Tag Archives: Brentford

lovelondonscenes 166 – Autumn Colours, West London

Posted on November 26, 2019 by John S

Three Sundays ago the weather was good and I needed a walk. I kept it local, but managed ten miles on the way. Through Gunnersbury Park (much of which is fenced off at the moment) down to Kew Bridge; upstream … Continue reading →

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lovelondonscenes 129 – Rattus Brentfordicus

Posted on April 30, 2017 by John S

Down by the canal…

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lovelondonscenes – 101

Posted on August 23, 2015 by John S

The moment when the town planners in Brentford, West London, ran out of imagination…

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Sportsthoughts (131) – The Bees sneak through!

Posted on May 2, 2015 by John S

It looked like Brentford had blown it, as far as the play-offs were concerned. In the top six of the Championship for much of the season, a string of draws – usually after they had been in the lead – … Continue reading →

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Sportsthoughts (127) – Managerial madness at the Irons and Bees

Posted on February 22, 2015 by John S

By which I mean the madness directed at the managers… Now, regular readers of this blog will recall that I’ve not been a big fan of Sam Allardyce at West Ham. Last season, I was in the Sam out camp, … Continue reading →

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lovelondonscenes – 62

Posted on July 6, 2014 by John S

Family outing on the Grand Union Canal. Brentford way, last weekend. I missed the perfect shot, when the family were gliding along in single file, adults at front and back. But as soon as I stopped and fumbled for the … Continue reading →

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lovelondonscenes – 54

Posted on April 19, 2014 by John S

Brentford High Street, 10.30pm, the night that Brentford FC won automatic promotion to the Championship, after years of League One playoff misery.

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Sportsthoughts (72) – Sympathy for the Bees

Posted on April 28, 2013 by John S

Brentford FC are my local football team. Most of the time they are in League One, English football’s third tier, though back in the 1950s they spent time in what was then known as the First Division. A few years … Continue reading →

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Sportsthoughts (60) – So Close! Brentford 2 Chelsea 2

Posted on January 28, 2013 by John S

The FA Cup. Not what it used to be – time was when it felt as important as the League and the winners played in their own competition in Europe – but still capable of firing the imagination. Eventually it … Continue reading →

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Art Deco Ealing – and Brentford

Posted on April 15, 2012 by John S

London, like most cities, started small then grew… and grew, and grew. My part of the city, Ealing,  was a rural village until the 19th century, when the arrival of the railway station brought with it surburban development. In the … Continue reading →

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