Annual General Meeting, followed by a talk by Simon Fowler on Tribune Tales: some history stories from our local online newspaper

Date/Time
Date(s) - Monday 16 May 2022
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Duke Street Church

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Following our Annual General Meeting,  Simon Fowler will talk about some of the local history stories he has written for the online local newspaper, Richmond and Twickenham Tribune.

Kew resident Simon Fowler has been a member of the Society since it was set up and is now its Vice-Chair. He is a professional writer, researcher and teacher specialising in the two world wars and the 20th century. Simon used to work at The National Archives in Kew where his many roles included editing its family history magazine, Ancestors.

The publications Simon has written for the Society include Richmond at War 1939-1945 (2015), Old Palace Lane: medieval to modem Richmond (2017 and 2020; co-authored with Derek Robinson) and Poverty and Philanthropy in Victorian Richmond (2017).