A History of the Victoria Tower Gardens
Articles
- The Thorney Island Society sends condolences to Her Majesty The Queen and her Family
- Events 2021-2022 Details
- St Stephen's Church, Rochester Row, A Talk by John Turpin - April 2021
- The History & Restoration of The Queen Anne State Bed - A talk by Ian Block, March 2021
- Plague - A talk by author Julie Anderson, March 2021
- St John's Smith Square Online Concert - Recording from 15th February 2021
- The Buildings of Green Park, A talk by Andrew Jones, February 2021
- Events 2021 - New Programme of Talks via Zoom
- LIVE Carols & Thorney Christmas Quiz via Zoom - December 2020
- Thorney Tales (20) A History of Parliament in Two Glimpses
- Refurbishment of 7 Millbank
- The Society's 34th AGM & Talk via Zoom - Tuesday 10th November
- The definitive book on the history of VTG ......
- A History of St James's Park through Trees, Talk by Greg Packman - October 2020
- Westminster Coroner's Court
- 10 Greycoat Place - Developer's Consultation
- Visit to the RHS Lindley Library
- St. James's and The Green Park Update and Movement Strategy - 10th July 2020
- Caring for the Poor and Vulnerable on Thorney Island, Guided Walk
- Stephen Myers
- The Truth behind the National Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens
- Bearskins, Bayonets and Bravery - New Guards Museum podcast
- Victoria Tower Gardens - Judicial Review brought by the London Gardens Trust
- Two Africans with strong links to Thorney Island escaped slavery to become role models in London over 250 years ago
- Collecting fine bookbindings Zoom Talk - June 2020
- RUSI, The Royal United Services Institute, Whitehall
- London History Day, 31st May 2020 - 10 Old Pye Street
- Urban Tree Festival 2020 - Online
- Live Video of Feeding St James's Park Pelicans
- St Stephen's Church, Rochester Row
- Westminster Kingsway College
- Save Victoria Tower Gardens - Planning Inquiry 6th October - 13th November
- Thorney Tales (19) Revd James Palmer and Palmer's Village
- Workshop by Jens Jakobsen, Master Florist at the Blewcoat School - March 2020
- Consultation Begins - Southside, Victoria Street
- Ignatius Sancho, Short Talk by Victor Keegan - February 2020
- Christchurch Gardens Reconstruction Short Talk - January 2020
- Christmas Party 2019
- 55 Broadway - Planning application
- Richmond House, Whitehall - The Northern Parliamentary Estate
- 20mph Throughout Westminster ? YES !
- The Society's 33rd AGM, 12th November 2019
- Visit to the Palace of Westminster & Jewel Tower - October 2019
- Thorney Tales (18) The Buxton Memorial Fountain
- Mission: Invertebrate, The Green Park - August 2019
- Tour of Buckingham Palace Gardens - August 2019
- From Beer to the Bard - A Victoria Walk by Anthony Davis - July 2019
- Special Tour of Westminster Abbey - July 2019
- Gems of Thorney Island, A Walk by Victor Keegan - July 2019
- The Guards Museum, Wellington Barracks - Volunteers
- Victoria Tower Gardens, poem by Elizabeth Witts
- The Green Park Tree Walk - May 2019
- Visit to Bonhams Auctioneers - May 2019
- Visit to Westminster Cathedral - May 2019
- Visit to The Speakers House - April 2019
- Ann Carlton our Co-founder
- Thorney Tales (17) Westminster Coke and Gas Company
- Duck Island Volunteer Project
- Illuminated River
- Dolphin Square Redevelopment
- AGM 2018
- Centenary of Armistice Cenotaph Service and Exhibition in St James's Park
- Visit to The Queen's Jubilee Galleries, Westminster Abbey - September 2018
- Thorney Tales (16) College Hall, Westminster Abbey / School
- Relocation of Emmeline Pankhurst statue from Victoria Tower Gardens
- Visit to The Church House - August 2018
- "The Devil's Acre before Peabody" Talk - August 2018
- Visits to Westminster School - July 2018
- Purcell Musical Tour of Westminster Abbey - June 2018
- Reception to mark the opening of The Queen's Jubilee Galleries, Westminster Abbey - June 2018
- Proposals for Christchurch Gardens, Victoria Street - June 2018
- Thorney Island Sources Tour of Westminster Archives - June 2018
- Visit to the Institution of Civil Engineers - May 2018
- St James's Park Tree Walk - May 2018
- Unveiling of Millicent Fawcett Statue in Parliament Square - April 2018
- Visit to Watts & Co, Ecclesiastical Furnishers & Outfitters - April 2018
- Broadway & Carteret Street
- Thorney Tales (15) Henry Purcell's Birthplace
- AGM 2017 & Talk
- Townsend House, Greycoat Place
- Thorney Tales (14) Siegfried Sassoon
- Chelsea College of Art & Design Collaboration
- Introducing our New Chair
- Lambeth Bridge Roundabout
- Tour of St James the Less church in Pimlico - September 2017
- Local Tree Walk with Paul Akers, WCC Arboriculturalist - September 2017
- Visit to HM Treasury building - July 2017
- Thorney Tales (13) - Elizabeth Woodville
- Suffragist Millicent Fawcett - First women honoured in Parliament Square ?
- Visit to St Margaret's Church - July 2017
- Parks: Our Shared Heritage Exhibition - July/August 2017
- Consultation by WCC on Future Growth/Building Height
- Proposed memorial statue to Lady Margaret Thatcher in Parliament Square
- Thorney Tales (12) The Jerusalem Chamber
- 61-71 Victoria Street
- Vauxhall Bridge Road/Tachbrook St Draft Development Opportunity
- Visit to Tate Britain's Archives & Library, November 2016
- Thorney Tales (11) - The Abbey Garden
- St Andrew's Club - 150th Anniversary, October 2016
- June Stubbs 1927 - 2016
- Henry V's Chantry Chapel Visit, October 2016
- Thorney Tales (10) - Oliver Cromwell v Charles I
- The Victoria Tower Gardens & The National Holocaust Memorial & Learning Centre
- Old War Office, 57 Whitehall
- Our visit to Parliament's hidden medieval places, 28th July 2016
- Westminster Fire Station
- Thorney Tales (9) - Governor of Duck Island
- Thorney Tales (8) Westminster Opera House
- Fundraising Gala Dinner September 2016
- Fundraising Gala Dinner September 2016
- New Scotland Yard, 10 Broadway
- What is Thorney Island ?
- Millbank Tower grows taller
- Welcome
- Thorney Tales (7) - Storey's Gate
- Thorney Tales (6) - St Margaret's Church, the amazing history of a window
- Paddington Tower
- WCC say "No" (AGAIN!) to proposed sculpture outside Westminster Central Hall
- Objection to proposed cycle stands in Queen Anne's Gate
- A visit to the hidden archives of Westminster Abbey, 4th November 2015
- Visit to new Parliamentary Education Centre, 28th October 2015
- Thorney Tales (5) - Westminster Hall Roof
- Thorney Tales (4) - The tomb behind one of Britain's biggest fortunes
- Thorney Tales (3) - The Jewel Tower
- Visit to the RHS Lindley Library, 14th July 2015
- Thorney Tales (2) - The River Tyburn
- The Garden Bridge Controversy
- Visit to Bridgewater House
- Queen's Walk Cycle Route, The Green Park
- Thorney Tales (1) - Britain's Hidden Treasure Trove
- AGM 2016 & the Panorama of The Thames Project
- Annual Review 2014-15