Author Archives: Val

Designing utopia — Norman Shaw & architecture in Bedford Park, 7.30pm, 30 September 2021

This is the Bedford Park Society’s Betjeman Lecture, presented online by Nicholas Friend, MA, FRSA.  Buy tickets at £10 (plus booking fee) from TicketSource The influential architect, Norman Shaw, was appointed Estate Architect of Bedford Park in 1877 early in the development of its unique character. His designs — houses, St Michael & All Angels […]

The History of the Great West Road, 7.30pm, 20 September 2021

For the start of our autumn programme, we offer an illustrated talk by James Marshall, Hounslow’s former Local Studies Librarian, who wrote the important 1995 book of the same title. This talk marks the centenary of the start of construction work on the road in 1921. To book a place at this Zoom talk, please […]

Gunnersbury Park: the Place and the People, 6.30-7.30pm, 16 September 2021

This online talk is promoted jointly by Gunnersbury Park Museum and the Friends of Gunnersbury Park & Museum. Val Bott and James Wisdom will present the story of the estate, which they recounted in their book of the same title, issued by Scala Publications in 2018 for the re-opening of the Museum after refurbishment. Their […]

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