Horatia in Pinner By Lily Styles

Pinner Village Hall Chapel Lane, Pinner, Middlesex, United Kingdom

The talk will explore how Lord Nelson’s only daughter chose to end her days in obscurity in Pinner.  The talk will be presented by Lily Styles, Horatia’s 3rd great-granddaughter and founder of the Emma Hamilton Society.   Visitor's welcome, suggested donation £3.

The PLHS AGM, followed by The Oily History of Margarine By Michael Clarke

Pinner Village Hall

  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

A Grand Pinner Household in the 1790’s by Thamar MacIver

Pinner Village Hall Chapel Lane, Pinner, Middlesex, United Kingdom

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…