CONTENTS

Page Notices 2 Articles 4 Books and Publications 7 Conferences and Courses 8 Lectures and Events 10 Exhibitions and Galleries 13 Local Society Meetings 14

NOTICES

Newsletter : Copy Dates The copy deadline for the following issue of the Newsletter is 15 November 2009 (for the January 2010 issue). Please send any items for inclusion to Meriel Jeater at Museum of London, London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN, or you can email me at [email protected]

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LAMAS Lecture Programme 2009 All meetings take place at the Museum of London on Tuesday evenings at 6.30pm – refreshments from 6pm. Meetings are open to all; members may bring guests, and non-members are welcome.

13 October 2009 River and Environment in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages , Jane Sidell, Inspector of Ancient Monuments London, English Heritage (joint lecture with London Natural History Society)

10 November 2009 Early Roman Quarrying and Building Stone Use in London and South-East England , Dr Kevin Hayward, Research Fellow at the University of Reading and finds specialist, Pre-Construct Archaeology

8 December 2009 Rebels and Infidels at the City’s Village Hall: the Radical Collections at Bishopsgate Library , Stefan Dickers, Library Special Collections Manager, Bishopsgate Institute, London

Stefan Dickers is the Bishopsgate Library Special Collections Manager and looks after its extensive special collections on London, labour history, free thought, humanism and co-operation. He is also secretary of the Archives and Resources Committee of the Society for the Study of Labour History and sits on the committees of the Socialist History Society and the oral history consortium Britain at Work, 1945-1995.

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Stefan is also co-founder of the Network of Radical Libraries and Archives (NORLA).

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2009 Local History Conference This year’s Local History Conference will be on 21 November , with the title: Open-Air London : Pleasure, Parks and Protest and will again be held at the City of London School for Girls, within the Barbican complex. Details of the programme, including ticket booking, can be found at the centre of this Newsletter and on our website (with PayPal booking). Exhibition space booking forms will be circulated to Affiliated Societies. Ann Hignell

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Reminder: LAMAS Research Fund – Deadline for Applications! The deadline for applications for grants of up to £5000 from the LAMAS Research Fund is 30 September 2009 . Full details can be found on our website: www.lamas.org.uk or from Jackie Keily ([email protected]; tel. 020 7814 5734). Barney Sloane and Jackie Keily, LAMAS Research Fund Co-ordinators

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Grants from the City of London Archaeological Trust As in previous years, the City of London Archaeological Trust (CoLAT) is inviting applications for its grants for archaeological work in the City and its environs (up to the M25) during 2010. The grants will be awarded at a meeting in early December 2009, and be available for one year only from April 2010. The Trust favours research, publication, educational and outreach work, and does not normally fund excavation, survey or filling a gap left by a developer. The deadline for applications this year is Friday 16 October 2009, and applicants must also organise a referee for the application. For further details see the guidelines and forms on the Trust’s website, www.colat.org.uk. This year, as before, London Archaeologist is also sponsoring research and publication work by making a contribution to the CoLAT funds for this purpose. Enquiries about eligibility or other aspects of the grants to John Schofield, Secretary of CoLAT, [email protected] or at 2 Carthew Villas, London W6 0BS. John Schofield

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Museum of London Acquires Huge Button Collection The Museum of London recently unveiled one of the largest collections of medieval and early modern buttons in the UK. Over 2,500 beautiful

3 buttons of all shapes and sizes ranging in date from the late 14 th to the late 19 th century have been generously given to the museum by Tony Pilson. Pilson has dedicated 30 years to finding, accumulating and storing the buttons, all of which come from the banks of the Thames.

Pilson’s collection includes examples of buttons made of silver, pewter and semi-precious stones. These pieces offer a fascinating insight into the past including boxes of livery buttons bearing family or corporation crests and buttons with makers’ names, initials and sometimes even addresses.

Hazel Forsyth, Senior Curator of the Post-Medieval Collections said, ‘We’ve started to record each piece and longer term, we hope to produce an online resource with a small exhibition. The button trade in London has received little academic attention and therefore, we will set up various research projects to gain insight into the social and cultural life of Londoners.’ Museum of London press release

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Website: A Vision of Britain Through Time A Vision of Britain online is a free-to-use website which provides a wealth of information about the history of Britain. The site has existed since 2004 but a huge amount of new content has just been added and the website has been re-launched. On it you can find things like: • Population statistics, including every UK Census from 1801-2001 • Election results from every constituency since 1833 • British administrative boundary maps • 70 years of unemployment and wage statistics • Dudley Stamp’s Land Utilisation Survey maps and returns from the annual farm census begun in 1866 • Historic maps • Travellers’ accounts of journeys around Britain dating back to the 12 th century

The website is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the University of Portsmouth. To explore the content, visit www.visionofbritain.org.uk

ARTICLES

Modern Planning System to Conserve and Enhance the Historic Environment In July Housing and Planning Minister John Healey announced new guidelines for councils and developers to make the most of the nation’s

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This is the first integrated planning policy for protecting the historic environment, affecting archaeology, historic areas, buildings and landscapes.

The new policy, which is accompanied by detailed guidance from English Heritage, sets out that councils and developers should use the historic environment to stimulate and inspire new buildings and development of imaginative and high quality design.

Councils need to monitor all their historic assets, from listed buildings, conservation areas, scheduled monuments and archaeological sites and landscapes. Some historic buildings from theatres to churches are decaying with age and require quick decisions to secure their future instead of being left in place unmaintained.

The policy also sets out that the historic environment should be viewed in the context of climate change by encouraging the reduction of CO² emissions when decisions are taken about modifying heritage assets.

John Healey said: ‘Our historic assets are hugely important for local people and for the tourist industry and we need to conserve and protect them for future generations.

‘This means making these assets part of our plans for regenerating our towns and cities. If you’re redeveloping your town centre you should be making the most of existing streetscapes, canal side sites or former breweries. A prime example is St Pancras where the old station was transformed into a high standard railway whilst retaining Gilbert Scott’s original design.

‘We need to be protecting what is significant about a place while making the most of its potential and this means quick and imaginative planning decisions. Our new policy sets out that the historic environment is an asset not an obstacle to development.’

The new Planning Policy Statement 15: Planning for the Historic Environment replaces Planning Policy Guidance notes PPG15 and 16. It is accompanied by a Historic Environment Planning Practice Guide.

Culture Minister Barbara Follett said: ‘Historic places are a vital part of living communities. They inspire and delight those that live and work in them, and they attract visitors that boost local economies. This statement matters because it confirms the

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Government’s commitment to preserving and protecting our heritage, and ensuring that it is passed on to future generations.’

Simon Thurley, Chief Executive of English Heritage, said: ‘This is a major milestone in the Government’s Heritage Protection Reform. I am delighted that this key element is now available for discussion and I welcome the policy’s succinct but comprehensive re- statement of the Government’s commitment to the management and protection our heritage through the planning system.

‘A key shift in the Planning Policy Statement is that it encourages everyone to first understand what is significant about a particular building and site before implementing change. This should cut the number of poorly thought-through applications and ensure that our heritage can be made fit for a wide range of purposes without damaging what makes it special.

‘Fundamentally, it will help owners of heritage sites and buildings to make better applications, assist local authorities in making robust decisions and ensure that future generations are handed on a heritage that is attractive, useful and relevant.

‘I look forward to the discussions that English Heritage will be facilitating during the consultation period so that we can help make sure the Government’s policy is fairly balanced and is as clear and helpful as it can be.”

The new PPS: Ensures there is a focus on understanding what is significant about a building, site or landscape so that it becomes easier to determine the impact of the proposed change. It uses the ‘values’ approach of English Heritage’s Conservation Principles as an underlying philosophy to inform decision-making.

Urges councils to monitor all their historic assets. For example, local authorities will be urged to create publicly-accessible Historic Environment Records which developers will be expected to consult so that they can take into account the historic environment impacts of their applications.

Supports constructive conservation. It encourages active exploitation of the heritage as an asset rather than seeing it as a potential barrier to development.

Introduces new clearer policies on setting and design , issues which are frequently the source of the most contentious cases involving the historic environment.

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Puts the historic environment in the context of the challenge of climate change. Councils weigh carefully any loss of enhancement of the asset and its setting against the benefits of the application such as increased production of energy from low or zero-carbon sources. The greater the negative impact on the significance of the asset, the greater the benefits that will be needed to justify approval.

Deals with all types of heritage in a single document. It brings in a new, integrated approach to the historic environment and ‘heritage assets’, moving beyond the outdated distinction between buildings and archaeology.

Greater emphasis on pre-application planning and discussion. Councils and developers should learn about the significance of affected heritage assets before designs are drawn up – the more they understand the asset, the greater the chances of a successful application.

Maintains the same level of protection for the historic environment as the current PPGs 15 and 16 but expresses the policy much more succinctly making it easier for councils to use (number of pages has been cut from over 100 to around 13).

Provides greater clarity on key topics e.g. archaeological interest, conservation areas and their preservation and enhancement, World Heritage Sites, conflicts with other planning priorities and recording. English Heritage

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS

Museum of London Archaeology Publication News Here are the details of the latest MOLA monograph: Roman Southwark settlement and economy: excavations in Southwark 1973–91 by Cowan, C. et al (2009) MOLA Monograph 42 This report presents an overview of Roman urban development in London south of the Thames. The establishment of the Roman bridge and the first approach roads and landing places made Southwark an ideal location for the development of facilities for the shipment of goods between land and river. A wide range of data from 41, previously unpublished, north Southwark sites provides the means for ‘mapping’ Roman activity in Southwark. It was an early trading settlement and later administrative centre, contracting by the mid 4 th century AD to the area around the bridgehead. The book documents the changing patterns of land use and broader processes of social and economic change.

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A new popular book is also hot off the press: Tracks through Time (2009) by Aaron Birchenough focuses on the archaeological work done in support of the East London Line overground rail project. To order, call 020 7410 2272 or email: [email protected]

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Bexley Archaeological Group All Day Workshops All to be held at the Sidcup and Bexley Conservative Club, 19 Station Road, Sidcup, Kent (apart from the flint knapping days which are to be held at our on-going archaeological site in Bexley).

26 September 2009 Human Remains – Excavation and Examination , Joyce Filer

14 & 15 November 2009 Learn How to Flint Knap , Will Lord

For further information on the workshops or to book a place, please contact Pip Pulfer (07961 963893 or 020 8302 1849) [email protected].

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University of London Forensic Aspects of Ancient Egypt Study Day 31 October 2009, 11am-5pm University of London, Connaught Hall, Tavistock Square The 21 st century has seen incredible advances in our knowledge and use of forensic sciences – to investigate crimes and find out about people from ancient times. How can we apply this information to the people of ancient Egypt? Ever wondered how archaeologists work out the age at death of a mummy or skeleton? How do they know if the body is male or female? How can we identify people from ancient times? What diseases did people have? Find out from Joyce Filer, formerly Curator of Human and Animal Remains in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, British Museum.

Cost: £30 (inc. afternoon refreshments). For more information, please contact Richard Barritt on 07973 695168 or email [email protected]. To book, send a cheque/postal order and an SAE to Joyce Filer, Accountability, 4 Lowndes Court, London W1F 7HE. Please note : places are limited so bookings must be received no later than 17 October 2009 .

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Surrey Archaeological Society Conference: Religion in Society and the Landscape 10 October 2009, 9.30am – 4.30pm The Institute, Leatherhead

9.30 Registration 10.00 Opening Remarks, Barney Sloane 10.05 Liquid Assets? Watery Deposition in Surrey and Beyond , Jon Cotton

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10.35 Celtic Forms of Worship in the Landscape and Settlement , David Bird 11.05 Coffee 11.25 Monastic Houses in the South East , Judith Roebuck 12.10 Panel Discussion 12.30 Lunch 13.30 Introduction to the Afternoon, Barney Sloane 13.35 The Granges and Smaller Properties of Waverley Abbey , Mark Service 14.05 The Smaller Religious Houses: Reigate and Tandridge Priories , Dennis Turner 14.45 Tea 15.15 Monastic Mills , Alan Crocker 15.45 The Influence of Winchester Diocesan Carpenters on Surrey’s Domestic Buildings , Rod Wild 16.15 Panel Discussion 16.30 Tea and close The conference will be held in The Dixon Hall, The Institute, 67 High Street, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 8AH. Tickets: £8 in advance (£10 on the door). Please write to SRF Conference 2009, Surrey Archaeological Society, Castle Arch, Guildford, Surrey GU1 3SX, enclosing a cheque/postal order and an SAE.

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The Council for Kentish Archaeology Conference: Lost Cities in the Mediterranean 24 October 2009, 2pm-5.30pm Powell Lecture Theatre, Christ Church University, Canterbury

Pompeii – Living Under the Volcano , David Plummer

Cyprus – The Lost Roman Coastal Cities , Edna Mynott

Leptis Magna – The African Queen , Ruth Plummer

Malta – The Pearl of the Middle Sea , Brian Philp

Tickets: £4 from C. K. A., 7 Sandy Ridge, Borough Green, Kent TN15 8HP with an SAE. For more information visit www.the-cka.fsnet.co.uk, call 020 8777 7872 or email: [email protected]

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Museum of London Conference: Pomp and Power – Carriages as Status Symbols 12 & 13 November 2009 To celebrate the installation of the Lord Mayor’s Coach in the City Gallery in November 2009, in advance of the launch of the new Galleries of Modern London in Spring 2010, Museum of London will host a two-day conference about carriages as status symbols, and the influence of English carriage design and manufacture abroad.

The conference is organised in conjunction with Dr Rudolf Wackernagel who has widely published on the history of carriages and will be one of the key speakers. It brings together experts from around Europe and the USA who will explore different aspects of the coach building trade in London and examine particular coaches made in

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Britain and Ireland from the 17 th to the 19 th century. The social history of carriages will be discussed as well as French and British influences on British carriage design.

Tickets: one day: £40 (£20 conc.); both days: £75 (£35 conc.). To book, please call the Museum of London Box Office on 020 7001 9844 or email [email protected]. For further information please email [email protected]

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Kent Archaeological Field School Weekend Two-Day Courses 2009

12 & 13 September 2009 An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Pottery

3 & 4 October 2009 An Introduction to Roman Pottery

17 & 18 October 2009 Artefact Drawing

Cost: £70 (£60 KAFS members). To book, contact KAFS, School Farm Oast, Graveney Road, Faversham, Kent ME13 8UP (01795 532548), website: www.kafs.co.uk or email: [email protected].

LECTURES AND EVENTS

British Archaeological Association Lecture Series 2009 Meetings are held at 5.00pm in the rooms of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V 0HS. Tea will be served at 4.30pm. Non- members are welcome to attend occasional lectures but are asked to make themselves known to the Hon. Director on arrival and to sign the visitors’ book.

1 October 2009 Building in Stone at the Boundaries of the Latin Church c. 950 - c. 1250 , Eric Fernie

5 November 2009 Recent Work at Clarendon Palace, Wiltshire and its Landscape , Prof Tom James

3 December 2009 A Gothic Recusant Chapel and its Glazing , Anna Eavis

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London Open House Weekend 19 & 20 September 2009 See behind the scenes of many London buildings not usually open to the public or join lectures, tours and other events, which will reveal the hidden histories of the capital’s architectural icons. For details visit the website: www.londonopenhouse.org.uk. You can order a brochure containing the full programme online (£6.50) or download the programme as a PDF file (£3). The contact details for Open House are:

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Open House, 44-46 Scrutton Street, London EC2A 4HH (020 3006 7008), email: [email protected]

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Institute of Archaeology & British Museum Medieval Seminars Institute of Archaeology All seminars are held in Room 412 at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY (unless otherwise indicated) at 5.30pm.

21 October 2009 Lastingham Revisited , Prof Richard Morris (Lecture Theatre G6)

10 November 2009 Suburban Development in Anglo-Norman England , Andrew Agate

1 December 2009 Hunting and Poaching in the English Landscape: the Evidence from Animal Bones , Dr Naomi Sykes

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Surrey Industrial History Group Industrial Archaeology Lectures 2009 Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford

29 September 2009 Searching for Trevithick’s London Railway of 1808 , John Liffen

13 October 2009 Kodak and Photography , Tony Earle

10 November 2009 The Power and the Glory of Waterwheels , Jeff Hawksley

24 November 2009 Industries of Farnham , Chris Shepheard

Lectures are on Tuesdays from 7.30-9.30pm. Single lectures are open to all at £5 each on the door. To enrol for the whole course of lectures, send your details and a cheque for £40 (SyAS/SIHG members £35), made payable to SIHG, by 22 September 2009 to Bob Bryson (SIHG Lectures), 24 Rodney Way, Guildford GU1 2NY.

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The Guild of Art Scholars, Dealers & Collectors Lecture: The Cheapside Hoard. A Tale of Hidden Treasure, Intrigue and Unsurpassed Magnificence 2 November 2009, 6.30pm Mansion House In June 1912, workmen entered 30-32 Cheapside to tear down timber-framed buildings that had survived from the 17 th century and as they started to work, from a hidden casket ‘a tangled heap of jewellery came tumbling forth ’. From medieval times

11 the heart of the goldsmith’s trade had been on the south side of Cheapside with Bread Street and Wood Street and it was on this locality that this astonishing treasure was discovered. The ‘Cheapside Hoard’, the greatest cache of Elizabethan and Jacobean jewellery in the world, is one of the most remarkable and spectacular finds ever recovered on British soil.

The story will be told by Hazel Forsyth, Senior Curator of Post Medieval Collections, Museum of London, who is mounting an exhibition at the Museum in 2012 to celebrate the centenary of the discovery.

Tickets: £30, available from The Clerk, The Guild of Art Scholars, Dealers and Collectors, 28 Aldebert Terrace, London SW8 1BJ or email: [email protected]

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The British Postal Museum and Archive Talks 2009

10 September 2009 A New Shape to a British Icon , Julian Stray

29 September 2009 The Post Office Went to War , Christine Earle

13 October 2009 40 th Anniversary of the Post Office Act 1969 , Duncan Campbell-Smith

29 October 2009 Stephen Tallents and the GPO , Scott Anthony

10 November 2009 GPO Poster Design , Paul Rennie

1 December 2009 The Post Office and its Role in the Community , Rebecca Tomlinson

Talks are held at 7pm at The British Postal Museum & Archive, Freeling House, Phoenix Place, London WC1X 0DL. To book a free place, call 020 7239 2570 or email [email protected].

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Harrow Museum Tuesday Talks Programme 2009

1 September 2009 Whitefriars Glass - The London Years , Mike Beech

15 September 2009 The Railways in Harrow , Malcolm Grant

29 September 2009 Nights on the Road , Laurie Watson

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13 October 2009 Around Fleet Street and the Inns of Court , John Garrod

27 October 2009 A History of Harrods , Mavis Wright

10 November 2009 Friday 13 th , Colin Oakes

24 November 2009 Our Ancestors’ Superstitions , Hugh Granger

8 December 2009 Pilgrimage to the Holy Land , Dr Fredrick Hicks

Talks are held in Harrow Museum’s 500-year-old tithe barn, Pinner View HA2 6PX. They start at 2pm and last one hour, £3 per person. For more details, call 020 8861 2626 or 020 8863 6720, email [email protected] or see their website: www.harrow.gov.uk/museum.

EXHIBITIONS AND GALLERIES

King’s Cross Voices Exhibition Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre Until 26 September 2009 King’s Cross is world famous for its railway and architectural heritage, but until now very little has been written about its people - those who have both lived and worked in the locality, and perhaps out of sight and out of mind of the commuting crowds. Today King’s Cross is in the throes of a massive redevelopment and is entering one of the most exciting periods of its long history.

This exhibition uses extracts from oral history recordings and photographs, collected as part of the King’s Cross Voices project, to tell the stories of those who have lived and worked in King’s Cross, both past and present. These include railway workers, students, shopkeepers, market traders, artists, campaigners, politicians, former sex trade workers, factory workers, housewives, publicans, and many, many more.

King’s Cross Voices was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington and received support from a number of other bodies. Between 2004 and 2008 the project was dedicated to recording and preserving the voices of King’s Cross people. From the outset the recordings and items collected have been used in exhibitions, sound trails, theatrical performances, radio programmes and community publications.

Many of the interviewees were also photographed by a volunteer portrait photographer, Sarah Weal. Her portraits accompany the oral history extracts in the exhibition, together with a number of the interviewees’ personal photographs, and some from other collections.

This special show will also include a listening area so visitors will be able to hear audio extracts of the King’s Cross Voices interviews, as well as a display of rarely seen artefacts relating to the King’s Cross area. Very soon the recordings will be available online at www.camden.gov.uk/kingscrossvoices.

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Opening hours : Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 10.00am-7.00pm; Saturday: 10.00am-5.00pm; Wednesday and Sunday: CLOSED. Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, Holborn Library, 32-38 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8PA.

LOCAL SOCIETY MEETINGS

Acton History Group Events on the 2nd Wednesday in the month at 7.30pm in St Mary’s Church Hall, admission £1. Contact Secretary David Knights, 30 Highland Avenue, Acton W3 6EU, Tel: 020 8992 8698. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.actonhistory.co.uk

9 September 2009 Tracing Your Family Tree , James, Amanda & David Knights

14 October 2009 Nursery Gardens of Brentford and Chiswick , Valerie Bott

Barking and District Historical Society Meetings are held at 7.45pm at the Salvation Army Hall, Morley Road (off Movers Lane), Barking. Buses 287, 368, 369 and 887 stop nearby. Free to members, £1.50 to non-members. Email: [email protected]; tel. 020 8597 7210.

Barnes and Mortlake History Society Meetings are held at Sheen Lane Centre, Sheen Lane, London SW14 at 8pm on the 3rd Thursday of the month from September to April (with a break in December). The meetings are free to members and £2 for non-members. For further details please contact the Hon. Secretary on 020 8878 4071 or visit us at www.barnes- history.org.uk .

17 September 2009 A Walk Around Sheen Vale , Marie Smith

15 October 2009 Reconstructing Putney and Roehampton in 1665 , Dorian Gerhold

19 November 2009 The History of Local History , Michael Lee

Barnet and District Local History Society All meetings are held in Church House, Wood Street, Barnet at 3pm on Mondays (opposite the Museum). Contact Barnet Museum, 31 Wood Street, Barnet EN5 4BE (020 8440 8066) or visit www.barnetmuseum.co.uk for more information.

14 September 2009 The Development of the English Country House from Medieval to the 20 th Century-Based Trust Properties , Pamela Wright

12 October 2009 Medieval Marriage , Rosemary Horrox

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Bexley Archaeological Group The Group is open to all likeminded people encouraging those with disabilities to take part in the archaeological activities. Anyone may participate in whichever level they want, from a person with just general interest to the experienced field worker. All meetings are held at Bexley and Sidcup Conservative Club, 19 Station Road, Sidcup, Kent and excavations are carried out at the weekends (Mar-Nov). For further information contact the Chairman, Mr Martin Baker, 24 Valliers Wood Road, Sidcup, Kent DA15 8BG (020 8300 1752), email: [email protected] or see the website: www.bag.org.uk

Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society The society meets at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Afton House, Bourne Place, Chiswick W4, starting at 7.30pm, on the 3 rd Monday in the month, from September to May inclusive. For further information please contact the Hon. Secretary, Tess Powell, 7 Dale Street, London W4 2BJ or visit www.brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk.

21 September 2009 Exploring a Roman Landscape in Brentford , Bob Cowie

Camden History Society The society normally meets at 7.30pm on the 3rd Thursday of each month, except August. Venues vary from month to month. For further information please contact the Hon. Secretary, Mrs Jane Ramsay (20 7586 4436) or visit: www.camdenhistorysociety.org

17 September 2009 Tom Sayers of Camden Town, Prizefighter , Iain Manson (Charlie Ratchford Resource Centre, Belmont Street, off Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8H)

22 October 2009 Why Did Darwin Choose to Live in Gower Street? , Joe Cain (5th floor of the Wellcome Collection, 215 Euston Road (southwest corner of junction Gordon Street/Euston Road) NW1 2BE)

19 November 2009 History of London’s Blue Plaque Scheme , Howard Spencer (Burgh House, New End Square, London NW3 1LT)

17 December 2009 London Shops , Susan Jenkinson (venue TBC)

Chadwell Heath Historical Society Meetings are held at 7.30pm on the 3 rd Wednesday of every month from September to June. All meetings are held at Wangey Road Chapel, Wangey Road, Chadwell Heath, starting at 7.30pm. Enquiries to 020 8590 0013 or email: [email protected]

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City of London Archaeological Society Society’s meetings are held at the hall of St Olave’s Parish Hall, Mark Lane EC3R. Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Lectures usually last about an hour with questions following. Light refreshments are available after the lecture. Non-members are welcome to attend occasional lectures but are asked to sign the visitors’ book and make a £2 contribution towards expenses. For further details, visit: www.colas.org.uk, email: [email protected] or text/voicemail 07964694128

18 September 2009 Visit to the London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre (prior booking required)

16 October 2009 Violets and Kangaroos, or Great War Archaeology from Salisbury Plain to Plugstreet Wood , Martin Brown

20 November 2009 From Ice Age to Essex – Excavations on the Essex Gravels , Pamela Greenwood

Cuffley Industrial Heritage Society The society meets at Northaw Village Hall, 5 Northaw Road West, Northaw, Hertfordshire EN6 4NW. The village is near Potters Bar and Cuffley. Talks start at 8pm with doors opening from 7.30pm. Talks are free to members and £3 for visitors. For more information, contact David Freeman, Honorary Treasurer, 18 Homewood Avenue, Cuffley, Hertfordshire EN6 4QG (01707 875481) or email: [email protected].

8 September 2009 Conservation Plastering and Pargetting , Bill Sargent

13 October 2009 The Industrial Development of Tottenham , Ken Brereton

10 November 2009 The Story of Panama , Richard Thomas

8 December 2009 A Tribute to Barnes Wallis , Hugh Granger

The Docklands History Group Meetings will be held on the 1st Thursday of every month in the Museum of London Docklands, No 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, London E14 4AL, at 5.30 for 6pm. Visitors are welcome to attend the talks, which are usually illustrated, for a donation of £2. For further information and membership details, please call 020 7286 0196.

3 September 2009 Wapping Foreshore Troubles in Stuart Times , Sally Mashiter

1 October 2009 The Development of St Katharine Dock , John Francis

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5 November 2009 The 1872 Dock Strike and the West India Docks , Chris Ellmers

Edmonton Hundred Historical Society Talks are free to members, and are held at Jubilee Hall, 2 Parsonage Lane (at the junction with Chase Side), Enfield, at the Charity School Hall, Church Street, Edmonton N9 and at Bruce Castle, Lordship Lane, Tottenham N17. There is a charge of £1 per head for visitors. Further details may be obtained from the Local History Section at the Town Hall, Green Lanes, Palmers Green, London N13 (020 8379 2724) or email: [email protected].

8 September 2009 Ducking Stools, Squab Houses and a Welsh Nationalist: Keeping Order in Early Stuart Oxford , Robin Blades (8pm, Jubilee Hall)

9 September 2009 The Tottenham Outrage , Patricia Collier (8pm, Union Church Community Centre, corner of Ferme Park Road/Weston Park)

21 October 2009 How Rural Tottenham Disappeared , Ken Barker (8pm, Jubilee Hall)

Enfield Archaeological Society Meetings are held at the Jubilee Hall, junction of Chase Side and Parsonage Lane, Enfield, starting at 8pm. Tea and coffee are available from 7.30pm. Visitors are welcome, (£1 per person). For further information please contact David Willis, Secretary, 43 Millers Green Close, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 7BD.

18 September 2009 Kensington Palace and Excavations 2008 , Tim Bradley

16 October 2009 Prehistoric London Archaeology , Jon Cotton

13 November 2009 Waltham Abbey Excavations 2008 , Peter Huggins

The Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery Lectures are held in the Dissenters’ Chapel at Kensal Green Cemetery (entrance from Ladbroke Grove only). Parking is available outside the cemetery main gate on Harrow Road NW10. The nearest underground is Kensal Green. Visitors are welcome. Price £2 for members, £3 for non-members. Refreshments are available. For further information please contact the programme organiser Robert Stephenson, (020 7602 0173) [email protected] or visit www.kensalgreen.co.uk

Friern Barnet and District Local History Society Meetings are held in St John’s Church Hall, next to Whetstone Police Station, in Friern Barnet Lane N20, normally on the last Wednesday of the month, starting at 8pm. Free refreshments are available from 7.45pm. Visitors welcome (£2 per person). For further details, contact David Berguer (0208 292 7328).

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23 September 2009 London’s Garden Squares , Daphne Glick

28 October 2009 The Parish and Poor of Friern Barnet , Yasmine Webb

25 November 2009 History of Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School , Jennifer Johnson

Greenwich Industrial History Society All meetings will be held at The Old Bakehouse (rear of), Age Exchange Reminiscence Centre, 11 Blackheath Village, London SE23 9LA, at 7.30pm. For further information about the Greenwich Industrial History Society and their meetings, please contact Mary Mills, 24 Humber Road, London SE3 (020 8858 9482).

Hayes and Harlington Local History Society Most meetings are held at Hayes Library, Golden Crescent, Hayes, on the 3 rd Tuesday of each month and begin at 8pm. Further information from the Secretary, Mr John Walters, 7 St Jerome’s Grove, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 2PJ (020 8561 7555) or email [email protected]

15 September 2009 St Mary’s Church , David Froud

20 October 2009 Local Motor Manufacturers , Tony Beadle

17 November 2009 Local Murders , Dr Jonathan Oates

8 December 2009 (2nd Tuesday) Voice to Remember , a recording commemorating the 75 th anniversary in 1973 of E.M.I., with the kind assistance of the Hayes Record Society

Hendon & District Archaeological Society Unless otherwise indicated, lectures and meetings are held at Avenue House, East End Road, Finchley, London N3, at 8pm on the 2 nd Tuesday of the month. For further information please contact the Membership Secretary, Stephen Brunning, 1 Reddings Close, Mill Hill, London NW7 4JL (020 8959 6419), [email protected].

13 October 2009 Excavations at St Martins-in-the-Fields , Alison Telfer

10 November 2009 Bricks and Skeletons: St John’s 1632 Brick Church Ruin , Dr Frederick Hicks

Hornsey Historical Society Lecture meetings are held on the 2 nd Wednesday of every month at the Union Church Hall, corner of Ferme Park Road and Weston Park (a short walk from the Old Schoolhouse, the Society’s HQ on Tottenham Lane), starting at 8pm. Members attend free; non-members are welcome and pay £1 entrance fee. For further information

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9 September 2009 The Tottenham Outrage , Patricia Collier

14 October 2009 A. V. Rowe: The First Flight Over Walthamstow Marshes , Neil Houghton

Hounslow & District History Society Meetings are held on Tuesdays at Montague Hall, Montague Road, Hounslow, starting at 8pm. For further details contact the Honorary Secretary, Mr R. Ferguson, 219 Staines Road, Bedfont, Middlesex TW14 9EB (020 8890 5078).

Islington Archaeology and History Society Meetings are held at 8pm at Islington Town Hall, Upper Street N1. All meetings are free. Enquiries: 020 7833 1541 or visit the website: www.iahs.org.uk.

16 September 2009 ‘Mr Fitkin’s War’ – an East End Vicar in the Blitz , Rev Michael Peet

21 October 2009 Protecting Islington’s Heritage , Ruth Polling

16 December 2009 John Burns and the Town Planning Act 1909 , Lester Hillman

Kingston upon Thames Archaeological Society Meetings are held at 8.00pm in Mayo Hall, United Reformed Church at the corner of Union Street and Eden Street, Kingston upon Thames (vistors will be asked for a donation of £1.50 towards expenses). Processing and cataloguing of excavated remains and museum collections takes place every Thursday (10am) at the North Kingston Centre, Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames KT2 5PE. Enquiries to 020 8547 6755 or e-mail: [email protected].

10 September 2009 New Evidence of Early Occupation in Britain , Scott M cCracken

8 October 2009 Hidden Treasures in Kingston’s Archives , Jill Lamb

12 November 2009 The Greater London Sites and Monuments Record , Stuart Cakebread

Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society Meetings at Leyton Sixth Form College, Essex Road, Leyton E10 6EQ begin at 7.30pm. Meetings at St John’s Church, corner of Leytonstone High Road and Church Lane begin at 8pm. Light refreshments are served 45 minutes before the talks.

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London Natural History Society Indoor meetings usually consist of talks, slide shows or discussions. Most indoor meetings are held at Camley Street Natural Park, Camley Street, London NW1 0PW. It is a short walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations along Pancras Road. Visitors are very welcome at all meetings. For further information visit www.lnhs.org.uk/program.htm

15 September 2009 Ancient and Veteran trees: Their Very Special Wildlife and the Conservation Implications , Keith Alexander (6.30pm, Room SALC 5, Seminar & Learning Centre, 5th floor Sherfield Building, Imperial College, South Kensington SW7 2AZ)

17 September 2009 DNA Barcoding , Robyn Cowan (6.30pm, Camley Street Natural Park)

13 October 2009 River and Environment in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages , Jane Sidell (6.30pm, Museum of London, LNHS/LAMAS Joint Lecture)

15 October 2009 What’s that Wader? , David Darrell-Lambert (7pm, Camley Street Natural Park)

Lewisham Local History Society All meetings commence at 7.45pm and are held at the Methodist Church Hall, Albion Way SE13. Full access for people with disabilities. Non-members welcome. For further information please contact John King, 44 Le May Avenue, London SE12 9SU (020 8857 1819).

25 September 2009 The Penns of Lewisham , Richard Hartree

30 October 2009 The Promised Land: the Lure of South London , Len Reilly

27 November 2009 London’s Postal History , Brian Bloice

11 December 2009 Six Centuries of Christian Art at St Margaret’s, Lee , Ian Mills

Merton Historical Society Meetings are held monthly from October until April, on Saturday afternoons during the winter months and on Friday evenings during the autumn and spring. There are also regular workshop sessions to share current research. For further information please contact the Honorary Secretary, Mrs Sheila Harris, 100 Canon Hill Lane, London SW20 9ET (020 8540 6656) or email [email protected]

17 October 2009 Sir Francis Carew’s Garden at Beddington , John Phillips (2.30pm, South Wimbledon Community Association, Haydons Road)

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7 November 2009 A History of Du Cane Court: Land Architecture, People and Politics , Gregory Vincent (2.30pm, Raynes Park Library Hall)

5 December 2009 The Cinema Buildings of Merton Past and Present , Richard Norman (2.30pm, Snuff Mill Environmental Centre, Morden Hall Park)

Orpington & District Archaeological Society Meetings are held in The Priory, Church Hill, Orpington, on the 1 st Wednesday of each month (except August) from 8pm. Non-members are welcome to attend, space permitting. Coffee and biscuits are served at the end of each meeting, for which a donation is invited. For further information please contact Brenda Rogers, 5 Lodge Crescent, Orpington, Kent BR6 0QE (01689 827213).

2 September 2009 Thames Discovery Programme , Gustav Milne

7 October 2009 Digging up the Past in Dartford , Chris Baker

4 November 2009 The Wickham Borne and the Addington Valley , Peter Leigh

Pinner Local History Society All meetings start at 8pm. Main meetings take place in the Village Hall, Pinner. History Circle meetings are held in the Arnold Room at the Methodist Church, Love Lane. Visitors are welcome for a donation of £2. For further information please contact Beryl Newton (Secretary), 2A Willows Close, Pinner HA5 3SY (020 8866 3372) or visit www.pinnerlhs.freeserve.co.uk

3 September 2009 Battle of Britain , R. B. Wren

1 October 2009 Recording Londoners’ Iconic Buildings , Emma Dwyer

5 November 2009 The History of the Palace Theatre, Watford , Ian Scleater

Potters Bar and District Society Meetings are held at the Sixty Plus Room, Wyllyotts Centre, starting at 8pm prompt. All are welcome. For further details please contact Richard Lee (Hon. Sec.), 38 Ladbrooke Drive, Potters Bar, Herts EN6 1QR (01707 652975).

Richmond Archaeological Society Meetings take place on Friday nights at Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond, commencing at 8pm. For further information please contact Mrs Yvonne Masson, the Society’s publicity secretary, at 65 St Margaret’s Grove, East Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 1JF or visit the website: www.richmondarchaeology.org.uk

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11 September 2009 The Buildings of Fulham Palace , Keith Whitehouse

9 October 2009 Neanderthals in Sussex , Dr Matthew Pope

13 November 2009 Digital Outreach in Archaeology , Lorna Richardson

11 December 2009 Finds from Drapers’ Gardens, City of London , Dr James Gerrard

Richmond Local History Society All meetings are held at Duke Street Baptist Church, Richmond, usually at 8pm with coffee available from 7.30pm (see below for specific times). Non-members are welcome, admission £1. For further information please contact the Secretary, Elizabeth Velluet (020 8891 3825) [email protected] or see the website: www.richmondhistory.org.uk.

12 October 2009 Turner and ‘the matchless vale of Thames’, Catherine Parry-Wingfield (8pm)

9 November 2009 Living Buildings: Architectural Conservation, Philosophy, Principles and Practice , Donald Insall (RLHS lecture for the Richmond Book Now! Festival: tickets required for members and non-members. Doors open at 7pm, meeting begins at 7.30pm)

14 December 2009 Fun Food Facts of the Monarchy , Rosie Greaves (meeting begins at 7.30pm)

Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Local History Group Unless otherwise stated, meetings take place at the Time & Talents Centre, The Old Mortuary, St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe and begin at 7.45pm. For more information visit: http://kingstairs.com/rotherhithe/

30 September 2009 Thames Discovery Programme , Nathalie Cohen

28 October 2009 The Gruesome History of Body Snatching , Robert Stephenson

25 November 2009 Industries of Southwark, Bermondsey and Rotherhithe, Stephen Humphrey

16 December 2009 Magic Lantern Show: A Short Journey Down the Thames, Aileen Butler

Ruislip, Northwood and Eastcote Local History Society Meetings are held on Mondays at 8.15pm at St Martin’s Church Hall, Ruislip. Visitors are welcome (£2 admission charge). For further information please contact the society’s Secretary, Susan Toms, 3 Elmbridge Close, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 7XA (01895 637 134) or visit: www.rnelhs.flyer.co.uk

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21 September 2009 Dowsing for History , Keith Harmon

19 October 2009 The More: Cardinal Wolsey’s Palace in Rickmansworth, Heather Falvey

16 November 2009 Whitefriars Glass: a Concise History , Mike Beech

21 December 2009 Ian Tait’s Ruislip in the 1920s , Eileen Bowlt

St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Tuesday meetings are held in St Albans School and start at 8pm. Friday meetings are held in the College of Law, Hatfield Road, and start at 7.45pm. They are open to all members of the society. Non-members may attend two meetings as guests.

Southgate District Civic Trust The Trust is a local amenity society covering Southgate, Palmers Green, Winchmore Hill, New Southgate and Cockfosters. It has active local history and publications groups. Meetings are held at the Friends Meeting House, Church Hill, Winchmore Hill, London N21. There is a small charge for some meetings. Non-members are welcome. For further information please contact Geoffrey Bone, The Tower, Quakers Walk, London N21 2DE (020 8360 2289).

Southwark and Lambeth Archaeological Society All lectures are held on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm at The Housing Co-Op Hall, 106 The Cut (opposite the Old Vic). Light refreshments are served at 7pm. Visitors are always welcome but are asked to contribute £1. For further details please contact Richard Buchanan, 79 Ashridge Crescent, Shooter’s Hill, London SE18 3EA. For enquires please call 020 8764 8314.

13 October 2009 Recent Excavations at Merton Priory , Dave Saxby

10 November 2009 The Birkbeck University Training Excavation at Syon House: Work on the Bridgettine Monastery and Formal Garden of the Great House , Harvey Sheldon

8 December 2009 From Minster to Morley: Music, Musicians and Music-Making in Southwark and Lambeth , Len Reilly

Spelthorne Archaeological Field Group & Friends of Spelthorne Museum Unless otherwise stated, all meetings take place at the Methodist Church, Thames Street, Staines and begin at 8pm. Members free, non members welcome (£1 please). For further details please contact Nick Pollard (01932 561585).

3 September 2009 Staines in Old Postcards , Nick Pollard

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1 October 2009 Neolithic Spelthorne , Phil Jones

5 November 2009 History of Egham , Richard Williams

Stanmore & Harrow Historical Society Meetings are held at the Wealdstone Baptist Church, High Road, Wealdstone, at 8pm on the 1 st Wednesday of each month to which visitors are welcome at a charge of £1. Members’ evenings are held at the same venue on the 3 rd Wednesday of the month. For further information please contact Mrs Sylvia Baker on 020 8907 5727.

Streatham Society Meetings are held on the 1 st and 3 rd Monday of the month at “Woodlawns”, 16 Leigham Court Road, London SW16, starting at 8pm (“Woodlawns” is a 5-minute walk up Leigham Court Road from Streatham High Road, nearest transport Streatham Hill BR station). Admission is free. For further information please contact Brian Bloice (020 8764 8314). Streatham Society is on the Internet: www.streathamsociety.org.uk (or email [email protected]).

7 September 2009 Dr Johnson and the Thrales , Stephanie Pickford

21 September 2009 The Story of Cuming Museum, Southwark , Bryn Hyacinth

5 October 2009 About Medieval Streatham , Graham Gower

19 October 2009 How Guide Dogs are Trained , Karen Underwood, Hilary George and Angie

2 November 2009 Octavia Hill, Her Work and Influence on Social Housing in Southwark and Lambeth , Len Reilly

16 November 2009 Darwin at Down House , Annie Kemkaran-Smith

Sunbury and Shepperton Local History Society The Society meets at 8pm on the 2 nd Tuesday of the month from October to May in the Theatre at Halliford School, Russell Road, Shepperton. The September meeting is held in Sunbury. Any queries should be addressed to Geoff French (Treasurer and Membership Secretary), 18 Burchetts Way, Shepperton, Middlesex TW17 9BS (01932 245774).

15 September 2009 Sunbury Regatta , Nick Pollard (8pm, Sunbury Cricket Club)

The Thorney Island Society, Friends of St James’s Park and The Green Park Meetings are held at various historical locations where members listen to a talk by an expert in a relevant field of interest and are able to ask questions. For further

24 information please contact the Chairman June A. Stubbs, 39 Westminster Mansions, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BP, www.thethorneyislandsociety.co.uk

23 September 2009 The Crown Estate’s Presence in Westminster , Andrew Payne & Charles Gardner (2pm, 16 Burlington Place, £8 inc. light refreshments)

7 October 2009 Saint or Sinner? The Life and Times of John Profumo, 1915-2006 , Ronald Porter (12pm, National Liberal Club, £25 inc. lunch)

Borough of Twickenham Local History Society Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to June, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact the Secretary, Mr R.S. Knight (020 8878 7041) or visit our website http://www.botlhs.co.uk

5 October 2009 The Boat Builders of Richmond and Twickenham , Mark Edwards

2 November 2009 R. C. Sherriff’s Journey – From Soldier to Playwright , David Filsell

7 December 2009 The Lady in the Tower , Alison Weir

Uxbridge Local History and Archives Society All meetings take place at Christ Church, Redford Way (off Belmont Road), Uxbridge, starting at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated. For further information please contact Mr K. R. Pearce, 29 Norton Road, Uxbridge UB8 2PT or visit www.eddiethecomputer.co.uk/history

15 September 2009 The Motor Car in Hillingdon , Tony Beadle

20 October 2009 Hillingdon’s Sporting Heroes , Don Taylor

17 November 2009 Uxbridge in 1949 , Ken Pearce

Walthamstow Historical Society Meetings are held in the Main Hall at Greenleaf Road Baptist Church, Walthamstow, London E17 (just off Hoe Street near Ye Olde Rose & Crown PH). The meetings are free to members and £1.50 for non-members. For further details please visit us at www.walthamstowhistoricalsociety.org.

10 September 2009 Underground London , Peter Lawrence (7.30pm)

8 October 2009 Valentines Mansion and Its Owners , Georgina Green (7.30pm)

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12 November 2009 The Work of Essex County Records Office (2.30pm)

8 December 2009 A Ride Out , Joan Francis (2.30pm)

Wandsworth Historical Society Meetings held at the Friends’ Meeting House, Wandsworth High Street (opposite Town Hall) on the last Friday of the month at 8pm (until 10pm).

25 September 2009 Brunel (Senior) in Battersea , Simon McNeill-Ritchie

30 October 2009 Recent Roman Discoveries in London , Alison Telfer

Wanstead Historical Society Meetings are held in the Warren Hall, Chapel Path, Cambridge Park (at the rear of Cambridge Park Methodist Church, Wanstead), on the 3 rd Thursday of the month. Doors open at 7.30pm with all talks starting at 8pm. Our meetings are open to visitors for a charge of £2 per meeting. For further details contact the Honorary Secretary, Mr Mark Galloway, 52 Eastbourne Road, East Ham E6 6AT (020 8471 1171).

Wembley History Society Meetings take place once a month in the church hall adjoining St Andrew’s Church, Church Lane, Kingsbury NW9, starting at 7.30pm. Refreshments are provided. For further information please contact the Honorary Secretary, Mrs Pam Carter, 84 Kingsbury Road, London NW9 0AX (020 8205 3263) or e-mail [email protected].

18 September 2009 Sixty Years of Radio and Television , Trevor Legg

16 October 2009 London During the English Civil Wars , Joe Carr

20 November 2009 176 Years of the Oxford Movement , Father John Smith (talk in St Andrew’s New Church)

West Drayton & District Local History Society Meetings are held in St Martin’s Church Hall, Church Road, West Drayton, starting at 7.30pm. For further information please contact Miss K. J. Tarrant (Programme Secretary), 86 Castle Avenue, Yiewsley, Middlesex UB7 8LQ (01895 444246).

West Essex Archaeological Group Meetings are held on the 2 nd Monday of the month in the Sixth Form Block, Woodford County High School, High Road, Woodfood Green at 7.45 pm. New members welcome. For further information, please contact Anne Stacey, 20B Grove Hill, South Woodford E18 2JG (020 8989 9294).

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14 September 2009 Education in Londinium , Mark Hassall

12 October 2009 Tudor Playhouses in London , Julian Bowsher

9 November 2009 Snettisham Gold Torques , A. Meeks

14 December 2009 London Bodies , Rebecca Redfern

Willesden Local History Society Unless otherwise shown, the Society meets on Wednesday from September to June in The Scout House, High Road (on the corner of Strode Road), Willesden NW10, at 7.30pm. For further information please contact the Secretary, Margaret Pratt, 51 West Ella Road, London NW10 9PT (020 8965 7230) or visit: www.willesden-local- history.co.uk

16 September 2009 Kingsbury Lawn Cemetery – the Cemetery That Never Was , Brian Parsons

21 October 2009 Christchurch, Brondesbury , Gwen Molloy

18 November 2009 Eric Simms and the Bird Life of Dollis Hill , Cathy Mercer

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London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Museum of London, London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN Telephone: 020 7814 5734 Fax: 0870 444 3853

President Chairman of Council Prof Caroline Barron [email protected] Eileen Bowlt (01895 638060) 9 Boundary Road, London NW8 0HE [email protected] 7 Croft Gardens, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 8EY

Honorary Secretary Honorary Treasurer Jackie Keily (020 7814 5734) Martin Williams (020 7228 8261) [email protected] [email protected] Museum of London 75 Clapham Common North Side London SW4 9SD

Honorary Subscriptions and Membership Honorary Editor, Newsletter Secretary Meriel Jeater (020 7814 5732) Patricia Clarke (020 8866 1677) [email protected] 22 Malpas Drive, Pinner Museum of London Middlesex HA5 1DQ

Honorary Director of Lecture Meetings Honorary Publications Assistant Cheryl Smith (020 7527 7971) Karen Thomas (020 7410 2228) [email protected] [email protected] Islington Head of Heritage c/o Museum of London Archaeology Service 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED

Production Editor, Transactions Honorary Librarian Lynn Pitts (01926 512366) Sally Brooks (020 7814 5588) 5 Whitehead Drive, Kenilworth, Museum of London Warwickshire CV8 2TP

Archaeological Research Committee Greater London Local History Committee Secretary Chairman Jon Cotton (020 7814 5736) Eileen Bowlt (01895 638060) [email protected] [email protected] Museum of London 7 Croft Gardens, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 8EY

Historic Buildings and Conservation Publicity Officer Committee Chairman Mark Service (020 7938 7411) Jon M. Finney [email protected] 65 Carpenders Avenue, Carpenders Park, ES Display, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Herts WD19 5BP Street, London W8 5EE

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