Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

3rd October 2011
A River’s Tale as told by antiquary and collector of Thames Memorabilia, Bob Wells.

7th October 2011
The Tale of the Longford River and the Restoration of the Water Gardens is laid out by Land Use Consultant Richard Flenley.

6th December 2011
The Story of Nonsuch is the subject of this year’s Alan Urwin Memorial Lecture with guest speaker Simon Thurley, Chief Executive English Heritage.

9th January 2012
The theme of the Social Evening is Our First Fifty Years.

6th February 2012
Glimpses of The Naked Ladies of York House Gardens are offered by Gaye Galvin, Service Development Officer, Parks & Open Spaces London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

5th March 2012
Charles Dickens and the Richmond and Twickenham Connection as told by Lucinda Hawksley, author, broadcaster and Great-Great-Great Granddaughter of Dickens.

24th March 2012

32ndWest London History Conference: Home Sweet Home: 30 Years ofWest London’s Housing. Montague Hall,Montague Road, Hounslow. Tickets £8 available only in advance from sponsoring societies or by post from J McNamara,31B Brook RoadSouth, Brentford TW8 ONN. Cheques payable to West London History Conference. Please enclose SAE.

2nd April 2012
Botlhs 50th Anniversary Lecture with Bamber Gascoigne explaining his online local history project, Places in History.

14th May 2012
AGM followed by some Finds from the Foreshore with Yvonne Masson.

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

4th October 2010
The Coloured Mass : Art and Artists in the Twickenham Area by Dr David Allan FSA
(BOTLHS & Royal Society for the Arts)

1st November 2010
1536: The Year That Changed Henry VIII by Suzannah Lipscombe
(Research Curator English Heritage)

6th December 2010
THE ALAN URWIN MEMORIAL LECTURE Elizabeth’s Women by
Dr Tracy Borman (HRP)

10th January 2011
Social Evening Theme: Collections

7th February 2011
Ten Worst Britons by York Membery (BOTLHS)

7th March 2011
Understanding Oliver Cromwell by Marie Everett (BOTLHS)

March 2011
West London Local History Conference (details and venue to be announced)

4th April 2011
The Pubs of Twickenham by Kenneth Lea (BOTLHS)

9th May 2011 A.G.M.
The Search for Richard Young by Howard Webb (BOTLHS)

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

5th October 2009
The Boatbuilders of Richmond and Twickenham by Mark Edwards
(Richmond boat builder)

2nd November 2009
R C Sherriff s Journey – From Soldier to Playwright by David Filsell

7th Dec 2009
THE ALAN URWIN MEMORIAL LECTURE The Lady in the Tower by Alison Weir
(Historian, writer & broadcaster)

11th January 2010
Social
Theme: What Do You Do? – Some members jobs

Ist Feb 2010
Mortlake Brewery by Murray Hedgcock
(Barnes & Mortlake History Society)

1st Mar 2010
Thames Discovery Programme by Ms Natalie Cohen (MOLAS)

29th March 2010
West London Local History Conference Montague Hall, Hounslow

12th Apr 2010
Hogarth and The Foundling Hospital by Jane King
(Foundling Hospital Museum)

10th May 2010
A.G.M., followed by short talk (To be announced)
There will be a visit to The Foundling Hospital in late May/early June 2010

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

6th October 2008
Ancestor detective George Smith investigates our Victorian Ancestors.

3rd November 2008
Anna Chalcroft of the Strawberry Hill Trust brings us up to date on The Restoration of Strawberry Hill.

1st December 2008
Tracey Borman of English Heritage and author looks at the life and times of Henrietta Howard at Marble Hill.

5th January 2009
New Year Party, Social and Quiz on the theme of Memories.

2nd February 2009
Brett Dolman of Historic Royal Palaces introduces us to The Young Henry VIII.

2nd March 2009
The History, Flora and Fauna of Richmond Park is the chosen subject of Douglas Reynolds JP., Vice President of the Friends of Richmond Park.

6th April 2009
Dr Samuel Johnson – A Tercentenary Celebrated by Dr David Allen (Botlhs and RSA)

11th May 2009
Annual General Meeting followed by Birket’s Brook: A Small River Journey by Ed Harris (Botlhs).

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

1 October 2007
The Story of Sunbury. Colin Squire (President of Sunbury & Shepperton LHS).

5 November 2007
20th Century Ham and the Dysart’s Legacy. Victoria Bradley (Manager National Trust House & Collections: Ham House).

3 December 2007
The Alan Urwin Memorial Lecture: Turner and Twickenham. Catherine Parry-Wingfield.

7 January 2008
New Year’s Eve Party, Social Evening & Quiz. Theme: Music

4 February 2008
Behind the Scenes with the National Trust. Andrew McElwee (Manager NT Property Polesden Lacy Ret.)

3 March 2008
The Gardens of Hampton Court. Dr Todd Longstaffe-Gowen (English Heritage)

7 April 2008
Charles Hamilton and the Creation of Painshill Park. Barry Hylton Davies (Painshill Park Guide)

12 May 2008
A.G.M followed by a short talk: London Clay: Brian Louis Pearce (1933-2006). An appreciation of his eye for history by Dr David Allen.

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

2 October 2006
The Story of Kew. David Blomfield (Richmond Local History Society).

6 November 2006
The River Thames and Lock Keeping. John Wright (Keeper of Penton Hook Lock)

4 December 2006
The Alan Urwin Memorial Lecture: Dorothea Jordan. Claire Tomlin. (Booker Prize winning author).

8 January 2007
New Year’s Eve Party, Social Evening & Quiz. Theme: Our Sporting Borough.

5 February 2007
Antonio Verrio – From Naples to Hampton. Dr David Allen FSA (Botlhs)

5 March 2007
The Restoration of Kew Palace. Lee Prosser (English Heritage)

2 April 2007
The History of Sunbury. Colin Squire (Chairman Sunbury & Shepperton Local History Society).

14 May 2007
A.G.M followed by a short talk on the life & times of Broomstick Broomhall by Ed Harris (Botlhs)

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

3rd October 2005
Paul Barnfield of the Borough of Twickenham Local History Society recalls When The Bombs Fell on the old borough of Twickenham.

7th November 2005
Eadweard Muybridge – Pioneer of The Moving Picture by Paul Hill, author and curator of the Kingston Museum.

5th December 2005
Acclaimed authoress Alison Weir gives this year’s Alan Urwin Memorial Lecture on the subject of Mary Queen of Scots and the murder of Lord Darnley.

9th January 2006
New Year Party, Social and Quiz on the theme of the history of the Borough of Twickenham Local History Society.

6th February 2006
Richard Shepherd of the Richmond Shakespeare Society on the subject of The Globe Theatre.

6th March 2006
Janet McNamara of the Brentford and Chiswick Guides with an A-Z of Brentford.

3rd April 2006
Soldiers, Suffragettes and Servants by Sarah Parker, Curator at Hampton Court Palace.

8th May 2006
AGM followed by a discussion on the future of the Society, its aims and objectives.

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

4th October 2004
Mary Elizabeth Braddon – a Victorian novelist of Richmond by Carolyn Bloore of the Richmond Museum.

1st November 2004
Eadweard Muybridge – Pioneer of The Moving Picture by Paul Hill, author and curator of the Kingston Museum.

6th December 2004
The Allan Urwin Memorial Lecture: The Secret History of Hampton Court by Dr Simon Thurley, Chief Executive, English Heritage.

10th January 2005
New Year Party, Social and Quiz. Theme: The River Thames.

7th February 2005
The Destroyers of Chiswick by Peter Downes, President of the West London Postcard Club.

7th March 2005
Dr Johnson’s House by Natasha McEnroe, curator.

4th April 2005
Mr Lawrence’s Golden Age of Thames Finds by Jon Cotton, Museum of London.

9th May 2005
AGM followed by a short talk: The Time Team Big Dig in Whitton by Ed Harris (BOTLHS).

28th May 2005
Visit to Dr Johnson’s House.

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

6th October 2003
The Story of Teddington Film and Television Studios by John Tasker, Training Manager, Thames Television (retired).

3rd November 2003
Alan Turin and the Bletchley Park Code-Breakers by Dr Brian Oakley.

1st December 2003
The Alan Turn Memorial Lecture: Samuel Pepys – some local associations by Dr David Allan FSA, consultant to the RSA.

5th January 2004
Social Evening and Quiz.

2nd February 2004
London Before London: A look at the new prehistoric gallery of the Museum of London by Jonathan Cotton, Museum of London.

1st March 2004
Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I by Susan Morris, Lecturer, National Portrait Gallery.

5th April 2004
The Story of Squire’s Garden Centre by Colin Squire, Chairman, Sunbury & Shepperton Local History Society.

10th May 2004
AGM followed by a short talk: City of London Coalposts in Surrey by Frank Clarke (BOTLHS)