The Griffin Brewery, 7.30pm Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place W4 As a film-maker, David Rust worked with B&CLHS members some years ago on the Brewery’s history and the process of brewing, including oral histories and information from the then staff team. At the time the film was published on DVD and his illustrated talk will […]

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 […]