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Apparently we're blessed with “Hills” aplenty in this land of no hills, (as mentioned in my introduction to these Little Histories). As a...

As seen on the Surrey bank of the Thames between Richmond and Kingston bridges, and the Middlesex bank between Kingston and Hampton Court...

How embarrassing for the poor sod who leaned on the nearest of these old phone boxes and caused this. Or perhaps, worse for drink,...

This old concrete "skeleton" will have seen some action. There would've been a time when, particularly on a warm and sunny day, it'd have...

In 1884 the 31 year old Reverend Francis Leith Boyd was appointed the first vicar of St Mary’s in Teddington, with a congregation of 180....

Pete would see you right if you wanted to pick up some flowers on the way home from work. A little more on the "Flower Man" in a bit. In...

Of the three libraries included in A Hundred and One Little Histories, Hampton Wick is unique in that it was not funded by busy...

The only Downs in this post are an extraordinary and enlightened couple, Dr. John Langdon Down and his wife Mary, who are also...

... on the Thames. Not as ambitious a cycle ride as perhaps you first thought. Nonetheless, a gratefully received suggestion from friend...

Eight quirky “treats” on the Thames. Oh I'd have fun if I were an estate agent ... 1. Hampton: Overlooking the water works, and a stones...

That fearsome fate awaited the second incarnation of this iconic theatre, more of which shortly. The current (third) theatre is shown...

An occupant of one of the barges and boats moored nearby has clearly come across something unpleasant under the Kingston Bridge arches....

The theme of expansion for places of worship to accommodate a growing population on the back of an extending rail network has threaded...

Quite a career. This is a bronze bust in Richmond, on the Surrey bank of the Thames, a few yards from the bridge. It celebrates a South...

The London cholera epidemics of the early 19th Century were caused, and perpetuated, by contaminated drinking water. An engineer...

So wrote a well-known local luminary to British general, statesman and friend Henry Seymour Conway in September 1774 following a month of...

June 9th 2020 And they did. I appreciate the actual quote was “Build it and he will come”, spoken by Ray Liotta in the 1989 film Field of...

In this morning’s route order: 1. Richmond bridge looking looking south-west (see Post 67 for more) 2. Footbridge in Twickenham from York...

Orleans House, built on the Middlesex bank of the Thames in Twickenham in 1710, became home in 1737 to, (among others in it‘s 216 years),...

This post features Twickenham's Mary Wallace Theatre, St. Mary's Church and The Barmy Arms. Tucked away on Twickenham’s riverside...