Category Archives: Programme

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

Annual General Meeting, 21 May 2012

The Society’s Annual General Meeting takes place at 7.30pm at the Chiswick Memorial Club. The bookstall will be open and, following the business meeting, there will be short talks by members on their recent research

Johann Zoffany, artist and adventurer

Monday 16 April 2012, 7.30pm at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Afton House an illustrated talk by Penelope Treadwell, his biographer and a former owner of his Strand on the Green house. Born in Frankfurt in 1733, Zoffany came to London in 1760 where he found success. He was welcome in court circles and took London […]

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