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Life Stories

Click here to read the wonderful Life Stories of some of our amazing clients.

Life Stories

Life Stories is a feature in which our clients tell the story of their long and wonderful lives, in their own words.

Many 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…

Click on a summary below for the full Life Story.


  • Betty Hainey
    • 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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  • Shirley Meaker
    • Hawker aircraft factory in Ham;
    • Harrier jump jet;
    • Udney Park Road;
    • R D Blackmore;
    • Teddington High Street in the 1960s;
    • Setting up Weber Scientific and managing factories in the UK and Ohio;
    • Thames TV studios
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  • Sheena Spiers
    • 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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  • Eleanor Lodge
    • Moving from Camden during WW2;
    • Christ Church School in Cedar Road;
    • Lemon’s Bakery on the High Street;
    • Faimes General Store on Stanley Road;
    • US army base in Bushy Park in the 1940s;
    • General Eisenhower and Clarke Gable
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