Memories of Post War Thames talk 25 September 2019

I greatly enjoyed giving this illustrated talk to the Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Local History Society. This was my last talk as at nearly 87 my memory is not quite what it used to be! It was an honour to be invited and it couldn't have been to a nicer, more appreciative and appropriate group of people to end a long career of lectures / talks.

The group meets at The Old Mortuary but have a very active programme of visits and talks, they have 3 more talks left for this year and you can find out more about the talks and if you would like to join them here; https://www.rbhistory.org.uk/copy-of-programme-2018 .

I hope to see many of those who attended again at the 'Meet the Artist' afternoon, Saturday 19th October at West Greenwich Library .

West Greenwich Library Talk 9th June 2017

The 2 videos below are a recording of the talk I gave at West Greenwich Library in June this year. I hope they give an idea of my background, the city life that shaped me and what led me to become so passionate about painting the Thames. The recordings are by Irene Butcher and Delia Scales. Irene filmed the introduction with the jazzy music and did a brilliant job in editing. Delia, who did most of the filming, admits that as a first attempt at filming it's a bit shaky in places with some unusual angles and close ups but I think they capture the gist of it all! Peter Garretty mastered the mysteries of uploading videos! My thanks to a great team and also to all those people that attended the talk and I hope it will be of interest now to many that didn't. Thank you also to West Greenwich Library for their generous support, they truly are a fantastic local resource.    

Part 1

Part 2

Scenes from Post-War London 1946 - 1960 exhibition

Some photos from the exhibition currently on at West Greenwich Library...

Photo courtesy of Irene Butcher

Photo courtesy of Irene Butcher

Photo courtesy of Irene Butcher

Scenes from Post-War London. The Early Paintings of Terry Scales.

9th May - 10th June.

West Greenwich Library, 146 Greenwich High Road, SE10 8NN.

Opening times;
Monday: 2pm to 7pm
Tuesday: 9am to 5.30pm
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 9am to 7pm
Friday: 2pm to 5.30pm
Saturday: 9am to 5pm
Sunday: Closed

Date of artist talk; 9th June 3 - 4 pm, free.