Brentham Garden Suburb near Pitshanger in Ealing was the first garden suburb in London to be built in cooperative principles, predating the larger and better-known Hampstead Garden Suburb by some years. It was mostly built between 1901 and 1915, and became a conservation area in 1969.
Brentham is noted for its annual May Day festival and for the Brentham Cricket Club.
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The sky is a blue gum streaked with rose. The trees are black.
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