News Log - 2018

This page provides a brief log of the main items of news for the Society for the year 2018, with most recent items shown first.

20-Dec-2018 Christmas celebrations and a quiz set by quizmaster Murial Sprott.
15-Nov-2018 Members' meeting - The planned speaker became stuck in a travel incident and called in to apologise that she simply could not get to Isleworth. An impromptu meeting was arranged, mostly Roland Bostock (webmaster) showing some of the facilities of our website.
3-Nov-2018 Margaret Cunnew, Hilary Strudwick, Muriel Sprott, Brian and Pam Smith, and Roland Bostock ran our stall at West Surrey FHS Open Day and Family History Fair at Woking, Surrey.
26-Oct-2018 Muriel Sprott, Yvonne Masson, Margaret Cunnew and Roland Bostock ran our stall at the Full of Life Fair, Twickenham.
18-Oct-2018 Members' meeting - talk by Susan Moore on 'Chancery Proceedings'.
22-Sept-2018 Margaret Cunnew, John Seaman, Pat Candler and Roland Bostock ran our stall at the Family History Show at Sandown Racecourse, Esher, Surrey.
20-Sept-2018 Members' meeting - talk by David Turner on 'Forgotten staff: Victorian and Edwardian Railwaywomen'.
16-Aug-2018 Members' meeting - talk by Kirsty Gray on 'Women in WW1'.
28-July-2018 Margaret Cunnew and Muriel Sprott ran our stall at the Buckinghamshire FHS Open Day in Aylesbury.
19-July-2018 Members' meeting - 40th year celebrations - some reminiscing of our 40 years led by Yvonne Masson.
21-June-2018 Members' meeting - talk by Jane King on 'The History of the Foundling Hospital'.
17-May-2018 Members' meeting - talk by Elizabeth Owen on 'How can memorabilia help with family history?'.
12-May-2018 Roland Bostock, Margaret Cunnew, Ann Greene, Yvonne Masson and Muriel Sprott ran our stall (and an advice session) as part of the CityRead event at Feltham Library
5/6-May-2018 Roland Bostock, Margaret Cunnew, Ann Greene, Yvonne Masson and Muriel Sprott ran our stall at The Name Event at Earls Court
19-Apr-2018 Members' meeting - talk by Judy Hill on 'Victorian Life Below Stairs'.
15-Mar-2018 Our AGM was held at St. John's Centre, Isleworth, with talk by Jef Page on 'London in the 1880s: hard work, poverty & street life'. Honorary memberships were awarded to Yvonne Masson and Brian and Pam Smith.
15-Feb-2018 Members' meeting - talk by James Wisdom on 'The Layton Collection'.
18-Jan-2018 Members' meeting - talk by Leigh Dworkin on 'Tracing Jewish Ancestors'.

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Next Meeting

Our next meeting is on Thursday 16th May 2024. The focus of the meeting will be a talk by Ian Currie titled The Frost Fairs. Ian will be speaking on Zoom. Members may be remote or at St. John's.

Next Fair

Our next family history fair is the Family History Show - London at Kempton Park Racecourse on Saturday 5th October 2024.


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3-May-2024

Committee minutes for March 2024 now added to Members Area.

19-April-2024

New image (and tip) of the month.

15-April-2024

Digitised journals now go back to 1980, all fully indexed.

4-April-2024

Digitised journals now go back to 1981, all fully indexed.

22-March-2024

New image (and tip) of the month.

22-March-2024

The memorial inscriptions of St. Mary, Hanwell are added..


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