Monday 21 February

Gunnersbury Park: a Rothschild house 1835-1925
An illustrated lecture by Diana Davis based on her recent MA thesis, exploring the significance and style of the Large Mansion and its use both as a home and for glamorous entertaining. A joint event with the Friends of Gunnersbury Park

A Hive of Industry
Vanda Foster, Curator of Gunnersbury Park Museum, explores her current exhibition, highlighting some famous products made in Brentford and Chiswick.

Strawberry Hill House and Horace Walpole
An illustrated lecture by Michael Snodin, Chairman of the Strawberry Hill Trust and curator of the 2010 exhibition on Walpole at the Victoria & Albert Museum

Annual General Meeting
Journal 20 will be available at the meeting and then will be posted to members unable to collect their copy in person.

Thursday

17 February 7pm

St Nicholas Church, Chiswick.

£5.00 on the door, free to Friends

The Chaloner Monument at Chiswick: Commemoration & Society in post-Reformation England, a Friends of St Nicholas lecture by Dr Nigel Llewellyn, Head of Research at Tate Britain.

The monument in the church commemorates Sir Thomas Chaloner (d 1615) and his wife and is one of West London’s most important Jacobean monuments. Nigel Llewellyn is known for his research on death and commemoration and his book Funeral Monuments in post-Reformation England

Saturday 26  March

9.30-4.30, Montague Hall, Hounslow

Scientists and Innovators in West London History, the 31st West London Local History Conference,. Tickets £8 at meetings or by post from J. McNamara, 31B Brook Road South, Brentford TW8 ONN