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Events 2023/2024
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho - Performed by Paterson Joseph
Whitehall - New Public Spaces Development Proposals
Lambeth Bridge Safety and Security Project
Victoria Tower Gardens
Research Visit to the Archives - Tufton Street Tree & Plaque to Siegfried Sassoon
New research into the 'Letter Purse' in our Archives collection
Thorney Island Article in January issue of The House
CONGRATULATIONS ! New Year Honours, January 2023
The Society's Christmas Party 2022
WCC Review into Replacement of Heritage Gaslights
The Society is looking for a new Chair and Membership Secretary
Our 36th AGM - 8th November 2022
The Queen is dead, long live the King!
The Royal Parks Panel - Sign Up!
The Society's Summer Party - June 2022
Local Choir Sing for Jubilee!
Act of Queen Victoria rescues Victoria Tower Gardens
Europe's 6th Most Gorgeous Park - February 2022
Thorney Tales (22) - Rosamund's Pond
News ! Victoria Tower Gardens
The Stag Brewery, Palace Street - Collection of Photographs held at the Westminster Archives
Thorney Tales (21) - Aphra Behn, playwright, poet, feminist, spy - Ahead of her times (1640-1689)
Proposed destruction of Victoria Tower Gardens - Background to our Opposition
Caring for the Poor & Vulnerable on Thorney Island, a Zoom talk - July 2021
CoExistence - Elephants in the Parks, June/July 2021
The IncrEDIBLE Collections at the RHS Lindley Library - A talk via Zoom by RHS Librarian Susan Robin, July 2021
The Gardens of Westminster Abbey - A talk by Jan Pancheri, June 2021
A Military Musical Spectacular - July 2021
Westminster's Royal Aquarium - A talk by Victor Keegan, May 2021
In the Shadow of St John's Smith Square - A Talk by Rosalind Vincent, May 2021
Rediscovering the Medieval Palace of Westminster, Talk by Dr Elizabeth Biggs - April 2021
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
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
St. James's and The Green Park Update and Movement Strategy - 10th July 2020
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

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