Life Stories
Life Stories is a feature in which our clients tell the story of their long and wonderful lives, in their own words.
Most of their memories stretch back more than 90 years, and in some cases nearly a hundred years, of living in Teddington and Hampton Wick.
It’s a fascinating insight which we hope you will enjoy reading, as much as they enjoyed telling.
We have also published a booklet version of the Life Stories, which have been delivered to local houses and libraries.
Contact us if you or somebody you know would like to have a Life Story featured here, or in future booklets.
Click on a name below to read a Life Story.
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- Life in Teddington in the 1930s and 1940s;
- Stanley Road School, Victoria School, Thames Valley School;
- Shops in Teddington;
- Savoy Cinema;
- Working at Richmond Ice Rink.
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- Graduating in science from University College of the South West of England (now University of Exeter);
- Working as a woman in science in the 1950s;
- Radar, sonar and underwater acoustics;
- Royal Navy submarine design;
- Local history research;
- Teddington Society;
- Elmfield House;
- Saxons in Teddington (or not).
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- Born and lived in Teddington since 1946
- Took photo of stricken Virgin jet for The Sun newspaper
- Huge fan of aircraft - but never flown
- Shops in Teddington in 1950s
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- Lived in Teddington since 1939
- Hiding under a brass bed from German bombs
- Plucking chickens as a girl for pocket money
- Teddington High Street in the 1950s and 60s
