Author Archives: Val

Creating the Chiswick Timeline

7.30pm, Monday 16 April 2018, at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, Chiswick, London W4 2EL An illustrated talk by Karen Liebreich and Sarah Cruz, project co-ordinators from Abundance London, about the new murals under the Turnham Green Station bridge. The initial idea became an ambitious project supported by a concertina-style publication with all the […]

Gunnersbury Park: the Place and the People

7.30pm, Monday 19 March 2018, at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, Chiswick, London W4 2EL A talk by James Wisdom and Val Bott using the 65 images, some newly discovered, and their recent research for their new book on the history of the Gunnersbury estate. Published by Scala Publications and sponsored by the Friends […]

Medieval treasure in the Thames: accident, rubbish or ritual?

7.30pm, Monday 19 February 2018, at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, Chiswick, London W4 2EL John Clark, for many years a Museum of London curator, considers why the 2,600 objects from the Thames now in the Museum’s collection – ranging from Anglo-Saxon spearheads found at Brentford to pilgrim badges from the City – were […]

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