the junction with Vicarage Farm Road.

Mental health chiefs have promised to carry out a full investigation after a convicted armed robber escaped from a secure unit in Southall.

Ashley Waterman, 20, who is serving five years for armed robbery, had been incarcerated at Feltham Young Offenders' Institution but was transferred due to mental health issues.

Work to rebuild three Heston schools has finally begun, six years after the scheme was first announced.

Pupils at Heston Community School wielded shovels last Wednesday as they took part in a traditional ground-breaking ceremony.

Carol singers will do their best to cheer up last-minute shoppers at Tesco's Bulls Bridge store in Southall on Monday and Tuesday next week.

Parishioners from the churches of St Dunstan and Holy Angels in Cranford will perform classic festive tunes from 7-9pm each day.

Motorists who have parked without trouble in their quiet Heston street for 30 years are furious after a traffic warden ticketed more than a dozen cars in one morning.

Residents who live in The Warren told the Chronicle they are disgusted after being issued confusing parking fines from out of the blue on November 26.