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…
Contact us if you or somebody you know would like to have a Life Story featured here._
Click on a name below to read a Life Story.
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- Born and lived in Teddington since 1946
- Took photo of stricken Virgin jet for The Sun newspaper
- Huge fan of aircraft - but never flown
- Shops in Teddington in 1950s
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- Lived in Teddington since 1939
- Hiding under a brass bed from German bombs
- Plucking chickens as a girl for pocket money
- Teddington High Street in the 1950s and 60s
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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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- 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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- Landmark Centre in the 1990s
- Shops and housing in Teddington
- Teddington Hydrotherapy pool
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Founder of our Care Group in 1975
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MBE for services to the community
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Opera and theatre enthusiast
- Volunteered on Samaritans’ phone helplines
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