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Letter from the Chair Contents LETTER FROM THE CHAIR 2016 is a right Royal year! The visit of HRH Princess Anne to reopen the Park Lane Stables is reported inside and Her Majesty The Queen had her 90th birthday on April 21st. For her official birthday some 30 Teddington roads are closing for street parties on June 11/12 or 18/19. We are hoping lots of you will decorate your front gardens in our one- off competition "A Garden Fit For The Queen" thought up by Kathy Gold. On June 12th the winners, chosen by Colin Squire of Squires' Garden Centres, will be announced at St Mary's Church. Full details inside so do have a go and paint the town Royal. There'll be teas in the churchyard and at 6.30 there'll be a Special Festival Service. We'll film the best entries. It's free and it's fun. The whole Borough will be blooming itself up for the annual Richmond Borough In Bloom Merit Awards. You can enter in any one of 10 categories before June 24th. Full details and entry form are at www.richmondboroughinbloom.co.uk, or from Richmond Borough in Bloom, c/o 7 Strawberry Hill Rd., Twickenham TW1 4QB. Corporate member Elleray Hall have entered in the Community Buildings category so we wish them well. Why don't you have a go? Our MP has been very supportive, coming to the AGM, a Merits lunch and Chestnut Sunday. Next it's the Teddington Village Fair preceded by the Annual Pram Race on Sunday June 26th. This year Lensbury have stepped up to become our headline sponsor for which we thank them. Before that the council will plant a Black Walnut tree in memory of our late Vice President, Joan Freeman, in Park Road. A great honour for a lady who organised Teddington in Flower for many years. We hope you'll find something you like to do and see in Teddington. This is your town and your Society so join in and tell us what you want and help us to do it. SHEENA CONTENTS 1 Welcome 8 Treasurer's Report 13 Chestnut Sunday 2 Teddington Society 9 Words and Music 13 Panorama of the Thames 2 Editorial 9 SENTimental Puzzle 14 Quantum Group 3 Princess Anne's Visit 10 Slowly down the Thames 14 Teddington Carpets 3 Mr Teddington 11 Borough WW1 Blog 14 Teddington Theatre Club 4-6 AGM 11 Pram race & Village Fair 14 Parking in Teddington 6 Letter from Josette 12 In the Footsteps of Drake 15 Corporate Members 6 Welcome, Nick 12 Merits Lunch 15 Membership Matters 7 Teddington Archives 13 Garden fit for the Queen 16 Events Page The Teddington Society LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 1 Avenue Road, Teddington TW11 0BT Donald Bell Reg. Charity No. 802026 www.teddingtonsociety.org.uk Lots of personnel changes were announced at the AGM and are President: Jenny Hilton reported elsewhere in this edition of Tidings. Vice Presidents : Roger Avins, John Demont, Paddy Ching We said farewell to Josette Nikiforou, our Secretary for many years, and we welcomed Nick Picton in her place. Chairman Sheena Harold 020 8977 2700 Alan Hopgood, "Mr Teddington" at the Station, had just taken [email protected] (slightly) early retirement and he received a presentation, recognizing his decades of service. Vice Chairman and Website Alan Benns 07768 078667 And Paddy Ching was invited to become a Vice President of the [email protected] Society. We asked for her reactions. Here is what she said: Secretary Nick Picton Those of you who were at the AGM will [email protected] realise what a shock I received at the end of the meeting when Sheena asked Treasurer if I would become a Vice President of Sally Howland 020 8977 9404 the Teddington Society. I had no idea [email protected] whatsoever that this was coming! Publicity & Promotions (inc. Gardens) Many of you know me through the Sheena Harold work of the History Group but I think it is appropriate to say a little more Membership Secretary about myself. I came to Teddington in Jenny Michell 020 8977 0772 1960 as one of the scientists at the Admiralty Research Laboratory in Queen’s [email protected] Road, alas no longer there. My outside interests at that time were mostly sport, especially badminton and tennis, but in the 1970s I attended an evening Magazine Editor: Donald Bell class and became interested in Local History. I then spent much of my spare [email protected] time at the Middlesex Record Office, which kept the early documents regarding the history of Teddington, copying all the information regarding the manor of Minutes Secretary: Judy Asher Teddington I could find and I then joined the Society’s History Group. In 1980 I became less energetic and took up golf but became more involved with local Planning Group history and am also one of the Vice Presidents of the Twickenham History Society. James Sinclair 07535 629165 [email protected] I have given many talks on the history of our village to the Teddington Society, Roads and Transport Group to other History Societies and many smaller groups in the area. I have also led Brian Holder 020 8977 1579 walks around the old parts of Teddington looking at older buildings still [email protected] standing and I can’t count how many times I have sat at a table trying to sell booklets, postcards, mugs and now tea towels! Environment Group Geoff Howland 020 8977 9404 The Society has been a great success in allowing us to have considerable [email protected] contact with the council and putting Teddington on the map. How many Societies can fill a hall at their AGM? The film this year was a great success but History Group most of you stayed to hear what your committee had to say. For those of you Ken Howe 020 8943 1513 who are new to the area I recommend that as well as joining the Teddington [email protected] Society you also join one of the working groups where you will make friends and find yourself doing all sorts of odd jobs to benefit our town. Riverside and Open Spaces Group Andy Weston It is an honour to be a Vice President of this Society which I much appreciate. [email protected] There is only one snag and that is that I must be getting old but one is only as old as one feels! Flood Working Group Brian Holder Page 2 Tidings 174 – Summer 2016 PRINCESS ANNE’S VISIT The Stables are run as a commercial business for local and visiting riders. This enables the charity arm to work. TO PARK LANE STABLES The Park Lane Stables RDA charity is part of the Riding Natalie O’Rourke for the Disabled Association’s national network of specialist facilities. The charity provides equine therapy Back in 2015 the future of the stables was looking pretty and lessons for riders with additional needs, irrespective grim. The building was in a very sad state. The roof was of age, and free of charge for those who cannot afford dilapidated and leaking, the facilities were worn out. them. To fund these and the specialist riding equipment, Plans had been drawn up to redevelop the site into we have an on-going fund-raising campaign so we are housing. Our landlord insisted that we renovate the really chuffed to be made one of the beneficiaries of this whole structure or the lease would not be renewed. year’s Teddington Pram Race. MR TEDDINGTON Alan Hopgood has worked at Teddington Station for many years and is well known to all the regular travellers. The many friends and supporters of Park Lane Stables and local businesses all rallied round and we were able to mount a legal challenge to renew the lease with the help of The Original Maids of Honour Tea Rooms in Kew. We’ve been able to re-build the entire building as well as adding some super new amenities in just five months. The architect Dean Griffiths, of Astronaut Kawada Architecture, came up with an amazing design free of He has finally retired and at the AGM he received charge and local builders, Reed Construction Ltd of this very elegant tankard in recognition of his Hampton, undertook all the building work, just charging decades of service. us for the materials. So we were absolutely thrilled and delighted that Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal agreed to re-open the The engraving reads "Just the Ticket. Thanks a stables on Wednesday 17th February and make the day Million. With best wishes from Teddington Society so special for our riders, instructors, helpers and friends. and Friends". The Princess saw a riding demonstration in Bushy Park and went on to see the new stables and facilities. Tidings 174 – Summer 2016 Page 3 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING At the AGM, Sally Howland began by thanking Pete Shaw, Minutes by Judy Asher the independent examiner, for his support. The accounts were available on the website and also tabled at the The Meeting was held on Tuesday 12th April 2016 at St meeting. She noted that the accounts showed a healthy Mary with St Alban Church Hall, Langham Road, cash balance of £12,323, of which £9,817 was available Teddington. to spend after adjustments for provisions and debtors. Members Present: John Demont (Vice President), Details of these adjustments are given in the Sheena Harold (Chairman), Alan Benns (Vice Chairman), Spreadsheet. There had been a surplus for the year of Sally Howland (Treasurer), Josette Nikiforou (Secretary), £1,834 which, after adjusting for prior year items and Jenny Michell, Brian Holder, Geoff Howland, Andy uncleared cheques, gave a profit of just over £1k which is Weston, Donald Bell, Judy Asher and about 65 available to be donated for charity purposes.
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