7.30pm, Monday 21 October 2019 at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, London W4 2EL An illustrated talk on this major trans-shipment point for goods between railway, Thames and canal by David Shailes, local historian and Dock resident. He will describe its building, operation, expansion and closure as well as its rebirth in the 20th […]
7.30pm, Monday 16 September 2019, at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, London W4 2EL In this illustrated talk Janet McNamara, our Vice-Chairman, will use historical images to show how the town of Brentford has repeatedly been re-born over the last three centuries.
7.30pm, Monday 15 October 2018, at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, London W4 2EL An illustrated talk by Sally Groves, co-author of a new book on this 21-week strike in 1976. Sally was one of 400 women striking to win equal pay with their male counterparts. Trico-Folberth, an American multinational producer of windscreen wipers […]
