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From our files January, ten, 25, 50 and 100 years ago

2:33pm Thursday 22nd January 2009

hb week 4, 23/1/09 Ten years ago One of the borough’s largest employers is to sell its new £240 million headquarters and rent it back for £18 million a year. Pharmaceutical giant SmithKline Beecham is expected to announce the owner of the new offices on the Golden Mile in Brentford within weeks. The new owner will have to pay for the construction costs and then rent it to SB over 25 years. The proposed development on the 13 acre former Trico site is the size of seven football pitches and will house a 13 storey tower block and nearly 1,650 staff.

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Dates and data

2:27pm Thursday 22nd January 2009

DATES&DATA Excavations at St. Martin-in-the-Fields is the subject of the first meeting of 2009 of the Hounslow and District History Society to be held at Montague Hall, Montague Road, Hounslow on Tuesday January 27 at 8pm. Secretary 020 8890 5078.

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Dates and Data

2:20pm Friday 16th January 2009

Pictured here is the view from Richmond Hill by Cropsey. Richard Thomas’ lecture on Richmond Hill: a place in art - visions of perfect harmony explores the story of paintings of the famous view and of their famous artists, such as Cropsey, Reynolds (who lived on the Hill at Wick House) and Turner. Richard Thomas is a freelance lecturer and artist, associated with the Tate for many years. He has also worked with education teams at the National Gallery, Christie's Modern Art Studies and Sotheby's Institute. This will be a rare opportunity for those who missed - and those who wish to hear again - his sell-out talk on the subject at the Petersham Festival. The evening is organised by the Richmond Local History Society at Duke Street Baptist Church, Richmond. Visitors welcome £1. Doors open 7.30pm for 8pm on Monday January 12. Secretary Elizabeth Velluet 020 8891 3825. Visit hhtp:// richmondhistory.org.uk The Stag Brewery - due to close next year - has a fascinating history, and its life and times in the last century are spelled out in the book Hand in Hand – Watney’s Mortlake World. Compiled by Murray Hedgcock from the archives of the company magazine, this is published by the Barnes and Mortlake History Society. Copies are available through the society website - http://www.barnes-history.org.uk/ The next Barnes and Mortlake History Society lectures begin at 8pm on Thursday January 15 at the Sheen Lane Centre, 74 Sheen Lane, East Sheen. Secretary Helen Deaton 020 8878 4071. Visitors welcome £2. James Wisdom will relate The history of fishing in Chiswick. The West Middlesex Family History Society meets in the Montague Hall, Montague Road, Hounslow, 7.15pm open, talk at 8pm. Free. Society membership and further information Yvonne Masson, 65 St Margarets Grove, Twickenham. TW1 1JF or visit www.west-middlesex-fhs.org.uk Meetings include talks on aspects of family or local history. In addition, many of the society's resources and indexes are normally available for consultation from about 7.15 pm. Thursday January 15: Sex and Love in Shakespeare and the Jacobeans by Peter Storfer. Brentford and Chiswick History Society, 020 8994 4231, talks take place on the third Monday of the month at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Afton House, Bourne Place, Chiswick starting at 7.30pm. Remember that Afton House does not open until 7pm. If you wish to become a member, come along to one of the meetings or send a cheque for £9 made payable to Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society to membership secretary, 12 Brook Road South, Brentford TW8 0NN. Also enclose your name, address and phone number. Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society.

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From our files - January

4:39pm Thursday 15th January 2009

Ten years ago Shoppers braving the January sales showed their anti-European colours with a call to keep Britain out of the European Monetary Union. More than 200 passers-by signed a petition put out by the newly formed Democracy Movement on Richmond’s George Street.

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From our files - Richmond and Twickenham Times

2:20pm Friday 9th January 2009

The Nicholas family show off their latest addition, James Graham, who was born on Christmas morning 1983 at Kingston Hospital.

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Researching life of

4:32pm Thursday 8th January 2009

I am researching the life of my great grandfather, Thomas Moore May, who lived in Kew and worked as a warden at Kew Palace in 1901.

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From our files January 9

4:37pm Thursday 8th January 2009

Ten years ago Ann Keen, MP for Brentford and Isleworth has been appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Frank Dobson.

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