The Temples of Industry Project, 16 December 2024

The Temples of Industry Project: Firestone, Trico & AEC
Monday 16 December, 7.30pm
Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, London W4 2EL

An illustrated talk by Ishwari Giga, Curator at Gunnersbury Park Museum, who grew up locally. Passionate about social history and contemporary curating, she co-ordinated this project, funded by Historic England. Focussing on Firestone and Trico in Brentford and AEC in Southall, volunteers, former workers and young film-makers together assembled the content for new web pages. These show how the growth and decline of heavy industry has shaped West London. You can see the Museum’s on-line exhibition here

This will be an in-person event at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, W4, and it will also be offered via Zoom. There is no charge to join this event. If you are attending in person, there is no need to book.

If you want to join on-line, please reserve your place via Ticket Tailor Click the big blue button to go to the booking page and your ticket will provide the Zoom joining details.

Also, we are delighted to be able to sell James Marshall’s handsome new book – The Great West Road: A Centenary History – at the meeting, price £25.

You can also buy it from the society’s on-line bookshop

The Sanderson Design Group Homecoming, 18 November 2024

The Sanderson Design Group Homecoming: Voysey, Sanderson & Chiswick
Monday 18 November, 7.30pm
Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, London W4 2EL

The Sanderson & Sons Wallpaper Factory, designed by the Arts and Crafts Movement architect C F A Voysey, was completed in 1902. After a disastrous fire in their premises on the opposite side of the Passage in 1928 the firm left Chiswick. Newly renovated, this distinctive and unique landmark in Barley Mow Passage, has welcomed back the Sanderson Design Group in 2024.

In her illustrated talk Caitlin Stracey, who leads the archives team, will explore the links between the Sandersons and Voysey, and between the Sanderson firm and Chiswick.

This will be an in-person event at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, W4, and it will also be offered via Zoom. There is no charge to join this event and if you are attending in person, there is no need to book. However, if you want to join on-line, please reserve your place via Ticket Tailor. Click the big blue button on screen to go to the booking page.

Your ticket will provide the Zoom joining details.

The Civil War novels of Charles Cordell

The Civil War novels of Charles Cordell : An evening with the author
Monday 21 October, 7.30pm, Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, London W4 2EL

Historian, novelist and former soldier Charles Cordell has written two gripping and moving Civil War novels, the first installments of a trilogy. God’s Vindictive Wrath, published in 2022, ends with the Battle of Brentford, while his sequel, The Keys of Hell and Death, was published in the summer of 2024.

In his presentation he will share his background, his historical research (see https://charlescordell.com), the inspiration he has found in the General Crisis of the 17th century and its echoes today, and the local relevance of his characters and story lines.

There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion and we can promise a lively event. Charles Cordell’s books will be available to buy at £8.99 on the evening and he will be happy to sign copies. To buy the books online use https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/charlescordell.

This will be an in-person event at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, W4, and it will also be offered via Zoom. There is no charge to join the audience but if you want to take part on-line, please reserve your place via Ticket Tailor

Battlefields Trust walk, 20 October: join Charles Cordell and Simon Marsh to explore the November 1642 battles of Brentford (10.30am Market Place) & Turnham Green (2.00pm at tube station)

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