Twickenham, Richmond Road And The Gaumont Cinema c.1955
Photo ref:
T91013
Photo ref:
T91013
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In 1965, the municipal borough of Twickenham was merged with those of Barnes and Richmond (against the wishes of many residents) to become the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames under the umbrella of the Greater London Council.
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Memories of Twickenham, Richmond Road and the Gaumont Cinema c1955
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Twickenham, Richmond Road And The Gaumont Cinema c.1955
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I was born in Colindale in 1937. My memories of Twickenham are of a piscatorial nature.
I took up angling aged 10 or 11, a friend and I decided to have a go on 'The River', we had fished the Grand Union Canal and river Gade at Watford and we fancied a change. We managed to get to Richmond using the north London line from Brondesbury which we reached by bus. It was all very strange, we had no idea the river ...see more
Re: the Regent Cinema razed to the ground for a garage. Before it was a cinema, it was... a garage. Really, it was a coachworks called Twickenham Motorworks which was a coachworks. This belonged to my grandfather, Jotham Harrison and his brother Edwin. The business had about 12 people working at one time. They had engines and wheels and chassis and put the bodies on afterwards for the cars and carpets in ...see more
This is a photograph of the Regent cinema on the right opposite York House in Twickenham where I met my Wife who was an usherette. It has since been knocked down to make way for a garage. She sold me a very long lasting Choc Ice. We courted for 5 years, longer than they do now and married in 1960. I have been happily married ever since. My cousin was the projectionist for a number of years and I used to go with ...see more
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