The railway stations of Richmond and Kew
The London & South Western Railway (L&SWR) built the first Richmond railway from their terminus,…
Local History
Richmond in the 17th Century
In the early 17th century, Richmond was slowly becoming a self-contained village, though it was…
A rationed Christmas in 1918
Food became more scarce through the duration of the war, but it was in 1918…
Richmond history through blue plaques
We can chart part of the lives of some of history’s most notable men and…
Virginia Woolf – life in Richmond
Virginia Woolf was one of the most important and creative women writers of the 20th…
Sheen cinema: a flickering past
There used to be a beautiful Art Deco building on Sheen Lane – the Sheen…
On the buses
A brief history of buses, trams and trolleybuses in Richmond The first horse-drawn bus service…
‘The mad women of Kew’
The suffragette movement was very active locally, but the destruction of orchids and the arson…
Turner in Twickenham
JMW Turner is arguably our greatest landscape artist. Turner was born on 23 April 1775…
Christmas traditions
The history of Christmas traditions. Most December 25th traditions are far less Christian and much…