Balmoral Mansions, TW1

Balmoral Mansions lies near to Richmond Bridge on the Twickenham side of the river.

Richmond Bridge viewed from the Twickenham side of the Thames (1904)
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jim curtis

Shaftesbury Road, TW9

Added: 18 Aug 2017 15:58 GMT

23 Shaftesbury Road
my grandparents lived @ no23 for many years.We used to have christmas dinner there then all walk round to great aunt mabels at 97 lower mortlake road for the great evenings fun & games,all sides of the family maybe 25-30 people.unfortunatley after granddad died it all petered out about 1960.Very sad. dont seem to have good times like those now.

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Sue Meyrick Road, SW11 Added: 24 Sep 2023 19:09 GMT	Meyrick Rd My family - Roe - lived in poverty at 158 Meyrick Rd in the 1920s, moving to 18 Lavender Terrace in 1935. They also lived in York Rd at one point. Alf, Nell (Ellen), plus children John, Ellen (Did), Gladys, Joyce & various lodgers. Alf worked for the railway (LMS). Reply
Michael Tyrrell Avenue, DA16 Added: 20 Sep 2023 21:10 GMT	Momentous Birth! I was born in the upstairs front room of 28 Tyrrell Avenue in August 1938. I was a breach birth and quite heavy ( poor Mum!). My parents moved to that end of terrace house from another rental in St Mary Cray where my three year older brother had been born in 1935. The estate was quite new in 1938 and all the properties were rented. My Father was a Postman. I grew up at no 28 all through WWII and later went to Little Dansington School Reply
Mike Levy Arbour Square, E1 Added: 19 Sep 2023 18:10 GMT	Bombing of Arbour Square in the Blitz On the night of September 7, 1940. Hyman Lubosky (age 35), his wife Fay (or Fanny)(age 32) and their son Martin (age 17 months) died at 11 Arbour Square. They are buried together in Rainham Jewish Cemetery. Their grave stones read: "Killed by enemy action" Reply
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Alex Britton Roding Valley Added: 30 Aug 2023 10:43 GMT	Late opening The tracks through Roding Valley were opened on 1 May 1903 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) on its Woodford to Ilford line (the Fairlop Loop). But the station was not opened until 3 February 1936 by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER, successor to the GER). Source: Roding Valley tube station - Wikipedia Reply
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Cholmondeley Walk, TW9

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Ellesmere Road, TW1

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Glenmore House, TW10

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Gloucester House, TW10

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Golden Court, TW9

Grosvenor Avenue, TW10 Grosvenor Avenue is a road in the TW10 postcode area

Grosvenor Avenue, TW10

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Halford House, TW10

Halibut House, TW1 Halibut House is a block on The Moorings.

Halibut House, TW1

Haversham Close, TW1 Haversham Close is a road in the TW1 postcode area

Haversham Close, TW1

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Heron Square, TW9

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Lancaster Cottages, TW10

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Lancaster Park, TW10

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Patten Alley, TW10

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Poplar Court Parade, TW1

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Ravensbourne Road, TW1

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Regency Walk, TW10

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Richmond Bridge Mansions, TW1

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Richmond Circus, TW1

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Whittaker Avenue, TW9

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Twickenham

Twickenham is a suburban district situated on the River Thames some 16km southwest of Charing Cross.

The historic riverside area has a network of 18th-century buildings and pleasure grounds, many of which have survived.

Twickenham is the English home of the Rugby Football Union, with hundreds of thousands of spectators visiting Twickenham Stadium each year.

This area has three mansions with public access: York House, Marble Hill and Strawberry Hill House.

Historically part of Middlesex, Twickenham has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames since 1965

The first Twickenham station was built by the London and Windsor Railway on the west of London Road bridge, opening on 22 August 1848 and originally called Twickenham Junction.

On 28 March 1954, a completely rebuilt station came into use with three through tracks.

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Richmond bridge (2006) Credit: Amandajm TUM image id: 1517829999 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Promenade, Richmond Old London postcard TUM image id: 1653927013 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Terrace, Richmond (c.1900) The view from the Terrace has inspired artists and writers. It is famous for its beauty - and for being the only view in Britain specifically preserved by an Act of Parliament. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1635871705 Licence:	Montpelier Row, Twickenham was developed in 1721 by a Captain John Gray. It was possibly called Montpelier Row as it may have resembled the health resort of Montpellier in France. Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1629903464 Licence:	Bus in George Street, in Richmond (1988) A ’Metrobus’ on Route 27 to Notting Hill Gate picks up passengers. Credit: Geograph/Dr Neil Clifton TUM image id: 1638102247 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Female Bus Conductors of the London General Omnibus Company: Richmond (1918) After the conclusion of the First World War, women largely lost their roles in London transport as men returned from the front TUM image id: 1633437551 Licence:	The Quadrant, Richmond (1910) The Quadrant runs up to Richmond station from the centre of the town Old London postcard TUM image id: 1635962159 Licence:	St. Mary Magdalene, Paradise Road, Richmond (undated) Old London postcard TUM image id: 1635942563 Licence:	Clarence House in The Vineyard, Richmond (2015) Bernardo O’Higgins (1778-1842), statesman and liberator of Chile lived and studied here. Credit: Wiki Commons/Spudgun67 TUM image id: 1638103719 Licence:	Crew moor the Twickenham ferry to its jetty (1931) Credit: Getty Images TUM image id: 1653932679 Licence:
Lichfield Court, Sheen Road, Richmond (1930s) Lichfield Court consists of two Grade II listed purpose-built blocks of flats. Designed by Bertram Carter and built in fine Streamline Moderne style, it was completed in 1935. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1635963552 Licence:	Picturesque Brewers Lane leads to Richmond Green from George Street. Credit: IG/theseptemberchronicles TUM image id: 1681223601 Licence:	Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892) was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria’s reign. Tennyson moved to Chapel House, Twickenham in 1840. In 1850, Tennyson reached the pinnacle of his career, publishing his masterpiece, "In Memoriam A.H.H.". Later the same year, he was appointed Poet Laureate, succeeding William Wordsworth. Tennyson moved to the Isle of Wight in 1853 and on to West Sussex in 1869. TUM image id: 1649274622 Licence:	As World War One opened, Germany invaded hitherto-neutral Belgium causing an influx of Belgian refugees. Both Richmond-upon-Thames and Twickenham across the river opened their homes and their hearts to the refugees. For four years between 1914 and 1918, these two communities became a little ’Belgium beyond Belgium’. TUM image id: 1653930971 Licence:	During the First World War, many Belgians came to work and live their lives around the Pelabon Works, Twickenham. Sports clubs, drama groups, orchestra and choir, and shops opened to serve this large, new community. TUM image id: 1653931976 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Richmond bridge (2006)
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The Promenade, Richmond
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Bus in George Street, in Richmond (1988) A ’Metrobus’ on Route 27 to Notting Hill Gate picks up passengers.
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Female Bus Conductors of the London General Omnibus Company: Richmond (1918) After the conclusion of the First World War, women largely lost their roles in London transport as men returned from the front
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The Quadrant, Richmond (1910) The Quadrant runs up to Richmond station from the centre of the town
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St. Mary Magdalene, Paradise Road, Richmond (undated)
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Picturesque Brewers Lane leads to Richmond Green from George Street.
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As World War One opened, Germany invaded hitherto-neutral Belgium causing an influx of Belgian refugees. Both Richmond-upon-Thames and Twickenham across the river opened their homes and their hearts to the refugees. For four years between 1914 and 1918, these two communities became a little ’Belgium beyond Belgium’.
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During the First World War, many Belgians came to work and live their lives around the Pelabon Works, Twickenham. Sports clubs, drama groups, orchestra and choir, and shops opened to serve this large, new community.
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View of Richmond Bridge from the River Thames (1908) And a fine old Edward VII stamp on the postcard too...
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