West London Local History Conference: Making Connections – Communications in West London History

Date/Time
Date(s) - Saturday 25 March 2017
10:00 am - 4:30 pm

Location
University of West London

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This conference is co-organised by the Richmond Local History Society. The prices for this popular event have been held at the same level as last year –  just £15 – but tickets need to be booked in advance. To book, please email Liz Velluet.

Doors open at 9.30am.

The programme includes:

    • Dorian Gerhold (author of Carriers and Coachmasters): Before and After Turnpiking – waggons, packhorses and stagecoaches
    • Keith Whitehouse (Fulham & Hammersmith Historical Society): The Postal Service from the 17th century onwards in Fulham and Hammersmith
    • James Wisdom (Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society): A Wealthy Family’s Travels – Lord Fauconberg’s Accounts
    • James Marshall (Hounslow Library Service): By-passing Crowded Brentford – the impact of the new Great West Road upon West London
    • Oliver Green (London Transport Museum): Something in the Air – the Rise of Aviation in West London

Read here about previous conferences