One of Kilburn’s nicer bars, Kilburn Ironworks, which opened in 2014, is closing in early February. On Twitter, the owners have hinted that they might have another local operation starting soon…. … West Hampstead institution Lately is shutting up shop. … Continue reading →
West Hampstead tube station is still not on the shortlist to get a lift. The student housing block on Blackburn Road has applied to add 41 extra rooms – which means a new storey, or two. We got the full … Continue reading →
Welcome back! Hope you had a good holiday break. What has been happening in West Hampstead at the start of 2018? On New Year’s day, it was 56 Years since the Beatles came to Decca’s West Hampstead studio (now ENO) … Continue reading →
Hope you are all having a peaceful and relaxing holiday. We’ll kick off with the news over the past ten days, and then we thought we’d do a quick “news review” of the year. A local carol singer raised over … Continue reading →
Things are gearing up for Christmas so we checked out some of our local stores for some present ideas. There was a house fire on Inglewood Road. Thankfully no-one was hurt. Unfortunately, after a lull, there was another moped phone … Continue reading →
It snowed! You can always rely on the Wet Fish for an appropriate tweet. We took a closer look at the redevelopment of Gondar Gardens into luxury retirement flats (including indoor swimming pool and chauffeur-driven cars) but ‘can’t afford’ any … Continue reading →
Tulip entered into a bit of a spat with Channel Four news; they questioned her at the recent Nazanin rally on West End Green about a Bangladeshi QC who has disappeared. She got flustered and made what she later said … Continue reading →
West Hampstead was all over the news this weekend due to a rally for Nazanin on West End Green and Mum’s march to the Islamic Centre in Maida Vale. There is a new Christmas tree seller in town, Pines and … Continue reading →
A new farmer’s market opened up in the O2 carpark. It was a soft opening this week, but some nice stalls and the weather was good. Sticking to the food theme, Deliveroo opened up a new kitchen in the area, … Continue reading →
Moped snatches of mobile phones continue to be a problem. One poor woman had her phone snatched outside Wickes on West End Lane. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s ongoing imprisonment in Tehran hit the headlines this week. In a gaffe, Foreign Secretary Boris … Continue reading →
