Date/Time
Date(s) - Monday 14 April 2025
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Duke Street Church

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The stretch of the Thames between Twickenham and Marble Hill House has been much painted and photographed over the years.

This talk features lots of ‘then’ illustrations and some of “now”. It retraces the footsteps of the riverside’s various inhabitants over the centuries; many of them have left both influences and visible traces on Twickenham’s historic riverside.

With a starting point on Twickenham’s working Embankment, we will amble – slide by slide – towards the Georgian splendour of Marble Hill House, taking in Eel Pie Island along our way.

Ladies and gentlemen – consider yourself introduced to Twickenham-on-Thames.

Our speaker is Celia Holman, a former children’s book publisher and television producer.

Resident on Eel Pie Island since 2013, Celia has (almost inevitably…) become a keen amateur historian, and belongs to several local history societies.

Her interest in wider London has resulted in her involvement since 2017 in an extensive oral history project to document the experiences of working Londoners.  Its material is archived at both the Museum of London and the London Archives, amongst other institutions.