Author Archives: Val

Sir Stephen Fox’s garden in Chiswick

7.30pm, Monday 17 February 2014 at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place,     London W4 an illustrated talk by Sally Jeffery, a garden historian who has researched the late 17th-century house and garden which adjoined Chiswick House. This estate was purchased by the Duke of Devonshire and added to the grounds of Chiswick House just over […]

St Michael’s Elmwood Road and the “Heroes of Chiswick” project

7.30pm, Monday 20 January 2014 at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, London W4 This evening will include contributions from two speakers. First Ian Peacock will provide a short history of the church which celebrated its centenary in 2009. Next Steve Rolling, Heroes of Chiswick Project Manager, will report on progress with the community research […]

The Men Who Ran Brentford 1860-1930

7.30pm, Monday 18 November 2013 at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, London W4 an illustrated talk by Janet McNamara, Vice-Chairman of the Society and a Hounslow Heritage Guide. She will use her recent research to introduce us to the local politicians who ran the town of Brentford in its heyday as an industrial and […]

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