19 September 2011, 7.30pm at the Chiswick Memorial Club
An illustrated talk by Vanda Foster, Curator of Gunnersbury Park Museum. She will be exploring aspects of her current exhibition, highlighting some famous products made in Brentford and Chiswick.
The exhibition is open daily at the Museum, admission free, 11am to 5pm, April to October, 11am to 4pm, October to March.
Sutton Court and Chiswick House, gardens open 10am-5pm, 12 June
London Open Garden Squares weekend
Between 1680 and 1700 Lord Fauconberg was creating a formal garden and park at Sutton Court. Lord Burlington bought the estate in the 1720s to add to the grounds of Chiswick House. James Wisdom, B&CLHS chairman, will show that traces of this lost landscape can still be seen in a talk at Sutton Court (11-11.30am). He will lead a guided walk from Sutton Court at 2pm through Fauconberg and Burlington’s lands to the Chiswick House walled gardens, ending about 4pm with a short slide show.
display on the electrical industry in Chelmsford
Saturday 23 July 2011
Three significant local history museum projects
Valence House Museum in Barking, the new Havering Museum in Romford and the Chelmsford & Essex Museum have all seen major investment recently, the first two with Heritage Lottery Fund grants. We will visit all three to learn from what they have achieved. A discussion over tea at the end of the day will help us contribute to planning the future of our local museum at Gunnersbury.
Tickets cost £30 to include coach fare, admission fees, lunch at Romford and tea at Chelmsford. The coach leaves at 8.45am from Heathfield Terrace/Chiswick Main Post Office, returning about 7.30pm.
To book, send your name, address and phone number with a cheque made out to the Society and an SAE to The Chairman, 25 Hartington Road, London W4 3TL.
