Author Archives: Val

The Temples of Industry Project, 16 December 2024

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, 18 November 2024

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 […]

The Civil War novels of Charles Cordell

The Civil War novels of Charles Cordell : An evening with the author Monday 21 October, 7.30pm, Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, London W4 2EL Historian, novelist and former soldier Charles Cordell has written two gripping and moving Civil War novels, the first installments of a trilogy. God’s Vindictive Wrath, published in 2022, ends with […]

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