Brentford Blogs

This is for the blogs I have been creating weekly for nearly 10 years. They are published on BrentfordTW8.com each week and previously were on Facebook - Brentford Councillors.

Blog 484 5 June 2025

Thinking about it, even I am barely old enough to remember That Was The Week That Was. My parents, being staunchly conservative (with and...

Guy Lambert

Jun 5, 20256 min read

Blog 483 29th May 2025

Last Thursday meeting my diary said Boston Manor Park Stakeholder meeting (on line of course). In my little mind I was expecting a...

Guy Lambert

May 29, 20257 min read

Blog 482 22 May 2025

Thursday was a quiet day. After all, some people have blogs to write and I decided to get up early and get it done fast. I can work quite...

Guy Lambert

May 22, 20258 min read

Blog 481 15th May 2025

I got very emotional last week about the delay of redeveloping Charlton House. Well, I am emotional about it. I recognise this is a very...

Guy Lambert

May 16, 20256 min read

Blog 480 8 May 2025

As promised I was off to the Museum of Water and Steam. There were plenty of members there and a brief speech from the artist and the...

Guy Lambert

May 8, 20256 min read

Blog 479 1 May 2025

On Thursday evening I had a Teams session. This was about the Resident Experience and Localities Service. This has been cooking for a...

Guy Lambert

May 1, 20256 min read

Blog 478 24th April 2025

Well, that cold played havoc with my ambitious plans for reshaping the known world over the Easter weekend. I was reduced to lie...

Guy Lambert

Apr 24, 20254 min read

Blog 477 17th April 2025

On Friday I was invited and attended a school age football tournament in Gunnersbury Park. Good to watch for a bit and I congratulate the...

Guy Lambert

Apr 17, 20255 min read

Blog 476 10 April 2025

On Friday I started with a visit to the FoodBox place in Brickfield Close, behind Pets at Home. This was to pick up a bank card that the...

Guy Lambert

Apr 10, 20256 min read

Blog 475 written 3 April 2025

On Friday I had one of my periodic wanders around the ward, or a lot of it. To start it I made a very short walk onto my balcony. Soon...

Guy Lambert

Apr 3, 20259 min read

Traditional blog 27th March 2025 Number 474

On Friday I went up to Layton Road to look at the work that had been promised by Hounslow Highway to clear the mess underneath the...

Guy Lambert

Mar 27, 202510 min read

Traditional Brentford Blog 20 March 2025 number 473 in a series started in 2015

As I said, not much happened this week. I was still in Brentford on Friday and Saturday but the only excitement (mild) was meeting with...

Guy Lambert

Mar 20, 20254 min read

Traditional Brentford Blog 13 March 2025 number 472 in a series started in 2015

On Friday I attended a funeral at Mortlake Crematorium. This was for Sue Casey. Sue was a former teacher but whilst I have been active...

Guy Lambert

Mar 14, 20256 min read

Traditional Brentford Blog 6 March 2025 number 471 in a series started in 2015

On Friday I had a brief meeting and a beer with a local man about problems with the back part of the old Charlton House, where it butts...

Guy Lambert

Mar 7, 20256 min read

Traditional Brentford Blog 27 February 2025 number 470 in a series started in 2015

I won't bore you with old cars again this week, but I went on Friday to something called Race Retro. Surprisingly, old racing cars....

Guy Lambert

Feb 28, 20255 min read

Traditional Brentford Blog 20 February 2025 number 469 in a series started in 2015

Well this has been a dispiritingly quiet week. I'm not sure whether this is because people are on holiday (certainly quite a number...

Guy Lambert

Feb 22, 20256 min read

Traditional Brentford Blog 13 February 2025 number 468 in a series started in 2015

I was off to France (very) first thing on last Wednesday. Pleasant calm crossing to Calais and down the French Autoroutes to Paris. They...

Guy Lambert

Feb 14, 20256 min read

Traditional Brentford Blog 4th February 2025 - number 467 in a series started in 2015

This will be a very short one because a) I have not done much this week b) I am going on a short break in Paris looking at old cars,...

Guy Lambert

Feb 4, 20255 min read

Traditional Brentford Blog 30th January 2025 - number 466 in a series started in 2015

Very quiet week for me, one way and another. Brentford West is a fairly quiet ward compared to the old huge Brentford ward so I get less...

Guy Lambert

Jan 30, 20256 min read

Traditional Brentford Blog 23rd Jan 2025 - Number 465 in a series started in 2015

This is my first attempt to do my 'normal' blog starting writing it on my webpage. Me and technology are not always good partners so...

Guy Lambert

Jan 23, 20258 min read