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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.


  • David
    • TB and meningitis as a child

    • Working and lecturing in law

    • Chair of Law Society Disabled Group

    • Flying a plane

    • Sailing a yacht
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  • Sheena
    • Engineering and bridge building apprenticeship;
    • Social work degree from Oxford and social work in Teddington;
    • Shops in Teddington;
    • Sailing to Norway and Finland;
    • Changes in society.
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  • Ivy
    Ivy
    • Landmark Centre in the 1990s
    • Shops and housing in Teddington
    • Teddington Hydrotherapy pool
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  • Douglas Brown - our Founder
    • Founder of our Care Group in 1975

    • MBE for services to the community

    • Opera and theatre enthusiast

    • Volunteered on Samaritans’ phone helplines
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