The Isleworth Society AGM and Member Consultation
Thursday 5 June 2025
Isleworth Public Hall
Doors open 7pm for a 7.30pm start
Click here to share your views on The Isleworth Society priorities ahead of the AGM (to access the link you may need to use 'guest mode')
Please respond before Tuesday 3rd June so we can collate the replies for a discussion at the meeting
AGM led by Acting Chair (7.30pm)
*Reflection on contribution of Sue Casey as TIS Chair
*Review Minutes from previous AGM 16/5/24
*Committee report - TIS highlights and events from the Year
*Treasurers Report
*Membership Report
*Election of Committee Members:
We welcome new members of the committee, in particular we are seeking a Chair and members with an interest in; engaging with local planning matters, communications and organising events.
To find out more contact Acting Chair, Andy Roper on roperandy@hotmail.com to arrange to meet existing committee members
*Election to TIS Honorary President role
*Invitation to all Members to express interest as a volunteer to help with specific TIS issues
Refreshment interval 8.15pm-8.30pm
TIS Members Consultation, led by Membership Officer (8.30pm)
*Discussion of results from Members survey
*Consultation and Discussion
*Forward look and next steps
Meeting close expected 9.15pm
This is an important meeting and member consultation opportunity where you can have your say to help shape the future of The Isleworth Society.
We look forward to seeing you to hear your views
The Isleworth Society Committee
Contact us on: newsletter.isleworth.soc@gmail.com
Tribute to Susan Casey 1950 - 2025
The Isleworth Society is sad to report the death of our Chair Susan Casey on Friday 31 January 2025.
A memorial website has been established at
https://susan-j-casey.muchloved.com
The family would love to see memories, comments, condolences noted there. Funeral details will be posted on the above link when finalised.
Shrewsbury Walk - The Early Years
The Earl of Shrewsbury had significant connections with Isleworth. Charles Talbot, 12th Earl, and Duke of Shrewsbury (1660-1718) resided occasionally at Shrewsbury House and died there. The house stood on the site of Beck’s Wharf, originally Shrewsbury Wharf and now Lion Wharf, and was owned originally by Sir Thomas Ingram. A nobleman of great political note in the reigns of King William and Queen Anne, Charles Talbot was at one time Lord High Chamberlain of the Household, Lord High Treasurer of England and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, three great offices never before united in the same person. His half portrait below is of the school of Godfrey Kneller c1700.
The house was used as a school for Roman Catholic boys from St Mary’s, which moved to its existing site on the Twickenham Road in 1905. A Mr T. Davey of Inwood Road Hounslow, wrote of his experiences there: ‘Who could ever forget or old master and governess there, Mr and Mrs Jack Gavan…. the governess chasing us boys up Beck’s Wharf as naked as we were born, carrying our clothes after swimming in the Thames, down the Wharf, often times having swum across to the Ait to escape her; and the journeys on the Ait to the ‘Og-Hole’, which actually was an open air swimming bath, let fall into decay before it was opened and closed and reopened again in 1902.’
Photos from Hounslow Local Studies at Feltham Library
The photos were taken in 1961, just after the new housing and shopping centre was developed in Shrewsbury Walk.
Recognisable businesses are Philips and Harwin Electrics. If anyone knows anything about the early businesses, shopkeepers or residents who lived here in the 1960s, do please do get in contact with us by email at: newsletter.isleworth.soc@gmail.com
Around Isleworth
Isleworth stretches from Cole Park Allotments in the west, north to Osterley and to Syon Park in the east, including Ivybridge, Worton, the Woodlands, Spring Grove, St John’s Road and Old Isleworth; it also shares three rivers (The Crane, Duke of Northumberland’s and Thames) as well as sections of the London, Great West, Richmond and Twickenham roads. Enjoy the virtual photo tour of some of its special places
Cole Park Allotments
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