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- Tue Nov 01, 2022 1:54 pm
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- Topic: Vol 13 No 9; Hollywood-on-Thames
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Vol 13 No 9; Hollywood-on-Thames
HAMPTON, AROUND AND ABOUT Things you may not know, or didn’t know you knew! No 9 HOLLYWOOD-on- THAMES Long Forgotten Film Studios Whilst researching the previous article on Albert van Hoorn I cam across a mention of film studios that used to be in the local area, including that of Crystal Films in H...
- Tue Nov 01, 2022 1:54 pm
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- Topic: Vol 13 No 8; Albert van Hoorn
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Vol 13 No 8; Albert van Hoorn
HAMPTON, AROUND AND ABOUT Things you may not know, or didn’t know you knew! No 8 ALBERT van HOORN Artist & Inventor Albert van Hoorn (1871-1929) lived and worked in Hampton Wick but was originally born in Ireland. He came to Hampton Wick via a circuitous route which encompassed Oldham, Golders G...
- Tue Nov 01, 2022 1:52 pm
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- Topic: Vol 13 No 7; John Sleeper-Clarke
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Vol 13 No 7; John Sleeper-Clarke
HAMPTON, AROUND AND ABOUT Things you may not know, or didn’t know you knew! No 7 JOHN SLEEPER CLARKE And the Abraham Lincoln connection Buried in Teddington Cemetery is an actor born in Baltimore, Maryland who has a connection to the 1865 assassination of the US President, Abraham Lincoln. John Clar...
- Fri Oct 14, 2022 3:32 pm
- Forum: Hampton & Richmond Borough
- Topic: Torquay
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Re: Torquay
Players left by coach at 1.45 this afternoon. Overnight stop near Newton Abbot.
- Mon Oct 10, 2022 9:43 am
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- Topic: Vol 13 No 6 Sir Charles Hawtrey
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Vol 13 No 6 Sir Charles Hawtrey
HAMPTON, AROUND AND ABOUT Things you may not know, or didn’t know you knew! No 6 SIR CHARLES HAWTREY And the Son that never was; Identity theft? Buried in Teddington Cemetery is a famous 19th century actor who indirectly was thought to be the father of a member of the ‘Carry On’ team’, but more of t...
- Sun Oct 02, 2022 2:59 pm
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- Topic: Vol 13 No 5 T S Hampton Ferry
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Vol 13 No 5 T S Hampton Ferry
HAMPTON, AROUND AND ABOUT Things you may not know, or didn’t know you knew! No 5 TS HAMPTON FERRY The ship! Not our local ferry In a book on the history of British Railways I came across a reference to a ship called the TS Hampton Ferry and, of course, investigated. Three Ferries were built named, H...
- Tue Sep 20, 2022 6:25 pm
- Forum: Hampton & Richmond Borough
- Topic: FA Cup
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Re: FA Cup
It didn't help any that several players were ill on the coach travelling to the game.
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 3:43 pm
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- Topic: Vol 13 No 4 Sir Francis Mark Farmer
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Vol 13 No 4 Sir Francis Mark Farmer
HAMPTON, AROUND AND ABOUT Things you may not know, or didn’t know you knew! No 4 SIR FRANCIS MARK FARMER Renowned Dental Surgeon In Hampton Cemetery sits a very grand monument to Sir Francis Mark Farmer (1866 – 1922), in his time a famous Dental Surgeon and leading expert on facial reconstruction es...
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 3:41 pm
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- Topic: Vol 13 No 3 The Daubeneys
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Vol 13 No 3 The Daubeneys
HAMPTON, AROUND AND ABOUT Things you may not know, or didn’t know you knew! No 3 THE DAUBENEYS Keeping your Head, whilst all about you…….. Daubeney Place is a small mews behind the ground, in the High Street, close to Twickenham Preparatory School and is named for an early owner of property in Hampt...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 1:43 pm
- Forum: Hampton & Richmond Borough
- Topic: News of former players
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Re: News of former players
We couldn't afford Bettemer!
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 1:41 pm
- Forum: Hampton & Richmond Borough
- Topic: FA Cup
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Re: FA Cup
Train Strike Day!
- Thu Sep 01, 2022 5:32 pm
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- Topic: Vol 13 No 2; Committed To The Cause
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Vol 13 No 2; Committed To The Cause
HAMPTON, AROUND AND ABOUT Things you may not know, or didn’t know you knew! No 2 COMMITTED TO THE CAUSE They also served from the sidelines One thing is certain (apart from Death & Taxes!) is that you can’t run a football club without having some willing people in the background carrying out the...