Teddington, Lock c.1960
Photo ref: T19008
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Photo ref: T19008
Photo of Teddington, Lock c.1960

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Teddington's population grew from around 1,000 inhabitants in mid-Victorian times to over 25,000 just a century later. Many found it a pleasant town to live in, not too far from London. One famous resident was R D Blackmore, the author of 'Lorna Doone' and 'Christowell', who worked here as a market gardener, writing his novels in his spare time.

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A Selection of Memories from Teddington

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. Here are some from Teddington

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We moved from 76 Princes Road in 1957 to the other end of Teddington, to 143 High Street, opposite Kingston Lane. My parents bought the house for about £1400 (yes fourteen hundred) as a refurb project. It still had gas lighting, which had to be stripped out to install electricity. There were servants bells too. In the 1960s anything Victorian was just considered old-fashioned and grim. My father had ...see more
Born in Teddington in 1945. Lived in Clarence Road until 1958, then moved to the "Con Club" in Stanley Road. My brother and I were both in St. Albans Choir along with another pair of brothers, Ian and Cliff Williams, who both now live in Australia. My brother and I live in the USA, Colin in Dallas, Texas and me in Indianapolis, Indiana. Remember Father Simmons and choir master, Norris Marshall. A grand building.