MAIN MEETINGS PROGRAMME

2025

9th October - Hendon: London's First Aerodrome, Mark Amies

6th November - The Story of the Guinness Park Royal Brewery 1936-2005, David Hughes

4th December - The History of the Rickmansworth Aquadrome, Chris Hillier (Rickmansworth History Society)

2026

5th February - Battle of Britain House, Ruislip, Evan Panagopoulos

5th March - Educating Pinner - The Story of Pinner Schools, Research Group Presentation

9th April - Codebreaking, Intelligence, and The Impact of the Americans during WW2
at Eastcote, Ronald Koorm

7th May - (speaker & subject TBC) + AGM

The May meeting will take place at Pinner Parish Church Hall, Church Lane, Pinner, HA5 3AA

4th June - Pinner’s Roads to London and the Pinner Turnpike, Thamar MacIver

Meetings take place at Pinner Village Hall, Chapel Lane Car Park, Pinner, HA5 1AA, and begin at 8.00pm (Thursdays).

Visitors are very welcome: suggested donation £3.

'MAKE YOUR OWN WAY' VISIT

Our next 'Make Your Own Way' visit will be to the mediaeval Manor House at Chenies. It will be on 12th November at 2pm and the cost will be £17.50. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available on arrival.

Chenies is still a family home and the guided tour will show a series of rooms first constructed in the 15th and 16th centuries. The house has been much altered over the centuries and its fascinating history will be explained. Historical associations include visits by Henry VIII and Elizabeth I and the building includes a priest hole. Time Team visited in 2004 and uncovered remains of a much larger house. Weather permitting, the extensive gardens can be visited.

As this is a private visit, we would request those interested to let Michael Mendelblat (mendelblat@hotmail.co.uk) know as soon as possible. We will try to organise lifts for those who do not have access to transport.

If you have any suggestions for future visits please let Michael know.