Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society

Spring Programme of Talks January to May 2009

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The Society's Monday evening talks take place at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, Chiswick W4, starting at 7.30pm. The Club opens at 7pm; please do not expect to be let in before that time.

Crowds Turn Out To See Launch of Battlefield Trails

Government Called On To Save Hounslow's Historic Buildings

'All Mod Cons' - A History of Chiswick Architecture

Local historian reveals fascinating facts from our past

Industrial action hits West London trams 1909

The Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society

Monday 16 February

The Zulu War of 1879 and the Battle of Rorke’s Drift , with special reference to Private Frederick Hitch VC of Chiswick, and Private James Marshall, the speaker’s great grandfather, by James Marshall, Hounslow’s Local Studies Librarian

Monday 16 March

The History of Brentford Dock , an illustrated talk marking its 150 th anniversary by Peter King, a Hounslow Heritage Guide

 

Monday 20 April

An American President in Brentford and Ealing: the John Quincy Adams Diaries, an illustrated talk by Paul Fitzmaurice on the Little Ealing History Group's researches into the diaries which paint a rich picture of life in the locality in the early 19th century

Monday 18 May

Annual General Meeting

Journal 18 will be available at the meeting and then will be posted to members unable to collect their copy in person.

 

You may also be interested in the following:

Thursday 12 February at the Pier House, Corn-ey Reach Way
Hogarth’s Chiswick, an illustrated talk by Val Bott about the artist's weekend cottage, the riverside village he came to in 1749, and his friends and neighbours. Doors open at 7pm, talk at 7.30pm. Entry free to Pier House Trust members and £3 for non-members.

Saturday 21 March 9.30am-4.30pm People in West London’s History, the 29th West London Local History Conference, Montague Hall, Hounslow. Tickets £7.50 on sale at meetings or by post from J. McNamara, 31B Brook Road South, Brentford TW8 ONN

The Society's talks usually take place on the third Monday of the month. We meet at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Afton House, Bourne Place, Chiswick W4, starting at 7.30pm. Remember that Afton House does not open until 7pm.

 

November 27, 2009