Amy Johnson, the pioneering aviator, gripped the control stick as her beloved de Havilland Gipsy Moth fought against the relentless fury of the sandstorm. Her goggles were coated with a fine layer of grit, her once clear view now...
I couldn’t believe it, I was actually in control of the yoke, I was speechless, it was a dream come true. I’ve always wanted to fly a plane and to be honest even though it was so hard to get a hold of one. I always kne...
Muttering profanities under her breath, Amy clutched the yoke of her biplane and charged it towards a billow of snowy white clouds. Jason, her trusted companion in this tedious and strenuous journey, shuddered as it travelled thro...
The Brent Women of Renown Project are in partnership with Kingsbury High School and the team were out during summer term 2023 delivering school assemblies and workshops to lower school as well as creative writing and oral history...
Pupils at Maple Walk School doing a Dame Stephanie inspired coding workshop in March 2023 designed by Ms Gaby Hill. So she was a child on the Kindertransport, arriving a refugee. What happened next. We’ll cover more of Dame Steph...
Dame Stephanie Shirley has just celebrated her 90th birthday and the Brent Women of Renown project team salute her on this joyous occasion. In her words “I’ve done more in the eight decades since that miserable day when my mother...
The Brent Women of Renown project is a heritage lottery funded project awarded to Cricklewood Town Team being delivered throughout 2023, sharing the achievements and struggles of three pioneering women through school workshops and...
The Cricklewood Town Team (CTT), a group of volunteers representing the local community who work to improve the area for residents and business, has been awarded a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £78,000 to celebrate the l...
A feature paving stone has been installed in the new pedestrian piazza in Oaklands Road to celebrate Cricklewood’s heritage in film production. Cricklewood was the heart of film making between 1920 – 1938 and the home...
On Saturday, 4 June 2022 Cricklewood Town Centre hosted the Royally Cricklewood festival. This vibrant event was awarded a grant from the Arts Council’s Let’s Create Jubilee Fund, ensuring that creativity played an important...
Cricklewood Town Team kicks off the festive season on the Oaklands Road pedestrianised area with a bespoke art installation, Light Play mounted on the wall of Pedro’s Cafe, which synchronises light with vibrant music tracks....
Cricklewood Town Team are pleased to see the Vaccine bus on the Oaklands Road Piazza enabling local Cricklewooders to access the vaccine. Osita Udenson, the inspiration for the pedestrianisation as a member of the TownTeam, is one...