Except where stated, our talks are live-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. ____________________________________________________________________________________________
12 September 2022
Joint event with the Kew Society
W H Hudson
Conor Jameson
Conor Jameson on
Saving Kew and Old Deer Park… and other adventures – The W H Hudson story
This talk will be held in the Lecture Room at The National Archives , Kew. It will not be streamed via Zoom.
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10 October 2022
Stephen Bartlett
John Hamilton, architect of Kew’s Parades
We expect to hold this talk in the newly refurbished main auditorium at Duke Street Church in Richmond. It will also be live streamed via Zoom.
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14 November 2022
Sandra Pullen
This talk will be held in the main auditorium at Duke Street Church in Richmond. It will also be live streamed via Zoom.
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12 December 2022
Nick Higham
Private Greed, Public Good, A History of London’s Water
This talk will be held in the main auditorium at Duke Street Church in Richmond. It will also be live streamed via Zoom.
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9 January 2023
Sarah Slater
Sarah Slater
Sex, Secrets, Scandal and Salacious Gossip of the Royal Court 1660 – 1830
Duke Street Church, Richmond
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13 February 2023
Andrew Humphreys
Raving upon Thames: Richmond’s music scene in the 1960s
Duke Street Church, Richmond
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Gordon Elsden
Duke Street Church, Richmond
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Jill Sanders
The Panorama of the Thames: how the river has changed over nearly 200 years
Duke Street Church, Richmond
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22 May 2023
Annual General Meeting, followed by a talk by Martin Stilwell
Housing the Workers – the birth of council housing in London 1890-1925
Duke Street Church, Richmond
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Nic Madge
Nic Madge
Deaths in the Thames – the tragic story of five members of one Richmond family
Duke Street Church, Richmond
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9 October 2023
Dr Simon Targett
Dr Simon Targett
Petersham adventurer George Vancouver
Duke Street Church, Richmond
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13 November 2023
Stephen Bartlett
The building of the Priory Estate in Kew
Duke Street Church, Richmond
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11 December 2023
Speaker and topic to be announced
Duke Street Church, Richmond