Turner’s greatest work of art: preparing Sandycombe to receive his paintings Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, W4, 20 October 2025, 7.30pm The artist, J M W Turner, lived in Brentford in his youth in a house where the Weir pub stands today; a new commemorative plaque has been installed this year. He built Sandycombe Lodge […]

The Ronalds of Brentford & beyond, 7.30pm Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place W4 Using over 20 years’ research, David Shailes will tell the story of this important horticultural family from the 1750s onwards, when Scot Hugh Ronalds Snr established a Brentford nursery; the last descendant in Brentford, Robert Ronalds, died in 1880. David’s sources include […]

We are delighted to publicise the celebrations of Bedford Park’s 150th Anniversary this year. A team of volunteer researchers from The Bedford Park Society worked for some months to create a special anniversary exhibition entitled: The Community at Bedford Park 1875-2025 ‘Ahead of the World in Everything?’. This reveals newly unearthed information and many rarely […]