Patsy Hendren: A Different Kind of English Hero 7.30pm, 19 October 2026, Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, W4 Our speaker is Jeremy Lonsdale whose recent biography of Hendren celebrates one of the great sporting personalities of the 20th century. Born in Turnham Green, educated in Acton and living for much of his life in Ealing, […]
7.30pm, 21 September 2026, Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place W4 2EL David Griffiths and Martin Kelly have recently published Coastal Motor Boats – Thornycroft and the Origins of Fast Attack Craft. In this illustrated talk they will present new information that has emerged from their research about the Thornycroft Chiswick connection, and also about the […]
The Society’s annual wreath, commemorating those who died in the V2 which fell on Staveley Road, will be laid tomorrow evening, the anniversary of the date on which the rocket hit Chiswick in 1944. The wreath will be placed at 6.44pm, the time it exploded. The memorial was unveiled in 2004 on the 60th anniversary, […]
