Staines, The Tow Path c.1950
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Memories of Staines, the Tow Path c1950

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Does anyone remember this wonderful old house. I stayed there in the early 80s, I had known the family from earlier days but my memory of staying there has lived with me to this day. There was a character that was associated with the family Max Kemp. He was one of the sons, I think the others were Walter & Derek. The family originally lived I think in Henley on Thames until ...see more
I lived in a flat which was part of Duncombe Hall which was later knocked down and flats built on the land - still called Duncombe. It was fine old house - my flat was the servants annexe above the kitchens. I used to walk along the towpath with my baby in her pram, into Staines. Mothers with school age children used to walk that way too and one day I heard that a child had fallen into the river but been ...see more