REVIEW OF BOOKS ON THE HISTORY OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES.
Reviews on four books covering Kingston, its suburbs and societies…
This is a PowerPoint presentation with notes of a talk entitled “Charles Lock Luck of Surbiton. The architect & the man” that was given at a meeting of the Kingston upon Thames Society held in the Judge Theatre of Tiffin School on 17 November 2021. It is based on a paper “Charles Lock Luck, 1833-1890, a Surbiton architect”, 1 March 2021, on the website, www.kingstonhistoryresearch.co.uk The presentation includes later research which was possible after the easing of Covid-19 lockdown measures and it addresses some of the points made during the discussion after the talk.
Reviews on four books covering Kingston, its suburbs and societies…
…today’s Eden Street was once called “Heathen Street”…
In the Spring of 1901 Kingston Debating Society [KDS], founded in 1886, had 48 members, although not all attended the debates held in that season.
Catherine McAllister, Assistant Matron at Kingston Infirmary, killed in the Irish Mail Disaster, 14 August 1915