When Queen Charlotte died at Kew Palace in 1818, the Royal Kitchens were locked and used for storage for the next two centuries. A restoraton project was completed in 2011 and Lee Prosser will explain how the kitchens were brought back to life, and what they can tell us about the food and drink at […]
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The Great Exhibition was held in the “Crystal Palace” in Hyde Park in 1851 and was an enormous success, partly due to the support of Prince Albert and the astute management of Henry Cole. Cole was instrumental in the decision that the surplus from the Great Exhibition would be used for improving science and art […]
Economic and cultural reasons why West and South-West London were so important in the development of sport in London and nationally during the 19th and early 20th centuries Lecturer: Simon Inglis Lecture date and time: 15th February 2024 at 8pm Location: St Mary’s Barnes […]
The City of London has had 685 Lord Mayors since the first one in 1189. Some popular, some famous and one or two from our local area… Lecturer: Julie Chandler Lecture date and time: 27th January 2024 at 2.30pm Location: All Saints East Sheen […]
The judgements in Star Chamber were not made on empty stomachs. The talk looks at the diet books for the court and consider the rituals of eating. Lecturer: Daniel Gosling Lecture date and time: 14th December 2023 at 8pm Location: St Mary’s Barnes […]
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About the royal navy and timber rot; the fungal threat to the timber fleet, and the fight against it. Much of the story concerns shipyards on the Thames such a Deptford, Woolwich and Chatham. Lecturer: Laurence Scales Lecture date and time: 16th November 2023 at 8pm Location: St Mary’s Barnes […]
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The Eel Pie Island Museum in central Twickenham celebrate all that has made this tiny island in the Thames so famous – from its heritage working boatyards nestling side by side with the island’s creative community to the significant part the erstwhile Eel Pie Island Hotel played in the 1960s British Blues explosion, helping superstars […]
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