Making a Living from the Thames in Brentford & Chiswick


Online talk to be presented by James Wisdom


View of Chiswick from the river from Harrison's history of London

Join the Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society for its next free online talk "Making a Living from the Thames in Brentford & Chiswick".

It takes place online at 7.30pm on Monday 17 January.

For the first of the Society's 2022 talks, James Wisdom, the Chairman, will present a revised version of the talk he gave to the 41st West London Local History Conference, with special emphasis on the local area. He will demonstrate how important the river has been to the local economy in the past – for fishing and river transport, ferries and bridges, boat-building and sport.

As usual there will be no charge to join this event but you should reserve a place via Ticketsource https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/t-yrqako

Zoom details will be sent to ticket holders; last minute tickets are available up to 30 minutes beforehand.

 

 

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January 16, 2022