History of the African and Caribbean Community in Britain Preserved The talk will be about the 30-odd year history of Black Cultural Archives and its past, present and future. The focus will be on the individuals who made the dream of …
Sir Hans Sloane, Chelsea Porcelain and the Chelsea Physic Garden. Sally Kevill-Davies will talk about the history of the plants grown at the Chelsea Physic garden and painted on Chelsea porcelain plates during the 1750s. The botanical designs for the …
Up In Smoke: The Failed Dreams Of Battersea Power Station Author Peter Watts will talk about Battersea Power Station, the building’s illustrious past and it’s fall into ruin while explaining the reasons for the length of time it has taken to save …
Bandstand Beds: Community Food Growing in Clapham David Dandridge and Diana Linskey will talk about the journey to build Bandstand Beds into a community group that has flourished and put food growing in the heart of Clapham. It has been a …
Clapham Society Talk London-based French journalists, Eric Albert and Etienne Duval, give a talk entitled: Au revoir to the Union? A European view of post-Brexit London, England and Scotland. The journalists will share their views on the impact of Brexit on …
Dr Katie Donington will talk about Slavery, Commerce and the Hibbert Family and their links to slavery and Clapham. George Hibbert MP was a leading parliamentary proslavery advocate who lived in a large house with a renowned garden on Clapham Common …