Author Archives: Val

GM100: Golden Mile Centenary, 2025

With the Hounslow & District History Society we kicked off the celebrations with the joint publication of James Marshall’s wonderful book- available on our bookshop page. Anyone with West London connections will find the centenary events fascinating. Find details of the remarkable programme coming up online here

High Status Servants at Chiswick House, 14 April 2025

High Status Servants at Chiswick House in the 18th century, 7.30pm Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place W4 Our speaker, Val Bott, began exploring the wills of 18th century Chiswick residents as a means of identifying friends and neighbours of the Hogarth family. Amongst them were some senior servants who were sufficiently well off to make […]

Brentford High Street,7.15pm, 17 February

Monday 17 February 2025 Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, London W4 2EL Our speakers, Janet McNamara and David Shailes, are both long-standing Brentford residents. They will present a broad sweep of the history of Brentford, sharing their enthusiasm and knowledge in this illustrated talk. Janet is our Vice-Chair and one of the Hounslow Heritage Guides […]

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