PINNER LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY
PINNER VILLAGE HALL, CHAPEL LANE CAR PARK, HA5 1AB
MAIN MEETINGS PROGRAMME 2019 – 20
Meetings begin at 8.00pm
5 Sept “Watford’s Bronze Age Hoard”, Lauri Elvin.
A local archaeologist on treasures discovered in 1960.
3 Oct “Outstation Eastcote to GCHQ”, Ronald Koorm.
Code-breaking in World War II and more.
7 Nov “Mrs Marshall, Pinner’s Other Domestic Goddess”, Pat Clarke
Our local historian with new revelations.
5 Dec “An Underground Guide to 1950s London”, Nick Dobson.
Enjoy a virtual underground ride to yesterday’s London.
6 Feb 2020 “Behind the scenes of the Battle of Britain”, David Keen.
Including Bentley Priory’s place in history.
5 March “Building Pinner”, Research Group Presentation.
New research by Society members.
2 April “The Devil’s Acre”, Charlie Forman.
A Victorian slum near Westminster Abbey.
21 May AGM, followed by “Eastcote House Gardens by Charmian Baker.
“The Story behind the Lottery Project”
4 June “Commuting from Edwardian Pinner”, by Thamar MacIver
and Michael Mendelblat. “A golden age – or not?”