Edits nurserygardeners.com & Brentford & Chiswick Local History Journal, FSA, keeps ducks, gardens, loves pots, Hogarth, Thames & Stoke @valbott@mastodonapp.uk
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3 Sep 2025
New Brentford & Chiswick Local History Journal, issue 34, now out. On sale £10 P&P via Paypal at brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.… The usual rich content - amazing stories
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11 Mar 2025
Copies of James Marshall's fabulous centenary history of the Great West Road still available. Buy online £25 P&P at brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.…
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13 Jan 2025
This is absolutely terrific! Very knowledgeable author who writes well, and the book has some superb images. Content comes right up to date at a time of real change on the #GreatWestRoad #Brentford
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26 Dec 2024
For a fascinating read buy James Marshall's "The Great West Road: A Centenary History" - new book on sale at £25 at Hewsons Brentford and online at brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.…
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16 Dec 2024
Another award for @BostonMnrHouse - see tinyurl.com/4rzsw8ms Architectural Journal Heritage Project of the year! Congratulations to all, not least the client team that worked with the architects. #Brentford @LBofHounslow
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11 Nov 2024
Fantastic private view of Peoples Unite @Gunnersbury1 on Friday night. Political and social narratives woven into all of the museum displays - don't miss this or the events planned for the next few months! #Southall
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10 Nov 2024
And happy birthday from me too!
10 Nov 2024
Happy 327th Birthday, Mr Hogarth!
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28 Oct 2024
This is my article - I was fascinated to uncover this story! A good one for Halloween!
28 Oct 2024
Reproduction of the skeleton graffiti that appeared on a wall between Turnham Green and Brentford in the early 19th century, by F C Liardet. (Images: British Museum)
Learn more in "The Skeletons on the Wall" by Val Bott, in Journal 23 - brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.… #Halloween
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25 Oct 2024
And thanks, Charlie, for a tremendous "meet the author" evening - it was a great success #EnglishCivilWar
24 Oct 2024
Great evening with @BCLocalHistory talking about the Divided Kingdom Books and the #EnglishCivilWar in and around #Brentford and #Chiswick.
Thank you to the wonderful audience who joined us at Chiswick Memorial Club and on zoom. It was a brilliant the Q&A!
ALT Charles Cordell outside St Nicholas' Church, Chiswick, where his debut English Civil War novel God's Vindictive Wrath ends.
ALT Battle of Turnham Green 1642 memorial.
ALT Chiswick Memorial Club.
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20 Sep 2024
20 Sep 2024
🚣♀️See you tomorrow afternoon @ChiswickPier for probably the best views of this year’s @GreatRiverRace – refreshments on sale, crews expected to pass by for about an hour, from 3.30pm chiswickpier.org.uk/great-ri…
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14 Sep 2024
New Season of Local History Talks Begins
First lecture is by Sarah Barber on the Hawley family of Brentford brentfordtw8.com/default.asp…
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8 Sep 2024
This evening at 18.44, the Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society will lay a wreath at the V2 memorial in Staveley Road to mark the 80th anniversary of the first V2 to land in the UK. Three people died, a number injured, houses damaged. #chiswick #worldwar2
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2 Sep 2024
Look! #StrandontheGreen Great that #TheBrentfordBookshop is supporting this
Calling West London(and beyond). I will be @ThamesTidefest beside the river at Strand on the Green on Sunday 8 Sept. I’ll be signing books and looking at finds (if you fancy bringing them along) between 12.00 and 15.00.
Thank you @HewsonBooks for being my bookshop for the day.
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Val Bott retweeted
Calling West London(and beyond). I will be @ThamesTidefest beside the river at Strand on the Green on Sunday 8 Sept. I’ll be signing books and looking at finds (if you fancy bringing them along) between 12.00 and 15.00.
Thank you @HewsonBooks for being my bookshop for the day.
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25 Aug 2024
Found them - Smithsonian Institution and there are one or two other views!
sova.si.edu/record/aag.srs
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25 Aug 2024
Terrific views - please tell us the source of these images.
24 Aug 2024
@BottValbott one for you methinks.....
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9 Aug 2024
This is important - give generously!#SteamMuseum #Brentford
9 Aug 2024
Urgent Appeal to Save Steam Museum's Great Engine House
Funds need to be raised by the middle of this month brentfordtw8.com/default.asp…
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4 Aug 2024
80 years ago today #HartingtonRdW4 residents were coping with the aftermath of a V1. It struck No 23 at 3.31am on 03.08.1944. Two houses were seriously damaged, 8 badly damaged, others minor damage. 18 people housed in St Thomas Rest centre. Nos 23 to 27 rebuilt 1948, no 19 later
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24 Jul 2024
Terrific image, properly dated and with #Voysey's #Sandersonwallpaper building in the background. Gave its name to #WhitmansCorner #Chiswick
24 Jul 2024
No. 275 Chiswick High Road, 1940. (Thames Water Archive)
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19 Jun 2024
Traditional straw bale warning of work in progress at #BarnesBridge! #Thames
18 Jun 2024
Ancient law requires a bale of straw to hang from a railway bridge
➡️ ianvisits.co.uk/articles/anc…
If you head to Barnes railway bridge in southwest London at the moment, you'll see a bale of straw hanging from the middle arch -- because an ancient law requires it.
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