{"id":4976,"date":"2018-09-22T20:58:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T19:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=4976"},"modified":"2023-03-28T13:18:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T12:18:42","slug":"reports-of-previous-talks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/archive\/reports-of-previous-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports of previous talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our website now has reports of these talks:<\/p>\n<h4>2023<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>February:<\/em> Andrew Humphreys on Richmond upon Thames&#8217; Richmond music scene in the 1960s. There is no written report, but the talk was recorded and you can view it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC10YLXw467AM8LHm7XNIzjQ\">our YouTube channel.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>March<\/em>: Gordon Elsden on the medieval <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/gordon-elsden-manor-house-of-ham\/\">Royal manor House of Ham<\/a>. The talk was also recorded and you can view it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC10YLXw467AM8LHm7XNIzjQ\">our YouTube channel.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>2022<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>January<\/em>: Jonathan Crofts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-by-jonathan-crofts-meadows-mansions-and-munitions\/\">Meadows, Mansions and Munitions \u2013 stories and lives of Cambridge Park. <\/a>The talk was also recorded and you can view it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC10YLXw467AM8LHm7XNIzjQ\">our YouTube channel.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>February<\/em>: Andrew George on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-andrew-george-on-the-earl-his-lover-their-temple-the-story-of-black-jack-needham\/\">The Earl, his lover, their temple: The story of Black Jack Needham<\/a>. The talk was also recorded and you can view it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC10YLXw467AM8LHm7XNIzjQ\">our YouTube channel.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>March:<\/em> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC10YLXw467AM8LHm7XNIzjQ\">our YouTube channel.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>April:<\/em> Shirley Newton and Shirley Clark on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-by-shirley-newton-and-shirley-clark-kew-sculptures\/\">Kew through its sculptures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>September:<\/em> Conor Jameson on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/conor-jameson\/\">Anglo-Argentinian ornithologist W H Hudson and his links with Richmond and Kew<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>October:<\/em> Stephen Bartlett on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-by-stephen-bartlett-on-john-hamilton-architect-of-kew\/\"> John Hamilton, architect of Kew&#8217;s parades<\/a>. Much of the subject matter is also covered in Stephen&#8217;s article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/publications-2\/journal-2\/richmond-history-43-2023-journal-of-the-richmond-local-history-society\/\"><em>Richmond History 43<\/em> (2022)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>2021<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>January<\/em>: Minna Andersen on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-minna-andersen-nellie-ionides-orleans-house\/\">Nellie Ionides and Orleans House<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>February<\/em>: Andrew George on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/gardens-twickenham-park-andrew-george\/\">The gardens of Twickenham Park<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>March:<\/em> Stephen Bartlett&#8217;s talk on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-stephen-bartlett-lawn-crescent-kew\/\">Five acres, one rood and four perches: the early history of Lawn Crescent<\/a>, postponed from April 2020. Much of the subject matter is covered in Stephen&#8217;s article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/richmond-history-41-2020-journal-of-the-richmond-local-history-society\/\"><em>Richmond History 41<\/em> (2020)<\/a>. The talk was recorded and you can view it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC10YLXw467AM8LHm7XNIzjQ\">our YouTube channel.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>April:<\/em> Judy Weleminsky on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-by-judy-weleminsky-on-tony-rampton-obe-petershams-pioneering-philanthropist\/\">Tony Rampton, Petersham&#8217;s pioneering philanthropist<\/a>. An abridged version of her talk also appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/our-annual-journal-richmond-history\/richmond-history-42\/\"><em>Richmond History<\/em> 42 (2021\/22)<\/a>. The talk was recorded and you can view it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC10YLXw467AM8LHm7XNIzjQ\">our YouTube channel.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>May:<\/em> Jane Short on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/agm-talk-by-jane-short-on-artists-and-paintings\/\"> Artists and paintings in Richmond, Twickenham and Kew<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>September:<\/em> Melanie Backe-Hansen on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-by-melanie-backe-hansen-tracing-the-history-of-your-house\/\">Tracing the history of your house<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>October:<\/em> Paul Velluet on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/paul-velluet-arts-and-crafts\/\">Arts and Crafts Richmond: Architecture and design in the early years of the twentieth century<\/a>. The talk was recorded and you can view it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC10YLXw467AM8LHm7XNIzjQ\">our YouTube channel.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><em>November: <\/em><\/em>Dr Simon Targett on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-simon-targett-sir-robert-walpole-connections-with-richmond\/\">Sir Robert Walpole, Britain\u2019s first Prime Minister, and his connections with Richmond<\/a>. The talk was recorded and you can view it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC10YLXw467AM8LHm7XNIzjQ\">our YouTube channel.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><em>December: <\/em><\/em>George Goodwin on Christmas traditions, with reference to Richmond and Kew. The talk was recorded and you can view it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC10YLXw467AM8LHm7XNIzjQ\">our YouTube channel.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>2020<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>January:<\/em> an abridged version of Paul Velluet&#8217;s talk on <em>S<\/em>t Mary Magdalene&#8217;s 800th anniversary &#8211; aspects of the history and development of Richmond&#8217;s historic parish church &#8211; appears in <em>Richmond History<\/em> 42 (2021\/22)<\/li>\n<li><em>February: <\/em>there is no report on Martin Stilwell&#8217;s talk on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-by-martin-stilwell-the-industrialisation-of-kew-and-north-richmond-in-the-first-world-war\/\">The industrialisation of Kew and North Richmond in the First World War, <\/a>but much of what he said is covered in his article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/richmond-history-41-2020-journal-of-the-richmond-local-history-society\/\"><em>Richmond History 41<\/em> (2020)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>March:<\/em> Charles Pineles on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-pineles-queens-road-richmond\/\">The social history of Queen&#8217;s Road, Richmond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>September:<\/em> Simon Fowler on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/via-zoom-our-annual-general-meeting-followed-by-a-talk-by-simon-fowler\/\">Local lives &#8211; Richmond&#8217;s residents remembered<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>October:<\/em> Mark Dunton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/klaus-fuchs\/\">On the trail of Klaus Fuchs, atomic spy<\/a> and a fascinating local connection with Kew and Richmond<\/li>\n<li><em>November:<\/em> Dr Matthew Bingham on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/duke-street-church-matathew-bingham-english-baptists-17th-century\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/duke-street-church-matathew-bingham-english-baptists-17th-century\/\">Where did the Baptists of Richmond come from? Exploring the seventeenth-century origins of English Baptists<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>December:<\/em> Sylvia Levi with Simon Fowler on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-simon-fowler-and-sylvia-levi-christmas-food-and-drink-in-richmond\/\">Christmas food and drink in Richmond<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2019<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>January:<\/em> Stephen Bartlett on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-stephen-bartlett-victorian-kew\/\">Royston House and the building of Victorian Kew<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><em>February: <\/em><\/em>Dr Steven Woodbridge on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/league-of-nations-union-richmond\/\">The League of Nations Union in Richmond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>March:<\/em> Jill Lamb on the oral history project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/ham-is-where-the-heart-is\/\">Ham is Where the Heart is<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>April:<\/em> Andrea Potts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/andrea-potts-and-robert-wood\/\">Researching the history of St Mary Magdalene&#8217;s Church, Richmond<\/a> and Dr Robert Wood on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/andrea-potts-and-robert-wood\/\"> Vincenzo Lunardi&#8217;s ascent from Richmond in a hydrogen balloon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>October:<\/em> Dr Simon Targett on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-richmond-mortlake-founding-of-america-and-british-empire\/\">Richmond and Mortlake&#8217;s part in the founding of America and the launching of the British Empire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>November:<\/em> Dr Caroline Withall on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/caroline-withall-marine-society-merchant-sea-apprentices\/\">The forgotten boys of the sea: Marine Society merchant sea apprentices, 1772-1873<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>December:<\/em> Susanne Groom on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-lost-buildings-of-kew\/\">Kew Gardens&#8217; lost buildings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>2018<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>February: <\/em>Val Bott on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/bott2018\/\">The Greenings of Brentford End: Royal Gardeners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>March:<\/em> Prof Michael Gaunt on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/gaunt-kean-2018\/\">Edmund Kean, Shakespearean actor and Richmond theatre manager<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>April<\/em>: Prof Bob Shoemaker on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/shoemaker_2018\/\">Tracing Convict Lives Using the Digital Panopticon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>May: <\/em>Jack Andrews on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/agm-andrews\/\">Painting Plants with a Passion &#8211; the story behind the recent BBC documentary on the adventures of Marianne North<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>October:<\/em> Susanne Groom on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/300th-anniversary-arrival-royal-hanoverians-richmond-kew\/\">the 300th anniversary of the arrival of the royal Hanoverians at Richmond and Kew<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>November:<\/em> John and Eunice Drewry on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/time-to-thank-them\/\">Voluntary Aid Detachment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>December:<\/em> Rebecca Arnott on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-rebecca-arnott-history-museum-richmond\/\">the history of the Museum of Richmond: 30 years, people, objects and memories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2017<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>January:<\/em> Paul Davies on<a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-crown-lands-kew\/\"> Crown Lands in Kew &#8211; the Public Record Office and Beyond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>February:<\/em> Richard Holmes on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-holmes-pubs\/\">Pubs and Breweries in Richmond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>March:<\/em> Dr Steven Woodbridge on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/2017woodbridge\/\">Richmond and the Right<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>April:<\/em> Sir David Williams on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/talk-david-williams-hams-eccentric-princess\/\">Ham&#8217;s Eccentric Princess, Marie d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>October<\/em>: Simon Fowler on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/poverty-in-richmond\/\">Poverty and Philanthropy in Richmond<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>2016<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>December:<\/em> Jason Debney on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/events\/view-thames-richmond-hill-influenced-english-landscape-movement\/\">How the Arcadian View from Richmond Hill Inspired the English Landscape Movement<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our website now has reports of these talks: 2023 February: Andrew Humphreys on Richmond upon Thames&#8217; 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