Author Archives: Val

V2 Memorial 2012

The Society has placed a wreath of late summer flowers at the granite memorial in Staveley Road. This marks the anniversary of the Chiswick V2 on 8 September 1944 in which three local people died

The impact of Thornycrofts ship-yard on Chiswick

17 September 2012, 7.30pm at The Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, W4 In this illustrated talk James Wisdom will show how the Thornycrofts’ substantial ship-building business affected the economy and community in Chiswick, from the 1860s to the early 1900s

Local & Family History Day, 21 July 2012

The Local Studies Library’s annual local history day will be held at Boston Manor House on Saturday 21 July, between 12 noon and 4pm. This provides an opportunity to see the Jacobean house that has been described as the jewel of west London. Local history books will be on sale. As well as family history […]

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