Monday 20 January, 7.15pm Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, London W4 2EL Special General Meeting for members to vote on a new constitution to support the Society’s application for charitable status followed by Chiswick High Road in 1863 An illustrated talk by James Wisdom. He will base the talk on the earliest surviving photograph of Turnham […]
The Temples of Industry Project: Firestone, Trico & AEC Monday 16 December, 7.30pm Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, London W4 2EL An illustrated talk by Ishwari Giga, Curator at Gunnersbury Park Museum, who grew up locally. Passionate about social history and contemporary curating, she co-ordinated this project, funded by Historic England. Focussing on Firestone and […]
The Sanderson Design Group Homecoming: Voysey, Sanderson & Chiswick Monday 18 November, 7.30pm Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, London W4 2EL The Sanderson & Sons Wallpaper Factory, designed by the Arts and Crafts Movement architect C F A Voysey, was completed in 1902. After a disastrous fire in their premises on the opposite side of […]
