Ruislip, Northwood and Eastcote Local History Society
Tuesday January 20, 8:00 pm
St Martin’s Church Hall
For our first meeting of 2026 our speaker will be Stephen Fielding, Heritage Projects Manager for Habitats & Heritage. Stephen will present a talk on the period known as ‘The Great Stink’ which referred to the deeply polluted state of the River Thames during the summer of 1858. His talk will cover the rationale for and Joseph Bazalgette’s work in designing London’s Victorian sewers and its impact not only on the River Thames but also on the whole Thames Basin’s water supply, downstream and upstream of London itself.
Visitors are welcome (£3 donation). Any changes to these arrangements will be posted on the RNELHS website. For further information please contact the Membership Secretary at membership@rnelhs.ukRuislip, Northwood and Eastcote Local History Society
Tuesday February 17, 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm
St Martin’s Church Hall
For our February meeting we welcome Claudia Mernick, an experienced guide at Grim’s Dyke House and Gardens, to tell us about “Grim’s Dyke: the story of a house and its inhabitants”.
The house, which was built by Richard Norman Shaw for painter Frederick Goodall and named after the nearby prehistoric earthwork known as Grim’s Ditch, is best known as the home of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, of the opera partnership Gilbert and Sullivan.
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