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brentford chiswick local history society brentford chiswick local history society main menu skip to content home local history a z people archaeology buildings crime education housing industries and crafts leisure and sport local government parks and estates places politics transport war weather working the land book shop our publications brentford chiswick local history journal search discover hounslow s local history collections links local history sources museums reviews of local history books gillian clegg s chiswick history the society committee british association for local history award for society chairman the 1958 constitution previous programmes 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 west london local history conference 2019 west london local history conference 2018 west london local history conference 2017 west london local history conference 2016 west london local history conference 2015 west london local history conference 2014 west london local history conference 2013 west london local history conference 2012 contact patsy hendren a different kind of english hero 19 october 2026 patsy hendren 1889 1962 in about 1924 patsy hendren a different kind of english hero 7 30pm 19 october 2026 chiswick memorial club bourne place w4 our speaker is jeremy lonsdale whose recent biography of hendren celebrates one of the great sporting personalities of the 20th century born in turnham green educated in acton and living for much of his life in ealing between the wars hendren was not only a famous middlesex and england cricketer but also a brentford fc footballer he is one of the greatest run scorers in cricket history and was also inducted into brentford s hall of fame in 2015 a prolific sportsman until his retirement from top class cricket at the age of 48 he also did much to support fundraising for church and hospital causes in west london using his fame and popular personality to good effect jeremy s book will be on sale on the night all are welcome and admission is free though donations from non members are welcome john isaac thornycroft the coastal motor boats the thames perspective 21 september 2026 7 30pm 21 september 2026 chiswick memorial club bourne place w4 2el david griffiths and martin kelly have recently published coastal motor boats thornycroft and the origins of fast attack craft in this illustrated talk they will present new information that has emerged from their research about the thornycroft chiswick connection and also about the thames boatyards at platt s eyot at thomas bunn in teddington and at maynard s in chiswick that were involved in production of the revolutionary high speed torpedo carrying coastal motor boat during the great war they will reveal john thornycroft s use of ground breaking research methods to design the boats and david s experience of managing a team to build a replica coastal motor boat copies of the book will be on sale at the meeting please note copyright issues mean we can t post the powerpoint images on this website but the book is terrific and can be purchased at the reduced price of 30 00 from pen and sword here annual wreath laying v2 memorial the society s annual wreath commemorating those who died in the v2 which fell on staveley road will be laid tomorrow evening the anniversary of the date on which the rocket hit chiswick in 1944 the wreath will be placed at 6 44pm the time it exploded the memorial was unveiled in 2004 on the 60th anniversary a joint project of the society and the battlefields trust london chapter it is in staveley road near its junction with burlington lane local resident derek cowie came to the event for the first time and we asked him to lay the wreath right post navigation older posts search for latest journal journal 34 is now available from our book shop local history index archaeology buildings buying selling crime education housing industries craft leisure sport local government parks estates people places politics transport war weather working the land subscribe to updates leave this blank leave this blank too do not change this your email powered by wordpress paul trainor