Industrialisation of Kew & North Richmond in WW1 at Duke Street Baptist Church

Name: Industrialisation of Kew & North Richmond in WW1
Start: 2020-02-10
End: 2020-02-10
Location: Duke Street Baptist Church

Talk, Mon 10 Feb 2020

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Richmond Local History Society

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Duke Street,
Richmond,
TW9 1DH

Events at this Venue

date	event
Tue 4 Feb	The Magic of Prague: Czech Art and Culture
Mon 10 Feb	Industrialisation of Kew & North Richmond in WW1
Tue 3 Mar	The English Domestic Revival
Mon 9 Mar	Talk: The social history of Queen’s Road, Richmond
Tue 7 Apr	So They Cook After All!”
Mon 20 Apr	Talk: Five acres, one rood and four perches

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Along with a number of other residential and pleasant parts of Surrey, heavy industry was forced upon the residents of Kew and North Richmond by the needs of the war and the massive expansion of industry from 1917. This included two large aircraft factories which built over 2000 aircraft between them, and a number of supporting engineering concerns. By the end of the war these factories employed over 2000 men and 700 women. But where has it all gone?

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