The 45th West London Local History Conference.

Saturday 11 April 2026 at Duke Street Church, Richmond upon Thames.

Tickets are £15 for a full day of local history and are available here.

“Shopping is Never Done – West London High Streets Down the Decades”.

Programme

9.30	Doors open	Stalls available for browsing
9.45	Paul Rawkins	Welcome and housekeeping
9.55	Questors Theatre	Down Our High Street: The Reminiscence Roadshow
10.30	Coffee Break & Bookstalls
11.00	David Shailes	Goddards: Serving Bretford for 200 years
11-35	James Marshall	Feltham & Hounslow: Change in two high streets from 1950’s to the present
12.15	Lunch Break
1.15		After lunch readings
1.45	Neil Robson	Arding & Hobbs, Clapham Junction: South London’s finest drapery house
2.20	Tea Break & Bookstalls
2.50	Carolynne Cotton	Bentalls: The Kingston Department Store since 1867
3-30	Val Bott	Shopping in Georgian Brent

Conference sponsored by the local history societies for: Acton, Barnes & Mortlake, Brentford & Chiswick, Fulham & Hammersmith, Hounslow, Richmond, Twickenham, Wandsworth and the West Middlesex Family History Society.