All our talks are streamed via Zoom and are held in the Fellowship Hall on the lower ground floor at Duke Street Church in Richmond.
There’s no need to book in advance. Members who subscribe to our monthly e-bulletins will receive log-in details for the Zoom session, which will open at 7:45pm. (Talks start at 8:00pm.) If you wish to participate via Zoom but aren’t on our e-bulletin list, please email our Membership Secretary, Shirley Clark.
Please look at our website and our Facebook page for updates to our programme.___________________________________________________________________________________________
Mr Fezziwig’s Ball. Illustration by John Leech from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, London 1843
13 December 2021
George Goodwin
Christmas traditions, with reference to Richmond and Kew
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17 January 2022
Jonathan Crofts
Meadows, Mansions and Munitions
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Andrew George
The Kilmorey Mausoleum
14 February 2022
Andrew George
The Earl, his lover, their temple: the story of Black Jack Needham
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14 March 2022
Laura Irwin
The history of the Orange Tree Theatre
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11 April 2022
Shirley Newton and Shirley Clark
Sculptures of Kew and beyond
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16 May 2022
Our Annual General Meeting, followed by Simon Fowler on a topic to be announced