Programme Of Talks – Oct 2005 / May 2006

Meetings consist of a programme of illustrated talks by guest speakers, which are held on the first Monday of each month from October to May at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham at 8pm.

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.

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