THE SOCIETY NEWSLETTER T I D I N G S Helping to make Teddington even better Number 158 Autumn 2012

Diamond Jubilee Edition

Contents: These past few months have From the Editor 2 seen a frenzy of historic and momentous events and Teddington Village Fair 2013 2 celebrations and Teddington has Jubilee Street Parties 3 been playing it’s full part in these. Wild London 4 The Diamond Jubilee, street parties, charity events, Village Fair, Teddington in Flower, Dog Olympics, Olympic cycling Group Reports 5 – to name just a few. Teddington residents and businesses Membership Questionnaire 8 alike have entered into these celebrations with a true Charity Celebration Weekend 10 community spirit and it is only right that we record as much Society People News 12 of this as possible. But space in Tidings is always at a premium. New Members 12 So we take this opportunity to extend our most grateful Edith Cavell 14 thanks to our printers – they have not only become our latest Trolleybus 50 15 Corporate Member but they have most generously donated Charity Donations Update 16 4 extra pages for this issue at no cost to the Society. Teddington Village Fair 2012 16 Many thanks to David, Alan and their team at Woodgate Loydor in Elmfield Road. 17 Business Exchange Editor 18 Quiz Corner Events 20 Letter from the Chair

At long last the weather seems to be improving but too late for our CHRISTMAS LIGHTS UP gardens where the slugs are rampant and for my allotment where I have no pears, damsons or apricots this year due to the rain and wind. To switch on the Lights this year, However, we were lucky for "Teddington in Flower" - although it was we've asked the Mayor and cloudy, it did not rain and the gardens, particularly those new this year, comedy star Lee Mack to do the attracted a welcome number of visitors to help with our donations to local honours for us. We've also asked charities. Thus with the aid of the local businesses we have been able to for the High Street to be closed to make generous donations to Elleray Hall (who have a delightful hidden traffic for a few hours so you can garden), to Teddington Hospital and other local charities. mix and mingle without getting run We are pleased with our increased and now formalised links with the over! local business community and look forward to further fruitful collaboration. Where we are finding it more difficult to communicate is with some parts More details next time. of Richmond Council. Due no doubt to the 15% cut in council staff, some Sheena Harold of the informal relationships built up over many years have been swept away, and the channels for formal consultation seem to have become somewhat clogged. We hope this will improve. Jenny Hilton

Dates for your diary: Christmas Lights Up November 29th Merits Xmas Lunch November 22nd & 30th 2013 Village Fair June 16th Teddington Society From the Editor 21 Teddington Park

Teddington TW11 8DB Listening to You Registered Charity No. 802026 It is almost 40 years since the Teddington Society was first created. secretary@teddingtonsociety Since then times have changed, people have changed and we have .org.uk seen some amazing changes at both international and national levels. www.teddingtonsociety.org.uk Teddington has likewise seen some significant changes itself over

that period. So, towards the end of last year, we asked you all for Vice-Presidents your thoughts on how your Society is performing now. We asked for Roger Avins your criticisms, your praise (where it was deserved), your views and John Demont your suggestions for the future. We wanted to know what was good, Joan Freeman what was not and what we could do to improve and make sure that

Chair we properly represent you, the members.

Jenny Hilton Your response was magnificent – we did receive praise and equally [email protected] we did receive criticism, albeit constructive. Most importantly you bombarded us with what you see as your priorities for the future Vice Chairman together with many helpful suggestions as to how we can address Sheena Harold them. [email protected] Our Working Group (David Lawton. Maria Pemberton and myself) Treasurer that coordinated all of this has produced a full report together with Sally Howland general recommendations to the Executive Committee on the way 020 8977 9404 forward: the Executive Committee has endorsed our report. There are too many recommendations to pursue all at once and our next step is Publicity & Promotions for the Working Group to take the most pressing needs and to make more detailed proposals to the Executive Committee – work has (incl. Gardens) Sheena Harold already started on this.

020 8977 2700 We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your open and frank responses and to assure you that all of your Newsletter Editor comments have been taken on board. More importantly, now that you Mike Woods have found your voice please keep your comments coming. Even if 020 8977 5642 you didn’t reply the first time round, we still want to hear from you. The article on pages 8 and 9 is an attempt to summarise our report. Minutes Secretary If you would like an electronic copy of the full report, just email the Rosemary Connellan Editor ([email protected]). 020 8977 3314

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Belinda Heal Copy deadline for the next issue is 20th October 020 8977 4926

Events Organiser Angela Carvill 020 8977 0167 Teddington Village Fair CONVENORS SAME VILLAGE, NEW FAIR Corporate Liaison Bhavna Patel 020 8977 3793 This year's Teddington Village Fair was the last to be organised by the local Environment Lions. Due to dwindling numbers they have decided to close. However that is David Lawton 020 8977 6778 not the end of the Village Fair. The remaining Lions have joined with the Historical Research Society to put on future fairs. Paddy Ching 020 8977 3901 A meeting was held in June where we were joined by the Landmark Arts Centre and St. Mary's Church. With us in spirit were the NPL. Together we will Planning mount a new look Village Fair on Sunday 16th June 2013. Due to the Brian Lane 020 8973 0811 enormous success of this year's two High Street charity days we will use [email protected] Saturday 15th June 2013 to put on similar charity events, we hope, all over (first contact only) town together with Landmark organising street entertainment leading to the big Riverside and Open Spaces Fair the next day. We don't want to see the years of hard work that the Lions Ann Sayer 020 8977 9495 have put into maintaining the Fair go to waste and we want to combine their Roads and Transport charitable work with ours. So support your Village Fair and come and have a Brian Holder 020 8977 1579 'roaring' good time. Sheena Harold

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Teddington Street Parties

TW11 pushed the boat out for street parties to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. At least 35 roads closed at one time or another. We don’t have room to present every road here but these are just a few from the great selection that you have sent to me. Thanks to all of those who responded and apologies if your favourite picture is not here.

Twickenham Road

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WILD LONDON – A WASHOUT "The Queen is coming to invited to meet H.M. but better person. Mr. Wait of Richmond for her Diamond actually met Princess won a lovely box of Belgian chocs from Jubilee" aroused a lot of Alexandra who lives close La Casa del Habano. 3rd prize, a meal excitement but we weren't by. Jenny found there was for 2 at Diners Turkish Delight, went to allowed to tell anybody! no security at the VIP tent Mrs. S. Robley of Hampton. 4th prize - a was the at all so people had to £40 voucher from Via – went to Mrs. A. venue where a tent village introduce themselves to Matthews of and 5th prize - was erected inside a find their allotted group. a £40 riding session from Park Lane security fence to keep the Having driven over on Stables - was won by Mrs. S. Morgan of deer out - no mention of Sunday to do a recce, Teddington. Sadly the Queen didn't two legged 'dears' that Wet and Windy was make it through the mud to try on the the order of the day again on Monday might climb over & no with our stuff, overnight insurance for spent all day goods which had to be left Tuesday there on site – no unloading was allowed on the th and then returned on the day, Tuesday 15 May. We shared a tent Wednesday to clear up, I felt I with but everyone had to knew the Park quite well! arrive by 08.30 and were not allowed to Thanks to Andrew Hanson of leave before 6 pm!. the NPL who took our heaviest bits there and back, and to Duncan Shuttleworth for helping me on Monday. We asked local businesses, Crown to compare it to the real thing! members or not, to donate prizes Teddington Cheese in Station Road lent & boy were they generous. Many us a plastic cheese tower - 6 different thanks to them all. Thanks also to cheeses, one for each decade of the Squires who lent me 6 upright Queen's reign. Lots of people tried to display stands for our notices. guess the weight by looking, poking or Wartime spirit prevailed and we all picking it up. Tony had weighed it for us in survived - just!! The best thing was the shop at 4.748 kilos. Again we had two that the only volunteer security winning guesses so Pat Shuttleworth drew guard we saw joined the Society! the winner from a hat. That was Mrs. K. We organised a 'Guess the Cole of Bushey who won a £20 voucher to We asked NPL to join us - they brought Weight of the Queen's Crown' spend at the shops in Teddington or their famous water-bottle powered car to Richmond or online. Second be the highlight of our exhibit. But the placed winner was Ms. B. wrong tents had been sent and the Barker of Barnes who won a organisers “relocated” the NPL exhibit voucher from Vida Therapy. The to a separate tent! We did display cheeses selected by Tony were material from the Landmark Arts Centre Leerdammer, Cornish Yarg, & Park Lane Stables. Colston Bassett Stilton, Huge thanks to Mike Foss, Ken Howe, Tornegus from Godstone, Ann Miller, Hilary Marshall, Pam Jarvis, Garrotxa from Spain and Kathy Cole and Ann Sayer for manning Chaource from the Champagne the stand. Dick & Gilly Hughes were district of France. destined to come but sadly Gilly was Knowing that lots of children taken ill. As it turned out, we'd have Trudi and NPL’s Stuart Davidson weighing the cake should be there for a Prize been better off viisting her in hospital. It Draw, we bought a wonderful poured rain, the sun shone briefly, competition. Trudi selection of toys from Corporate Member then it hailed - twice - the only thing Harrison of Cakes By A1 Collectables who donated a big Charlie missing was snow. There was little Trudi made the one-off Bear Teddy, and a huge Guernsey tracking laid down and the Mayor cake for us and NPL Teddington Teddy was donated by Teds in th got her shoes stuck in the mud. weighed it to the n the High Street. Sadly children don't have The design of the event was like a degree so there was money and we only sold about 100 tickets. thermometer inside a rectangle. no doubt as to how We gave toys to the first 7 tickets drawn You couldn't cross from one side of heavy it was – out of the hat by our helpers. The Charlie the quagmire to the other - you had 3,609.66 grams Bear was won by K. Cole; the Teddington to walk about a mile round the (almost 8 lbs to you Ted by Anna Hopley; a Diamond Jubilee outside. There was no programme, and me). Two guesses Bear by Hilary Marshall; a Rabbit purse by public address notices were too were within 100g of the Jean Lord; a Paddington Bear by Nick; a faint to hear & it was cold. The correct weight so the Rabbit by H.Marshall; & a Mammoth by organisation was shambolic. Will names were put in a Nick. We covered our costs but made no the Olympics be any better? hat & drawn by our profit. Toys that weren't won will be used Editor Mike Woods. at Christmas Lights night. I did though see the top of the Queen's The winner was Diana Godden who Sheena Harold car as she passed about 100yds in front of came all the way from Wandsworth to me, stayed about 40 mins. then left for collect her cake which served as her Holly Lodge where John & Elisabeth Cox birthday cake so couldn't have gone to a had the best view. Sian Morgan was Page 4

Planning Reports from the Groups Michael Foss History Contact point: Brian Lane 8943 0811 or email to [email protected] Paddy Ching 8977 3091 The summer is usually a period of diminished planning activity, [email protected] and this year is no exception. But one matter has for some time Every summer the History Group goes for a walk round a part been of considerable concern both to us, and to other groups in of Teddington finding places of interest. During the year we have the Teddington Society, and that is the condition of The had several enquiries about property or former inhabitants of Causeway, and what can be done to bring new life to it. Church Road so this is the area we decided to investigate and For quite a long time the street has been in decline, with shops fortunately, although rain threatened, we even saw the sun! closing and the remaining retailers struggling. Today there are One of our first enquiries was about William Phipps who was three unoccupied retail premises out of a total of nine, and these living at 5 The Parade in 1886. Although we had little information include the large former Bottoms Up site, which represents some about him we found that the Parade was a row of eight shops a 25% of the western side of the street. After prolonged discussion, little to the north of the former Argyle Road on the corner of which and listening to the views of other society members, the Planning was the Willoughby Arms. It is thought that Mr Phipps probably Group came to a number of conclusions. First, the street would ran a newsagents. In November 1940, the Willoughby Arms was never lend itself to pedestrianisation on the lines of Church demolished by a bomb with considerable loss of life. When a V1 Street, Twickenham. Second, it was unsuited to become a focal flying bomb destroyed the property in Argyle Road in 1944 much point in the centre of our town; that role falls naturally to the of the property in Church Road was also badly damaged. It is thought that part of the Parade was still standing The Causeway – SW side although damaged and after the war it was decided to demolish all the property in Church Road from Argyle Road to Somerset Road. Today Argyle Road is no longer there. The site of the Parade is probably the children's playground and the rest of this part of the road is now part of St Mary's & St Peter's School. Our next enquiry was about 12 Church Road which had been occupied by Alfred Everndon, a saddler. This is one of the shops on the east side of the road to the north of St Peter's & St Paul's Church. Mr Everndon was here in the early 1930s having moved from a shop in Broad Street. A photograph of the shop shows that he sold a variety of mainly leather goods. The shop has changed considerably since then and is now Synchronicity. Mr Everndon later had a shop in Fulwell Road but then died in 1937 at 9 Church Elmfield Gardens area. Third, no alterations should be made to Road. Unfortunately we were unable to find any more information traffic flows; this conclusion was strongly supported by the abut the family's stay in Teddington. traders in the street. However, this did not mean that we saw no ways to regenerate the street. We then enquired about 31 Church Road. This is to the north of Walpole Crescent adjacent to the Salvation Army. The property is Among our Planning Group members is Jeremy Sandle, a an end of terrace house with an old Victorian shed to the rear, Chartered Surveyor who has made a speciality of regenerating until recently used by S & G Motors as a repair workshop and the town centres. He formulated a number of proposals. These were property was classified as industrial premises. The then owners, put to the Executive Committee of the Society which accepted the Mould family, asked for our support in getting the premises them as the way forward. As a result of this a working party has listed as residential so that they could sell it and this was been formed, consisting of: Jeremy Sandle, Brian Holder (Roads eventually granted. and Transport) and two traders: Bhavna Patel (Teddington The new owners, who are working on the property, have joined the Teddington Society and we asked The Causeway – NE side them if they would like to join us on our walk. We were delighted that they accepted and when we reached No.31 they showed us some of the work they've undertaken. At the beginning of the 20th century the property was owned by Mr Moss, a monumental mason, who ran his business from here. When the new owner chipped away at the layers of paint over the front bay window he found engraved in the stone work: "C H MOSS Monumental Mason 1884" a feature which they will restore. It is thought that the name was over his shop, the front door of which was the present door and the actual door to the house was at the side Society Corporate Liaison) and John Collett (The Fun Factory). behind big garage doors. It was a fascinating visit and we hope to This group has already met, and Jeremy has drawn up a Position be kept in touch with the restoration. Statement on Teddington Town Centre for submission to After an 'exhausting' walk, four of us settled down at Diners Richmond Council. This includes a number of core proposals: Turkish Delight for coffee and nibbles. A perfect end to an • Planting trees and installing benches interesting walk. • Raising the road level • Sourcing Sunday markets

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• Encouraging residential use of upper floors, at In both cases a huge amount of litter was down to smokers, present purely office space who, as we have said before, seem to believe they have the God- • Relaxing planning requirements given right to discard their litter. This is particularly evident on the • Relaxing parking charges East side of the Station (Station Road). Not only do cigarette • Exploring the possibility of creating a ‘town square’ butts create a mess, they are jolly in front of Elmfield House hard to pick up. Tackling smokers who mess up our streets is hard, to If society members have other ideas they would like to put say the least, and we do run the risk forward, they can do this through Brian Lane of the Planning of abuse, or at worst, a violent Group. physical attack. Recent cases of It is recognised that there is no single, simple solution to the smoker-littering in Teddington have problems of The Causeway; a multi-faceted approach of the kind been by employees of well-known now being implemented is in our view the right approach. national companies. Should we not be calling on these companies to be Enforcement acting more responsibly? A little The enforcement of planning rulings – that is to say the pressure can go along way. Some 10 years ago when so much following up by the planning authority of the decisions it has smoker-debris was fouling up Anlaby and Hampton Roads, taken to ensure that they are properly implemented – is a central Haymarket Publishing took our complaints on board, reacted element of the planning process. Without this that process is to a positively, and thankfully provided an on-site smokers’ den. serious degree vitiated. At any one time, the Planning Group is in On the positive side, we hope that legislation will soon be in ongoing contact with the Planning Department in relation to force that ensures that vehicle drivers are responsible for any enforcement – at present there are two cases in the High Street discarded litter from their car, and not, as previously, the actual and one in Fairfax Road. We have now been informed that the person (or passenger) which, as one can imagine, has always Enforcement Team numbers are being reduced, with consequent been hard to prove. In addition, we are now members of CPRE’s delays in enforcement proceedings. This is an ominous LitterAction and we hope that we can gain mutual benefit (see the development which shall be monitoring closely. website www.litteraction.org.uk). In September our Committee’s agenda will include a discussion on smoker-littering, and the way to move forward. If you do have any thoughts and ideas on the Environment matter please let us know. Our Annual Street Give and Take is in place for Saturday David Lawton 8977 6778 September 8th in Blandford Road from 10.30 till 14.30 (see back [email protected] page). As we go to press final plans are being made and further details will be publicised soon. So far this year we have tackled two areas which are always in the public eye, the Station and the Riverside. We welcome the Riverside & Open Spaces recent station facelift, but it is still let down by constant littering. Here we gathered some 6 bags of waste and 4.75Kg of Ann Sayer 8977 9495 recyclables - cans, bottles and the like - a lot of which is regularly [email protected] thrown over the station perimeter fencing, particularly along “Station Passage.” We were supported by the AA, who have now Jubilee Little Ships realised that car drivers are indeed responsible for a considerable People who managed to get down to the river at the time of the amount of litter, and are now campaigning for their own members Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations will have been stirred by to act responsibly. the sight of a proud gathering of Dunkirk Little Ships preparing to Our Annual Riverside pick was held on an unusually rainless take part in the Jubilee River Pageant. morning in July and, considering the drastic change of day to These privately-owned river launches and commercial trip boats are some of the remaining vessels that took part in the evacuation in 1940 of 338,000 British and French troops from Dunkirk in the face of an irresistible German advance. “Dunkirk” may have been over 70 years ago but it still resonates massively in the British consciousness. Dog walkers restricted On July 1st a new Dog Control Order came into force whereby the number of dogs that can be walked by one individual on Council land, including in parks and open spaces, is restricted to six. The original intention was to restrict the number of dogs to four but following consultation this was regarded as being too prescriptive. The order was made in a bid to crack down on irresponsible owners and private dog walkers. Many of us will have encountered a dog walker with an intimidating group of dogs. The Council has announced that it will give guidance and support to a new local organisation called the Association of accommodate Andy Murray, we had an excellent turn-out. Here Professional Dog Walkers (APDW). This association agrees to we gathered an even greater amount of recyclables; 7kg. This abide by a Code of Conduct, undertaking to walk no more than year we were supported both by ‘LitterAction’, part of Council for six dogs at a time, to clear up after the dogs in their care, to the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) now chaired by Sir dispose properly of all dog mess and to hold current public Andrew Motion, former poet Laureate, and The Greater London liability insurance covering their dogs. Council’s Capital Cleans “Big Tidy Up.”

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Roads and Transport Gardens

Brian Holder 8977 1579 Sheena Harold 8977 2700 [email protected] [email protected] Cycling in the Borough Apart from all the excitement of Teddington playing a major role The weather has been against us all year and, as a result, both in the Olympic Cycling programme, the Borough’s Cycle Liaison Teddington In Flower and Richmond In Bloom have suffered. Group (CLG) has been meeting regularly since the new Administration came to power in 2010, and is now making plans Richmond In Bloom had far fewer entrants from Teddington to make cycling safer and more attractive for everyone, this year. Lots of the gardens had only greenery, very little colour. especially families and those returning to cycling. Only 8 Teddington gardens entered: awards will be presented on October 2nd at York House Cllr. Katherine Harborne, an Environmental Scientist, is the Borough’s “Cycling Champion” and chairs the CLG, Teddington Teddington In Flower opened 11 venues. There were residents Dr Paul Luton (Cycling Touring Club), Cllr Gerry Elloy, moments when we thought, can we organise this with king-pin and I, are members of the CLG, and also members of a Working Pat Shuttleworth breaking her leg in 3 or 4 places but thankfully Group to promote cycling to work etc. Teddington Society with her leg in plaster and an enormous amount of help from members will be kept up to date via TIDINGS and can let Paul Maria Pemberton we triumphed despite the dull, threatening and me have their views at any time. Agendas and minutes are weather. Although our takings were down, the gardens raised published on the Council website. £939.14 in 4 hours plus St. Mary's raised £250 from teas, Elleray Issues already identified Hall £49 from teas and The Garden Gang £181 from plant sales. (i) Getting more people to take short journeys by bike. Increase We were able to give £80 to enable 4 primary school teachers to the percentage and put realistic and open targets in place attend a gardening course at and £1000 to (ii) Increasing the number of women and children cyclists enable Elleray Hall to transform an ugly courtyard into a floral (iii) Creating safer routes and environments for cyclists delight for their Over Sixties Club members. • Prioritise main roads over leisure spaces We are very grateful to the gardeners who opened for us and • Create cycle friendly high streets some of these are shown on our centre pages, pictures courtesy (iv) Creating green transport plans of that extremely talented cameraman, Alan Benns. And we must (v) Considering barriers to cycling and addressing them not forget the lovely garden sitters who manned the gates and (vi) Creating coherent pathways to cycling and addressing them greeted all our visitors. Thank you all. (vii) Using cycling to tackle health inequalities (viii) Linking the strategy to deliverable objectives Jubilee floral offerings abound in Teddington. We are very (ix) Addressing old bye-laws that may inhibit cycling grateful to Christi Hodge of Kindle Stoves, one of our newest (x) Raising the status of cycling Corporate Members, who planted up both the Cattle Trough and (xi) Becoming a cycling borough the Jubilee Fountain in Park Road in royal colours for us. Christi (xii) Treating cycling organisations as stakeholders and creating also donated some lovely pot plants to Teddington In Flower as links to consultation routes for those interested in responding those of you who bought them at Holmesdale Road can testify. Potential projects in priority order She's a very gifted young lady whose talents we hope to utilise (i) Cycle to work day (possibly as part of Bike Week) more in the future. The fountain was refreshed in 2002 for the (ii) Creating/supporting social cycling Queen's 50th Golden Jubilee. John Demont was Chairman at the (iii) Create cycle routes to and from the Borough and improve time and he got a £5,000 grant to clean it up and put a plaque on safety and timeliness of such journeys it. Now we are working with the Council to remove the plaque (iv) Continuation of Strictly Cycling, creation of annual cycle race and have the wording carved into the stone to match the (v) Inclusion of cycling in GP referral schemes Victorian inscription alongside. They are also trying to source two (vi) Increasing publicity for projects such as SkyRide more taps to match the one remaining original. With a bit of a (vii) Encourage the introduction of Boris Bikes in the Borough clean up it should look lovely and work is due to start soon. (viii) Further promote social cycling events to encourage people to return to cycling The Council's Parks department gave us two lovely Olympic (ix) Create a “what’s new” website to coordinate information floral pieces. The flower tower outside Elmfield House in Elmfield (x) Run a Borough wide consultation with postcodes to identify Gardens and the barrier boxes on the railings at Park Road's issues in each locality or “village” junction with Broad Street bridge. They will provide a beautiful (xi) Linking in to Bike Week backdrop to the cycle races as they sweep round the bends. Now (xii) Creating partnership arrangements with businesses (to we have the tower, let's see if we can keep it planted up. encourage cycling to work (xiii) Creation of non-main road routes in Royal Parks Jubilee Gardens has largely survived the building work next (xiv) Create secure parking on allotments door on the Travelodge hotel and the block of flats with ground (xv) Create cycling ambassadors floor cafe/restaurant. We hope to plant lots of spring bulbs and (xvi) Breeze cycling groups – to encourage more women to cycle the developers have said they will help to light up two of the trees for Christmas to match the ones opposite in Elmfield Gardens. Consultation and implementation

(i) Consultation with the CLG and Working Groups to be Hanging Baskets have gone up all over town - 42 of them in formalised and conducted on all road projects of a certain Station Road, Victoria Road, the Causeway, Broad Street and size hugely in the High Street. Unfortunately the Council grant we (ii) Web pages to be reviewed to give more friendly access with were hoping to get hasn't materialised yet so we may all have to links to cycling issues pay full price for them but I think you'll agree that they make a (iii) Working group’s terms of reference, membership and status great difference to the town and add to its shopping appeal. If we to be reviewed all plant up our frontages it will help make us the most beautiful (iv) Meetings to be strategically focussed on project work, with town in the borough. other more routine enquiries being redirected so as not to use valuable meeting time.

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Teddington Society Membership Questionnaire

As reported in the Editorial on page 2, we had a specific recommendations for moving forward. That work magnificent response to the questionnaire that we sent to has already begun and we may well be asking you for all members at the end of last year. It was very pleasing your help and guidance. that members not only answered the stock questions but In this article we try to summarise the full report. In were also very forthcoming with additional comments, future issues we will report on how we are addressing constructive criticisms and suggestions. individual areas of concern. If you would like a copy of Since then, the Working Group has compiled a full report the full report, please email me, Mike Woods at which analysed the responses, summarised your [email protected] , and I will send you a comments, prioritised the main issues and presented copy as an email attachment. general recommendations for future actions. David Lawton The Executive Committee has endorsed that report and Maria Pemberton the Working Group has been charged with examining Mike Woods individual issues in more detail and with producing more

Our Aims and Constitution How the Society Works

The Society’s Constitution has served In terms of communications between members and the

the Society well over the past 40 years Executive Committee and its Working Groups, there was

and members felt that the Society is a general level of satisfaction. But we were encouraged “doing the job”. not to rest on our laurels and a number of specific It was clear though that members are suggestions were made as to how additional looking to the Society to take a more improvements could be made. These included requests pro-active and higher profile role in some for the Executive Committee to report its actions (over of the bigger issues that confront and beyond those covered by the Working Group Teddington from time to time. Current reports) in Tidings or on the website.

examples of this are the campaign to Of more concern was the fact that a significant proportion of members were not aware of how policies protect Teddington Hospital and the general debate on how to ensure were decided or even what they are.

sufficient school places are available for all in the local area.

The general consensus was that the

existing Constitution should enable the Society to encompass such activities.

Nevertheless, the recommendation is that the Executive Committee should review these aims in order to clarify the position and to ensure that the Society is not prevented from becoming involved in issues about which the members have genuine concerns.

The report also encourages the Executive to be more transparent about how it deals with such issues and who

the appropriate points of contacts are. A number of members welcomed this opportunity to There is a need also to ensure that any express their views and would be happy to see more of agreed policies and policy positions are the same although care needs to be taken not to lose the clearly documented and that permanent impact of such questionnaires by continually swamping records kept. members with such requests.

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Our Profile – Promoting the Society Q4. How visible is the Teddington Society in working to make Teddington better?

The Teddington Society has been working tirelessly for 50% 1 = not at all visible almost 40 years now. The huge number of improvements to 5 = very visible average = 2.9 the town, for residents and businesses alike, and the 40% contributions to local charities are too many to list here. Most members are aware of these but most non-members, 30% especially many of those external to the Society but who make decisions about the village, do not appreciate what a pivotal role the Society has played over the years – and 20% continues to play.

The general feeling is that we are too modest – that we 10% “hide our light under a bushel”. A specific comment was: “Let’s tell everyone how important the Society is to their 0% lives and let’s use modern ways of doing that.” 1 2 3 4 5 A large number of constructive proposals have been made including the development of a publicity group.

Tidings & Communications Membership and Younger Members

Tidings scored a very high There is a perception by some that younger people satisfaction rating albeit tempered by are not interested in what the Society can do, and is a request to find ways to widen its doing, for them and that younger people are too busy appeal to younger age groups. and don’t have the time. Along with some suggested The future of the Society depends on younger people improvements to the website, there taking a more active role, becoming our future leaders was a general request to widen the and continuing the extremely valuable contribution that communications options available the Society makes to Teddington. (email alerts, electronic distribution of Most young people are familiar with the iconic credo Tidings, Facebook, etc) BUT without “We don’t say we can’t – we always say, WE CAN DO abandoning existing options, such as IT”. Your responses indicate that we need younger the hard copies of Tidings. Members members and that we CAN get them to join. still like to settle down in a comfortable chair with a cup of We have a number of exciting (and DO-able) ideas coffee and the latest edition. and proposals on how to take this forward.

Your Priorities for the Future

We asked you what you saw as the main priorities for the future. Well, you were not backward in coming forward. You gave us hundreds of suggestions, all of them constructive. There were many common threads and we have attempted to draw these all together. Some we are already addressing but we can’t be complacent on those issues – we need to make sure that we don’t take our eye off the ball. Others issues need a new or a fresh look. We will report back as and when. Of course, the door is always open so please continue to keep in touch with your Committee and keep us on our toes.

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Teddington Charity Celebration In the spirit of celebration, the Teddington Society with the help of the Teddington High Street Retailers & Residents Local Charities supported worked together to raise money for local charities. Companion cycling for disabled riders in On this special weekend High Street Shops, Residents and Restaurants hosted varying individual events and stalls, with Elleray Social Club for the over 60s live music performed free of charge by various bands & Horse Rangers musicians. Teddington Memorial Hospital Mel Ellis, Bhavna Patel, Sheena Harold

The weather was with us and there was a wonderful atmosphere all weekend. There was a real feeling of community and celebration. As one resident said “it feels like Teddington Lights Up, but in June!”

Record Donations With donations and fund raising, Teddington Charity Weekend raised over £3,500 and money is still trickling in! A very special thank you to Byrne Group for their generous gift of £1000

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Weekend 8/9/10 June 2012

Teddington in Flower added more delights to the weekend, with several new gardens this year for this popular annual event.

27 Holmesdale Road The White Bungalow Elleray Hall

Royal British Legion 40 Udney Park Road St Marys Church 46 Cromwell Road

80 Railway Road

The following weekend, the celebrations were rounded off by the Teddington Village Fair (pictures on page 16)

18 Teddington Park Road 21 Teddington Park Road 20 Teddington Park Road

Vet4Life held Teddington’s Ella in the first Dog Olympics! agility A wonderful event with competition hundreds of well behaved dogs showing their various skills and entertaining all the owners & their friends whilst raising funds for animal charities. Prize winners

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Society People TREASURER CLOSES HIS A/C Duncan Shuttleworth who became our Treasurer at the 2007 AGM has decided to stand down after five years service to the Society. He did far more than just look after the accounts and could often be seen hanging from lamp posts putting up posters for us or chugging round the streets leafleting or delivering Tidings on occasion. Happily he will continue to help us when he can but intends to spend more time with grandchildren, indulging in his love of railways - both model and full scale - as well as doing what wife Pat tells him! On behalf of the Society Jenny presented Duncan with book tokens to the value of £30 with our grateful thanks. Sheena Harold

A WARM WELCOME TO OUR NEW TREASURER – SALLY HOWLAND

Sally Howland has stepped into the breach to become our new Treasurer. Pictured here with husband Geoff, Sally has recently retired having spent most of her career in financial services, the last seven as the accountant for Lady Eleanor Hollis School. The Howlands moved to Teddington from Whitton in 1995 and have quickly engaged with our local community. Geoff is an ardent litterpicker with our Environment Group whilst Sally undertakes various voluntary activities including ones at Strawberry Hill House and at the Barnados shop in Broad Street. Both are members of the Friends of Bushy and Home Parks and hobbies include tennis and bridge.

BRIDGET EVANS TEDDINGTON SOCIETY Many society members will be sad to hear that Bridget Evans and husband Alun, long-term Teddington residents, have left our town. We welcome the following new Throughout the nineties Bridget was a stalwart of the Teddington members: Society. At the end of 1989 she was instrumental in the launching of Mrs. Daphne Smith the Clean-up Teddington (CUT) campaign, which soon became one of the society’s working groups, Clean-up Teddington, under her Mrs. Mary Motture leadership. She initiated litter picks and maintained ongoing links with Elizabeth Foster the council to ensure regular and proper street cleansing. She presided energetically over the group until 1994, when David Lawton Mrs. Sharon Kay succeeded her. Since then it has mutated into the Tidy Group Martin Conrad and Jane Adam Teddington and latterly into the Teddington Environment Group. Having passed CUT into David’s capable hands, Bridget turned to Mrs. Pauline Console our newsletter. Under her imaginative and discerning editorship, and Mrs. Dorothy Whyte with the help of Sue Ribbans for the graphics, ‘Tidings’ was transformed from a rather modest publication into a more wide-ranging Mr. Mrs. John and Maria Collett and ambitious journal. In this endeavour Bridget was greatly aided by and daughters Sarah and Annabel Richard Neufeld, the local printer, who generously supplied the society with the superior gloss paper on which the magazine is still printed. In Mr. Mrs. Steve and Sarah Whiting the spring of 1998 Susan Lowit joined Bridget as joint editor, and in the Mr. Mrs. Robyn and Charles Titcombe autumn of 1999 she took over the editorship. Ms. Karen Smith and Andrew Collier In addition to all this, Bridget was a founder member of the society’s Youth Activities Group, formed to support young people in our town. Mrs. Trudi Harrison Among its initiatives was a booklet listing activities open to young Miss Gillian Wetherall people, and the promotion (supported by Teddington Society funding) of a skate park. This led to the establishment of the present, extremely Ms. Nancy Kirkham popular, one at King’s Field. Mrs. Patricia Jilla We are indebted to Bridget for her contribution to the success of the Teddington Society. We wish her and Alun great happiness in their Mr. Mrs. Roger and Janet Wildgoose self-imposed exile in the reaches of Chelsea. Mr. David Kiltie Mike Foss

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JOHN COX On the 28th June in London’s Green Park, the Queen unveiled a memorial to the 55,573 airmen of Bomber Command who died during World War II. At the ceremony, Chief of the Air Staff Sir Stephen Dalton said Bomber Command's "service and raw courage" had been recognised. Some 6,000 veterans and families of the deceased watched a Lancaster bomber drop thousands of poppies in a flypast. Among those attending, and who spoke with Prince Charles after the unveiling, was our own John Cox, a long-time resident of Teddington and a stalwart member of the Teddington Society. John was stationed at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk during the war and piloted a Lancaster bomber during 1944 and 1945. (our thanks to Elisabeth, John’s wife, for the pictures)

BOB TOUGH – (1926 – 2012) Robert Oliver Tough MBE

Bob Tough was the only son of Douglas and Dorothy, born on 14th December 1926 in Teddington. Home was in the family boatyard, Bob being the sixth generation of the lighterage business founded in 1829. He grew up in the yard, sailing, rowing and generally messing about on the river. His education at Kingston Grammar School gave him a life- long interest in stamps, particularly of airships, astronomy and chess. School was disrupted by the outbreak of war in 1939 and he evacuated to a relative’s farm but after just 3 months, he returned to Teddington. He remembered his father being summoned by the Admiralty to round up the small craft along the Thames for what was to be part of “Operation Dynamo” – the Dunkirk evacuation. He left school in 1943 at the age of 16 and went to work in the yard on the Fairmile Motor Torpedo Boats. There he was one of the refit crews repairing damaged vessels and latterly, fitting radar sets to them. After the war, Bob carried out his National Service, strangely enough in the Army Service Corp. On his demob, he went back to the yard, this time in the drawing room. His father’s health was becoming frail and Bob took over more and more responsibility for the running of the yard until he took over as Managing Director in the 1950s. He married Gwen in 1959 and they had a daughter, Helen, and a son, Robert John. The yard started specialising in bespoke vessels: in 1951 the PLA vessel Thame; in 1955 the Havengore, a PLA survey vessel which was to carry Sir Winston Churchill’s coffin in 1965; in 1956 the Bebe Grande, then the largest glass-fibre vessel in the world; in 1971 the Royal Barge Royal Nore; culminating with the largest launch ever built on the Thames, the second Brave Goose in 1987. He also built many specialised craft for various films: a 20 ft model of the Pequod for the Moby Dick, two underwater chariots for The Silent Enemy, a Chinese junk for The Yangtse Incident, a barge for Anthony & Cleopatra, three State Barges for A Man for All Seasons, and a dinghy for the James Bond film From Russia with Love. He also refitted Lively Lady for Sir Alec Rose before he circumnavigated the globe. Bob once told me that being a boatbuilder was like no other job, in fact it was more a way of life. He was a man of strong conviction and always stood up for what he believed in, sometimes to his detriment. He even sailed the family boat down to Westminster to lobby Parliament to stop a 25% VAT being imposed on boats; this resulted in him being portrayed in a Giles cartoon in the Daily Express. His word was his bond and many deals were done simply on a handshake. He followed the family link with Dunkirk, joining the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships and being Commodore in 1986 and ’87. He took part in many Commemorative Returns and was proud to have been part of the inauguration ceremony of the memorial on in 2010. The Royal National Lifeboat Institute was one of many good causes he supported, becoming first Chairman and then President of the Twickenham Branch. He was also a trustee of the Boat Project, operating the Richmond Venturer for Thames voyages aimed at children and adults with learning disabilities. The Queen awarded him an MBE in 1995 for services to the Marine Industry. With his love of sailing, he would have enjoyed the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant, particularly as so many of the boats he had built took part. Instead, his boat Thamesa was skippered by his son John as part of the Dunkirk fleet. John feels that he would like to be remembered simply as Bob Tough, a gentleman who did what he thought was correct, was a good family man and was a friend to many. Ken Howe

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Edith Cavell (1865-1915) – A Mystery Solved

was the name EDITH CAVELL engraved on Edward Cavell. We had therefore the Roll of Honour in the Church which was linked two branches of the Cavell a Memorial to those who had lost their lives family. in the 1st World War. Over the years archivists and parishioners had tried to find Edward Strutt Cavell is one and the out why Edith had been honoured at St. same person as the gentleman found Mark’s but had not reached a satisfactory living at Clairville, Teddington in 1891. conclusion. His father John Cavell b. 1793 was an elder brother of Edward Cavell b.1802. However, in 1989, parishioner Diana Simons did make significant progress as With Edward Strutt Cavell’s brother, she had found amongst St. Mark’s papers the Revd. Frederick Cavell, being the that mention was made of a Miss Cavell in father of Nurse Edith, we therefore 1911/1912 as a Working Associate under found that Edith was the cousin of the 3 the Girls Friendly Society. In addition it had sisters, Alice, Emily and Agnes found in been found that a Miss Cavell and also a Hampton Wick in 1911. Miss E. Cavell had subscribed one shilling Edith herself was born at Swardeston, to the Women’s Work meetings of the in Norfolk while her father was the rector The History Group of the Teddington Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. there. Society first received an enquiry in 2011 from a Patricia Hammond, who was living The question was in Australia, about a house in Teddington. whether either of these CAVELL The house had been known as St. Clare ladies was THE Edith Villa, or Clairville, on the Hampton Road Cavell who was and her great grandfather, Edward Strutt executed in Belgium in John Edward Cavell, had lived there in 1891. October 1915. The b.1793 b.1802 conclusion was that it We investigated the area and also could not have been looked into the Censuses and found Nurse Edith, as at that Edward Strutt Frederik Alice Emily Agnes evidence of her relative. The house is no time she was working in b.1829 b. b.1845 b.1848 b.1851 longer there but there are 3 others in the Brussels. original development of 4 still standing and they are substantial houses, built with At that point, Diana EDITH unusual yellow bricks. One remaining Simons decided that no CAVELL further progress could b.1865 house is ‘The Firs’, for many years used as a Bed & Breakfast. Members of the be made as there was family later moved to St. Margarets and no access to the 1911 Census at the time of her research. Returning to the St. Mark’s records we Patricia (now in her 30’s) has vivid surmised that the Church worker memories of time spent there. In 2012 we made a breakthrough. We referred to as ‘Miss Cavell’ was the were able to look at elder sister Alice and the ‘Miss E. the 1911 Census and Cavell’ was her younger sister Emily. As found a household in members of the same family it would Cedars Road, have been highly likely that they would Hampton Wick which wish to honour the shocking death of comprised a William their cousin Nurse Edith Cavell by Turner, Agnes Turner putting forward her name to be included (60) and Agnes on the Roll of Honour. Kathleen Turner (her daughter). There were Diana MacDonald also, very importantly, Peter Roche two spinsters living there, Alice Cavell Norman Simmons (66) and Emily Cavell (63). They were the sisters of the elder Agnes who was (Editor’s Note married to William. All Edith Cavell (4 Dec 1865 – 12 Oct The Firs, neighbouring house to St Clare Villa had been born in 1915) was a British nurse who was Suffolk, a Cavell serving in Belgium during WWI. She is family stronghold. It started to look celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from all sides without distinction We reported back to Patricia and in the increasingly likely that this household was and in helping some 200 Allied soldiers course of e-mails learnt that Nurse Edith connected to Nurse Edith. escape from German-occupied Belgium. Cavell was a member of the same family; An indisputable connection was made after She was arrested and court-martialled Edith’s father was the Revd. Frederick going back to an earlier Census. In 1861 the by the Germans, found guilty of treason Cavell, brother to Edward Strutt Cavell. 3 sisters Alice, Emily and Agnes were to be and sentenced to death. Despite At around the same time, Norman found living with their father Edward Cavell international pressure for mercy, she Simmons of the History Group, who is also b. 1802 in Suffolk. On Census night there was shot by a German firing squad. Her a long-time parishioner of St. Mark’s was a visitor an Edward Strutt Cavell aged execution was condemned worldwide.) Church, Teddington, mentioned that there 32 Solicitor, described as the nephew of

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Trolleybus 50 I would normally Google “Twickenham ” to Teddington by Trolleybus in 1931” Editor’s note The Original A1 “Diddler and it produces the Pathe News footage For those of you who are too of an official test run. Most interesting young to have seen a trolleybus in are the street scenes in Twickenham operation, perhaps a short note of and Teddington. introduction is warranted. Trolleybus construction was based In particular, Alan Benns has produced on the normal motor bus type but they a very cleverly done split screen version were powered by an electric motor which runs, in parallel, footage taken which collected its current from through the front windscreen of the overhead power lines. The bus was trolley bus alongside that for a modern connected to these lines by a pair of double decker. Try recognising the local long poles which were mounted on the landmarks now and then. roof of the bus. Using this totally silent Terry Bray engine, the London trolleybus system became the largest in the world.

Fulwell Bus Station 12 May 2012

I cannot believe that 50 years have passed since I watched London’s last trolleybus arrive at Fulwell depot. The electric era ended and for me it was off to school the next morning on a brand new Routemaster bus operating the 285 route. This route had replaced the 605 and now ran from Wimbledon all the way to Heathrow Airport. Some fifty years later on 12th May this year, Fulwell garage hosted the return of No. 1, the “Diddler”, London’s first trolleybus. This had been built for the original London United Tramways company in 1931. It was displayed alongside No. 1521, a 1939 built vehicle which became London’s last trolleybus in service and No. 1768, a post war trolleybus which was another Fulwell regular. 1521 carried the same decorations that it had on it’s last day of service in 1962. The Fulwell event, which was sponsored by London United Busways and the London Transport Museum, was attended by Nicholas Owen from BBC TV news and local MP Dr Vincent Cable. It proved to be an extremely popular event, attracting over 12,000 people and raising £10,000. All the proceeds from the sale of programmes went to support the League of Friends of Teddington Hospital and SOSISEN, the -based charity which supports the parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs. Helped by gloriously sunny weather, a good time was had by all. If someone had told me 50 years ago that, in the future, my local buses would be built in Poland and operated by offshoots of Paris Transport and the Dutch State Railways, I would have laughed. How the world has changed! For those who would like to learn more, there are some excellent clips on Youtube.

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Presentation to Elleray Hall

Jenny Hilton presents a cheque for £1000 to Anita Newman, Ellery Hall’s manager, towards the development of their courtyard garden

Jenny and Marie discuss finer Gorgeous Greenhouse Grannie points of greenhouse cultivation

You may remember that we gave Collis School £500 from Teddington In Flower so that they could erect a greenhouse with wide access to allow wheelchair access. The Mayor, Cllr Claire Head, performed the official opening of the frame and this year Jenny and I were invited to see it glazed and in full working order. Parents Vicky and Sian were there to greet us and introduce the lady who masterminds its use, Marie. Marie not only has the greenhouse neat, tidy and full of plants, she also oversees the vegetable bed beside it and plantings all round the school. Even the three large tubs with red, white & blue plants are down to her. Every school should have a gorgeous green-fingered grannie like Marie! Sheena Harold

Teddington Village Fair 2012

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BUSINESS EXCHANGE We warmly welcome our It’s a bumper number of new Corporate members this time. We are still catching up on those who joined in the previous period so my apologies to those who don’t get new Corporate Members highlighted this time. Rest assured, we will feature you in our next issue. GILLIAN MILLION LTD Editor PARK LANE STABLES GIRASOLE Studio 148 KITCHEN SYNC As you would guess this shop is at 148 High Street. It’s a unique shopping experience THE FUN FACTORY in Teddington, being the only exclusive and independent menswear boutique in the KINDLE STOVES town. WOODGATE-LOYDOR Studio 148 offers a wide range of designer labels, some and are grateful to all exclusive to Studio 148, and includes styles and our Corporate Members menswear for all ages. for their continued So gents, looking to smarten up your image – it’s well support worth a visit. Ladies, looking to smarten up your man – bring him A1 Collectables Ltd along to Studio 148. (While he’s browsing and smartening Architecture:wk up, you’ll have the perfect excuse to match him and take British Maritime Technology the opportunity to visit the many ladies boutiques along the Broom Water Association High Street,)

Dexters

Diners Delight Studio 148 Eaton Publications 148 High Street Elements TW11 8HZ Financial Planning Group Tel: 020 8943 9954 Haymarket Publishing

It Takes 2 Email: [email protected] Kagan Moss & Co

Landmark Arts Centre Website at: La Casa Del Habano http://www.studio148.co.uk Lensbury Club Malo Clinic Teddington

Mela Mela Milestone Residential Park Lane Stables National Physical Laboratory Situated in one of Teddington’s oldest buildings, Nova Fortuny Park Lane Stables is one of the only truly urban Parsonage & Co riding schools in London. The stable yard itself dates Richard Steer & Co back to 1830 when it housed the Teddington Fire Station. Today the Stables are run by Natalie Roger Sutton & Co O'Rourke (pictured below with daughter Alice) and Royal British Legion her dedicated team of BHS instructors and horse Shambles Bar & Restaurant enthusiast helpers! Sims Opticians This family run riding school offers horse riding Snellers lessons and hacks in Royal Bushy Park for adults and children It also has the distinction of being the UK's third Squires Garden Centre largest official Pony Club Centre. They welcome every one, Stevens Tyres from complete beginners, nervous riders looking to get back in Stoneydeep Residents Assn the saddle or more experienced riders. Something of which Studio 148 they are extremely proud is that they follow the techniques of Tamesis Club Monty Roberts and have a strict no whip policy. They also regularly support the local community and schools Teddington Artists by providing pony rides for fund raising events. Teddington Bowling Club Teddington Cricket Club Manager: Natalie O’Rourke Teddington Riverside Artists Mobile: 07796 842 328 Home: 8977 4951 Teddnet Website at http://www.parklanestables.co.uk

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The Fun Factory Special Vote of Thanks to John Collett is not someone who does things by halves: he’s joined the Society twice! As the owner of The Fun Factory, the excellent balloon and party Bhavna and her Team shop in The Causeway, he became a Corporate Member. When his wife saw the literature about the Society, she said they should also join as a family. So For those of you who don’t we’ve also gained Maria, who was brought up in Teddington and teaches know her, Bhavna is the mathematics locally; older daughter Sarah who teaches English in Ealing and convenor of our Corporate Annabel who is still at university, reading Maths & Economics. On returning Liaison Group. Aside from her from an internship in the USA, she’ll spend her final study year living in Durham duties as a mother and a trader, Castle! she has worked tirelessly with other members of the Group to John opened the shop when he and Maria moved to Teddington in 1985 bring our Traders and Businesses while awaiting the birth of Sarah. Maria taught at Teddington School for together to support the many new several years. They have other family in the area and have grown to absolutely initiatives and charity drives in our love Teddington and can’t now envisage moving very far away. Town. John is also one of the Teddington Lions who have run the Village Fair for Along with Sheena she’s been many years. With the demise of the Lions, we look forward to John bringing his the driving force for the glorious experience and enthusiasm to next year’s Fair when the Teddington Society Hanging Baskets which make our takes up the reins. streets so pleasant. She also started the shop Flag displays The Fun Factory last year and topped that this 14 The Causeway year with the magnificent parade of Olympic Flags along the High Teddington Street – persuading the High TW11 0HE Street shops to go that extra mile.

There’s no space this time to Tel: 8977 1006 record the Olympic related events in Teddington - watch this space John Sarah Maria Annabel in the next issue. A satisfied customer posted this (sic) quote: A fantastic little shop! The staff are wonderful and the owner will always do Thanks again Bhavna and your everything he possibly can to help. If he can’t then he will find someone that team for your enthusiasm and hard work. Please keep it up! will. Their balloon decorations are fantastic too, simply wonderful...although don’t be put off by the untidy mess It looks very disorganised but the service certainly isn’t!!!

LENSBURY SPECIAL OFFER One of our Corporate members, The Lensbury, occupies 25 beautiful acres down on the riverside at Teddington and when visiting Club Manager, Simon Plummer, I felt I had walked most of them! At least when it started to rain we could shelter in the Boat House at their Watersports Centre on the Thames near the Weir. The Lensbury is a leisure club with a 4 star hotel and conference facilities. Some of you may well be members but if not they would like to offer TeddSoc members an individual package of off-peak adult membership i.e. Monday-Friday 0630-1730. There is a waiting list for family membership of about a year. The added value our members will get is:

1. A free personal training taster (usually £35) for each member who joins. The Lensbury staff can tailor an exercise and wellness programme around your fitness level and according to any general pre existing conditions (like low back pain, elevated blood pressure). The latter would be done in consultation with your GP or health specialist. The Lensbury also have a range of 105 classes that are included in your membership, with 54% of the programme centred on Pilates, yoga, mobility and core stability classes for all age groups. 2. An opportunity to try out The Lensbury free of charge, before you commit to membership. This way you can get a sense of the serene atmosphere there, enjoy a swim in the pool, attend a class, or stroll around the 25 acre estate by the River Thames. (Entrance is usually limited to guests of members only at £12) I can honestly say that their premises are spotless - you could eat off the floor in the restaurants inside or out. As Lensbury member, you've access to a worldwide network of other clubs. The hotel has 173 bedrooms with nearly 300 car park spaces - well worth a visit even if you don't join. Contact Simon Plummer, Club Manager by email: [email protected] or phone: 020 8614 6420 to get started. Or visit their website: www.lensbury.com. Be sure to say you're a member of the Teddington Society to get the freebies Sheena Harold

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QUIZ CORNER The members of the History Group have come up with this quiz for you to show off your local knowledge. Originally compiled by Paddy Ching for the Wild London event in Richmond Park and printed for free by our lovely Printers, Woodgate-Loydor, the group have extended it and made it a little harder! All correct entries will go into the hat and the first drawn can choose between: (1) A Voucher to spend £30 on food or drink in Shambles Bar or Restaurant or (2) A Horse Riding Gift Certificate worth £40 from Park Lane Stables. Our grateful thanks to our Corporate Members for offering these lovely prizes. Teddington Society mugs to 2nd and 3rd.

QUESTIONS

1. Which comedian, who lived in Teddington, sang about "the fastest milkman in the west"?

HOW TO ENTER

2. Teddington had two churches opposite each other: Simply answer each question and St. Mary's and St. Albans. Which is the oldest? send your answers in the correct order to: 3. The author of "Lorna Doone" lived in Teddington

for over 40 years. What was his name? The Editor 152 Broom Road Teddington, Middlesex 4. Barges from Holland used to come up the Thames TW11 9PQ to get fish at Teddington. What fish was it? or by email to

5. What does SHAEF stand for? [email protected]

Make sure you give your name, 6. Where in Teddington were experiments on the address and phone number.

Bouncing Bomb carried out?

Deadline for entries is: 7. Who was the main scientist involved? th Friday 20 October.

8. Which playwright & actor couldn't remember the Good luck. house where he was born? Open to all members (except 9. Which Perpetual Curate of Teddington was the History Group members!).

first person to measure blood pressure?

10. When was the first Lock constructed at Teddington?

Solution and Winners – Issue no. 157

Congratulations for all the correct entries we received. First out of the hat and lucky winner of the champagne was: The answers we were looking for were 21 and 17. The correct grids are shown below: Noelle Dyer Su Doku No. 1 Su Doku No. 2 seen here with her prize 1 9 6 3 2 5 7 8 4 7 2 5 1 9 3 6 4 8 champagne from Dexters, 8 5 2 7 6 4 9 1 3 6 8 9 4 7 5 1 2 3 the Su Doku quiz sponsor 7 3 4 8 9 1 5 2 6 4 1 3 8 2 6 5 9 7

5 6 8 9 7 3 1 4 2 8 5 7 9 6 2 4 3 1 nd rd 2 & 3 prizes of Teddington 3 4 9 1 5 2 8 6 7 1 9 6 7 3 4 8 5 2

2 1 7 4 8 6 3 5 9 2 3 4 5 1 8 7 6 9 Society mugs to: 6 8 3 2 1 9 4 7 5 9 6 8 2 4 1 3 7 5 Peter Eveson & Sue Stevens 9 7 5 6 4 8 2 3 1 3 7 1 6 5 9 2 8 4 4 2 1 5 3 7 6 9 8 5 4 2 3 8 7 9 1 6

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SOCIETY EVENTS

rd  Thursday August 23 Visit to view the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace plus a guided tour of the garden. The tour is now full so I look forward to meeting the group to take the 9.41 train from Teddington (platform 2) to Victoria (change at Clapham Junction). Open House Weekend Please let me know (8977 0167) if you are taking the train 30 St Mary Axe, from a different station. th (c) Grant Smith/VIEW  Saturday September 8 Street Give and Take. Pictures Blandford Road from 10.30 till 14.30. Whilst this event will be held exclusively in one street, all Society members will be welcome, and when you pop along, please bring anything which you want to get rid of ‘for free’ to add to the Environment Group ‘stall’..  Saturday and Sunday September 22nd-23rd. Open House London is 20 years old this year and is promising a festival of events to celebrate. More than 700 buildings of all kinds will be opening their doors plus there will be a programme of neighbourhood walks, engineering and Coffee Mornings landscape tours, night-time openings and experts’ talks – at all for free. Full details will be in the illustrated booklet due to be distributed to local libraries in mid- August or you can Peg Woffington’s Cottage order on-line at www.openhouselondon.org.uk. 167 High Street, Teddington at 11.00 am Friday August 17th Tuesday September 18th Wednesday October 24th Tuesday November 13th Come and enjoy Tony and Betty’s coffee and cakes and meet other members of the Society Open House Weekend Maggies Centre, Hammersmith and Fulham All welcome (c) Nicola Browne

 Saturday November 10th Litterpick at Teddington Memorial Hospital in preparation for Remembrance Day Become a member now! ceremony. Meet at 10.00 am at the hospital entrance.  Thursday November 22nd & Friday November 30th Two dates from which to choose for our Annual Lunch at The Teddington Society membership application form Merits. If one lunch proves too popular you will be offered TITLE…… SURNAME………………………………………...... the alternative day. Last year 100 came to enjoy the good food prepared and served by the young students at the FIRST NAMES…………………………………………………………… training college – but there’s still room for expansion, and it ADDRESS…………………………………………………………………. would be great to exceed that number this year. Please make your choice from the menu enclosed and ...... send to Angela Carvill (address on enclosure). Lunch will cost £8.50 – coffee and wine extra. The POSTCODE ………… TELEPHONE…………………………….. college and car park are off Egerton Road which is off the A316 at Twickenham. Please arrive about 12.15 EMAIL…………………………………………………………………….. pm. RATES: Individual £5 Family £7 Senior £3 Joint Senior £4 th  Thursday November 29 Teddington Lights Up – Corporate £25 a special evening – come and support your wonderful Please circle any groups you are interested in joining: collection of local shops. They need your help to keep Historical Research Planning Roads & Transport Teddington alive. Late evening shopping – lots of fun Gardens Riverside & Open Spaces Environment events for children and adults alike. More details in next issue of Tidings. Book this date in your diary now. Cheques should be made payable to: The Teddington Society Please return to Belinda Heal, 13 Broom Water, Booking for visits is essential Teddington, TW11 9QJ Call Angela Carvill on 8977 0167 For Standing Order payments, please contact Belinda Printed by Woodgate-Loydor Ltd Page 20 2 Elmfield Avenue, Teddington TW11 8BS