Culture

  Michael’s talk will cover of the invention of margarine in 1869 by French chemist Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès in response to a contest held by Emperor Napoleon III. It will be preceded by the Society’s AGM.   Visitors welcome, suggested donation £3

Thamar will explore a diary kept at The Hall in Pinner, home to James Grenville MP.  His brothers included the owner of Stowe and the Prime Minister. For us, the main interest is the glimpses of Pinner life – the fair, chalk pits, a stagecoach service, a post lady, and journeys to London, once though…