Annual General Meeting 20 May 2019

7.30pm, Monday 20 May 2019,
at the Chiswick Memorial Club,
Bourne Place, London W4 2EL

Following the business meeting there will be short talks by 3 members. Janet McNamara will share details from the diary of a Brentford girl shortly before World War I, Christabel Ames-Lewis will present reminiscences of Marion Wenbourne (1917-2018) who came with her family to Chiswick in 1925, worked for Cherry Blossom and stayed to a ripe old age, and Val Bott will give a short talk on the fields which became Harvard Hill Park.

The new Brentford & Chiswick Local History Journal 28 will be distributed to members on this evening; copies will be posted to those unable to attend.

The Intriguing History of Hounslow Heath

7.30pm, Monday 15 April 2019,
at the Chiswick Memorial Club,
Bourne Place, London W4 2EL

Howard Simmons, a Hounslow Heritage Guide, presents an illustrated talk about this strategic and substantial open space – its archaeology, its industrial, social and military history, its links to Magna Carta, the sword factories and gunpowder mills and early aviation there

London Stile and Style Hall Mansion, 18 March 2019

Style Hall Mansion in the 1880s

7.30pm, Monday 18 March 2019,
at the Chiswick Memorial Club,
Bourne Place, London W4 2EL

London Stile was a hamlet on the Chiswick/ Brentford border, a landmark on the road to the West. It disappeared as the suburb grew and today only Stile Hall Gardens preserves the name. In this illustrated talk Janet McNamara and Val Bott will describe the houses and their residents, with a little Victorian scandal thrown in for good measure!

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