Reports of previous talks | Richmond Local History Society

Our website now has reports of these talks:

February: Andrew Humphreys on Richmond upon Thames’ Richmond music scene in the 1960s. There is no written report, but the talk was recorded and you can view it on our YouTube channel.
March: Gordon Elsden on the medieval Royal manor House of Ham. The talk was also recorded and you can view it on our YouTube channel.

January: Jonathan Crofts on Meadows, Mansions and Munitions – stories and lives of Cambridge Park. The talk was also recorded and you can view it on our YouTube channel.
February: Andrew George on The Earl, his lover, their temple: The story of Black Jack Needham. The talk was also recorded and you can view it on our YouTube channel.
March: Laura Irwin and Paul Miller on The history of the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond. There is no written report, but the talk was recorded and you can view it on our YouTube channel.
April: Shirley Newton and Shirley Clark on Kew through its sculptures
September: Conor Jameson on Anglo-Argentinian ornithologist W H Hudson and his links with Richmond and Kew
October: Stephen Bartlett on John Hamilton, architect of Kew’s parades. Much of the subject matter is also covered in Stephen’s article in Richmond History 43 (2022).

January: Minna Andersen on Nellie Ionides and Orleans House
February: Andrew George on The gardens of Twickenham Park
March: Stephen Bartlett’s talk on Five acres, one rood and four perches: the early history of Lawn Crescent, postponed from April 2020. Much of the subject matter is covered in Stephen’s article in Richmond History 41 (2020). The talk was recorded and you can view it on our YouTube channel.
April: Judy Weleminsky on Tony Rampton, Petersham’s pioneering philanthropist. An abridged version of her talk also appears in Richmond History 42 (2021/22). The talk was recorded and you can view it on our YouTube channel.
May: Jane Short on Artists and paintings in Richmond, Twickenham and Kew
September: Melanie Backe-Hansen on Tracing the history of your house
October: Paul Velluet on Arts and Crafts Richmond: Architecture and design in the early years of the twentieth century. The talk was recorded and you can view it on our YouTube channel.
November: Dr Simon Targett on Sir Robert Walpole, Britain’s first Prime Minister, and his connections with Richmond. The talk was recorded and you can view it on our YouTube channel.
December: George Goodwin on Christmas traditions, with reference to Richmond and Kew. The talk was recorded and you can view it on our YouTube channel.

January: an abridged version of Paul Velluet’s talk on St Mary Magdalene’s 800th anniversary – aspects of the history and development of Richmond’s historic parish church – appears in Richmond History 42 (2021/22)
February: there is no report on Martin Stilwell’s talk on The industrialisation of Kew and North Richmond in the First World War, but much of what he said is covered in his article in Richmond History 41 (2020)
March: Charles Pineles on The social history of Queen’s Road, Richmond
September: Simon Fowler on Local lives – Richmond’s residents remembered
October: Mark Dunton On the trail of Klaus Fuchs, atomic spy and a fascinating local connection with Kew and Richmond
November: Dr Matthew Bingham on Where did the Baptists of Richmond come from? Exploring the seventeenth-century origins of English Baptists
December: Sylvia Levi with Simon Fowler on Christmas food and drink in Richmond