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…
Click on a summary below for the full Life Story.
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TB and meningitis as a child
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Working and lecturing in law
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Chair of Law Society Disabled Group
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Flying a plane
- Sailing a yacht
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- 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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- 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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- 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.