Clubs/societies

A team of cadets from Hounslow braved the bitter cold to triumph in a hard-fought cross country competition.

The senior girls team from Hounslow's 194 Princess of Wales Royal Regiment ran away with the annual Middlesex & North West London trophy last weekend.

Jamie Parkhouse often found himself short of breath after playing football but the plucky 13-year-old had always put it down to asthma.

That was until last month, when the youngster suffered two heart attacks at his home in Southall and medics discovered he had a hole in his heart.

Football and other forms of vigorous exercise are now strictly off the cards, but that hasn't stopped Jamie attending Heston Cadets every week.

If you want some reward for a hard year slaving over your vegetable patch then the Hounslow & District Allotments & Gardens Association annual show is the event for you.

Their event this weekend will showcase vegetables, fruit and flowers, floral art, cookery (including jams, jellies, bread and cakes), knitting, toys and craft work.

A trampoline club is appealing for old faces to get in touch to help celebrate its 21st birthday next month.

Formed in 1987, the Cranford Kestrels club is on the hunt out for its 200 past members to make the celebrations on September 27 extra special.

Harry Pusey was just 19 when Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939. Within 48 hours he was on a boat to France as part of the Royal Tank Corps.

The former Sea Cadet signed up as soon as Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain 'came back with his little bit of paper' (the Munich Agreement, signed in September 1938) because he knew it was only a matter of time before the country found itself at war.