The Pinner Association

Heath Robinson’s Shakespeare Illustrations
2023-02-17 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-02-18 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-02-19 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-02-23 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-02-24 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-02-25 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-02-26 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-03-02 11:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) and 11 more dates | Heath Robinson Museum, 50 West End Lane, Pinner, HA5 1AE, United Kingdom
The 31st May 2022 will be the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Heath Robinson. He was trained as an artist at the Royal Academy Schools, and as past exhibitions at the Museum have shown, he was a great illustrator and a highly accomplished painter in watercolours, but it is as a humorous artist that he is best known. To mark this important anniversary, we shall be exhibiting a selection of his cartoons representing the wide range of his subjects and spanning his humorous output from 1905 to 1943.
During two World Wars he deployed irony and satire to counter German propaganda and to bring a little mirth into the otherwise painful lives of servicemen and civilians. Both greatly appreciated his efforts. A similar dry humour was used to satirise the pomposity and fussiness of those who took themselves too seriously. He was modest and gentle, qualities that shine through in his humour.
As a review of his memorial exhibition in the Times in 1945 commented, “What may be unexpected in this exhibition is the fineness of Heath Robinson’s craftsmanship – the clean and firm fluency of his pen line and the quality of his watercolour washes. Those who have known his work only in reproduction will be surprised at its technical excellence.”
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Pinner Local History Society Talk - Pinner At War
2023-03-02 20:00 - 22:00 | Pinner Village Hall, Chapel Lane, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 1AA, United Kingdom
The next meeting of the Pinner Local History Society is on Thursday 2 March at 8 pm in The Pinner Village Hall. It is entitled “Pinner at War”. The Society’s Research Group will present how the two great wars of the 20th century impacted Pinner and surrounding areas including Hatch End, Rayners Lane, and their inhabitants. Everyone is bound to discover something new.
From the First World War we will learn about the young men who went to war and how the village was transformed in their absence.
During World War II Pinner was again transformed by the work of the Home Guard, “Dad’s Army”; and the devastating consequences of the bombs that fell on Pinner and surrounding areas.
If you know anyone who is interested in in the subject of WW1 or WW2 and lives or lived in the area, please invite them along. Visitors are very welcome (suggested donation £3).
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Amici Chamber Choir - Glory to God Concert
2023-03-11 19:30 - 22:00 | Pinner Parish Church, Church Lane, HA5 3AA, Select a Country:
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Harrow Choral Society - Haydn The Creation
2023-03-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Elliott Hall, Harrow Arts Centre, Hatch End, HA5 4EA, United Kingdom

Heath Robinson’s Hidden Treasures
2023-03-25 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-03-26 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-03-30 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-03-31 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-01 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-02 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-06 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-07 11:00 - 16:00 | Heath Robinson Museum, 50 West End Lane, Pinner, HA5 1AE, United Kingdom
he exhibition shows the body of works collected by Martin and Joanne Verden.
The Verden family’s ties with the Heath Robinson Museum and Pinner’s local community are longstanding, and this exhibition will highlight many of the excellent artworks in the family collection. Many of these works of art will be shown to the public for the first time.
The Verden Collection contains exceptional illustrative works by William Heath Robinson, Charles Robinson and Thomas Heath Robinson, many of which have not been exhibited before. The range is diverse, espousing William Heath Robinson’s humorous cartoons, illustrations and advertising work, including original drawings for Railway Ribaldry and his How To… series of books. The exhibition will contribute to public understanding and appreciation of the Robinson brothers’ work. Audiences will be able to see these original artworks for the first time, brought together as an exceptional collection.
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