Kate Lyons

A big outing was to go to Chessington – Kate Lyons – 13

After the 11 plus I went to Richmond County Grammer school – Kate Lyons – 05

Areas of Ham are completely the same and other areas totally changed – Kate Lyons – 28

As my daughters got older I worked at Queen Mary’s Hospital – Kate Lyons – 23

Break up of the Dysart Estate and the building of the council estate in Petersham – Kate Lyons – 20

Building of the council estate in Petersham – Kate Lyons – 21

Churchgoing and Sunday School – Kate Lyons – 16

I did go to the Ice Rink a lot – Kate Lyons – 07

I trained as a model but didn’t like it – Kate Lyons – 18

I went to the Orchard School then Kew College, I went to school on my own – Kate Lyons – 04

Many years I was membership sec and treasurer of H & P residents Association – Kate Lyons – 27

My daughters went to the Orchard School and then Grey Court – Kate Lyons – 24

My family owned a plot of land including this house ‘The Poplars’ – Kate Lyons – 01

My first cinema film was Bambi – Kate Lyons – 10

•••2

Doreen Lucas

Air raids disrupted my journey to school – Doreen Lucas – 04

Carrots were given to us at school – Doreen Lucas – 05

Crying in church as a youngster – Doreen Lucas – 07

Fishing on Ham Lands and picking carrots – Doreen Lucas – 09

German and Italian prisoners of war used to work on the farms – Doreen Lucas – 06

I came to live in Ham in 1938, I was 8 – Doreen Lucas – 01

I don’t like the shops opposite Grey Court – Dorreen Lucas – 14

I worked on a solicitor’s office then a bank – Dorreen Lucas – 10

Memories of Secrett’s farm and Mr Secrett – Doreen Lucas – 08

My gran’s large family – Doreen Lucas – 13

My husband’s grandfather Mr Sumner was gardener at Ham house – Doreen Lucas – 12

We had very good neighbours in Stretton Road – Doreen Lucas – 03

We moved into our cottage in 1947 – Doreen Lucas – 11

Went to Princes Road School, Richmond – Doreen Lucas – 02

Philip Lintern

Broke my leg playing football, and visits to the Royal Oak – Philip Lintern – 20

Convent nuns travelling by bus to Richmond – Philip Lintern – 41

Cricket and Football teams from the Woorville Road area, playing on the square surrounded by the prefabs – Philip Lintern – 08

Didn’t really use Twickenham much, Australian Cricket team at Hawker’s – Philip Lintern – 34

Fares on the Green Line buses were more expensive – Philip Lintern – 30

Fishing in the Pits – Philip Lintern – 13

Football was my main hobby, jazz at Thames Hotel Hampton Court – Philip Lintern – 19

Frank Birch was the local butcher, I used to do a peper round and other shops in Ham – Philip Lintern – 31

Going against my mother’s wishes to play in the Pits, but we were discovered – Philip Lintern – 10

Ham farm owned a bull, you kept clear – Philip Lintern – 42

Ham youth club which had a boxing ring – Philip Lintern – 22

Hardly ever went to Kingston, shopping at Dunkley’s – Philip Lintern – 24

Helping out on Saturday at Ham Library – Philip Lintern – 32

I didn’t mix with the hard nuts of Ham – Philip Lintern – 39

•••2

Diana Lawson

Big changes to Ham – infill building, closure of Latchmere house and Hawkers – Diana Lawson – 11

Building of the German School – Diana Lawson – 16

Charlie Archer was the main stay of the Petersham Horticultural Society – Diana Lawson – 07

Cows on Petersham Meadows and the farms in Ham – Diana Lawson – 13

Firstly we lived in Mornington Walk – Diana Lawson – 02

Holidays on the South coast, Pembrokshire and camping in France – Diana Lawson – 03

I was on the committee of the Petersham Horticultural Society – Diana Lawson – 06

I was secretary of Ham Ratepayers and Residents Association helping defend Ham Lands – Diana Lawson – 05

Infill building and the tunnel under the park – Diana Lawson – 08

Love Ham Library, how much better it is now – Diana Lawson – 14

Lucky for the space in Ham, and the German community that has developed here – Diana Lawson – 15

My sons went to the Russell School and then onto Greycourt – Diana Lawson – 04

Orgainising the garden party at Lord Howard de Walden house Ormely Lodge – Diana Lawson – 09

Shopping at big and little Bishop’s – Diana Lawson – 10

•••2

Michael Kingham

Building Wates estate and lorries going through Ham from the gravel pits – Michael Kingham – 18

Earning money from German prisonners at Latchmere – Michael Kingham – 13

Escapes from Latchmere and the siren going off – Michael Kingham – 15

For many years we supplied the flowers for St Andrew’s – Michael Kingham – 09

For some years after the war my aunt and her sister lived in Beaufort Court – Michael Kingham – 01

Great social spread of Ham and its pubs – Michael Kingham – 21

I knew the lad who set fire to Grey Court – Michael Kingham – 10

I was an ABC minor, but it was an outdoor life as a child – Michael Kingham – 19

I was offered Grey Court but went to Gasworks college on the Richmond Road – Michael Kingham – 03

Living in Latchmere Lane and having a TV for the Coronation – Michael Kingham – 02

Making sack barrow carts and playing on them – Michael Kingham – 12

Memories of Saturday working and going to the old Covent Garden market – Michael Kingham – 17

Memories of the Canbury Residents Asociation – Michael Kingham – 05

Murders in Ham, the other common was always more frightening for us kids – Michael Kingham – 11

•••2

Inge Kimbell

Changes in attitude over the years, churches were the centre of village life – Inge Kimbell – 06

Class divisions in Ham – Inge Kimbell – 05

Cycling to Kingston for the market, and 3 greencrocers in Ham – Inge Kimbell – 03

Moved to the Wates Estate Christmas 1963. They built it so quickly – Inge Kimbell – 11

My boys started in th Russell School – Inge Kimbell – 02

October Fest and Christmas Bazaars at the German School – Inge Kimbell – 13

Oldest surviving Sea Scout group in Britain – Inge Kimbell – 08

Opposite the Fox and Duck was a small cinema in the 20s or 30s – Inge Kimbell – 18

Organising the Scouts Jumble Sale was very hard work – Inge Kimbell – 17

Our MP Geoffrey Stewart-Smith, St.Peter’s and Sea Scouts – Inge Kimbell – 07

Petersham Flower show involvement – Inge Kimbell – 16

Roadworks near the Russell School, a reminder of the Petersham Hole – Inge Kimbell – 10

Roasting an Ox opposite the Dysart to celebrate the Queen’s Silver Jubilee 1977 – Inge Kimbell – 15

St Peter’s a popular venue for marriages and memories of Archdeacon Robb – Inge Kimbell – 14

•••2

Chris and Moni Kenward

Arts and crafts offered to Ham youths – Chris and Moni Kenward – 11

As a policeman I used to know all the shopkeepers – Chris and Moni Kenward – 14

Bringing physical activitiers, music, art, photography to HamYouth Club – Chris and Moni Kenward – 09

Coming to Ham for certain shops – Chris and Moni Kenward – 18

Good that young people from richer backgrounds mixed with poorer youths from Ham – Chris and Moni Kenward – 08

Helping with the investigation to the Barclay’s bank murder – Chris and Moni Kenward – 17

Ice rink was so good for young people – Chris and Moni Kenward – 15

Initially take up of Duke of Edinburgh scheme was slow in Ham – Chris and Moni Kenward – 06

Murder of a woman outside Ham Gate – Chris and Moni Kenward – 16

Music workshops started in Ham Youth Club – Chris and Moni Kenward – 10

My early career in the police force serving Ham – Chris and Moni Kenward – 01

Offereing more to the young people of Ham, and worries about development of Ham Close – Chris and Moni Kenward – 05

Police officers replaced by CCTV – Chris and Moni Kenward – 02

Some rivalry between Ham and Richmond youths – Chris and Moni Kenward – 04

•••2

Maurice Kearns

All my kids went to St. Richard’s and sang in the choir – Maurice Kearns – 27

Back to work in the Bonus dept at Hawker’s – Maurice Kearns – 21

Bomb damage around Ham – Maurice Kearns – 13

Bomb damage Craig Raod and New Road and the Doctor’s house – Maurice Kearns – 14

Dad in the Home Guard and an Anderson Shelter in the garden – Maurice Kearns – 15

Dodging the bull while cutting through the farm – Maurice Kearns – 33

Evacuation to Dewesbury during the war – Maurice Kearns – 18

Fishing on Ham gravel pits – Maurice Kearns – 08

Gainsborough school memories of classmates – Maurice Kearns – 06

Going to watch Brentford FC – Maurice Kearns – 07

Holidays to Jaywick by coach – Maurice Kearns – 11

I had a sucession of jobs – Maurice Kearns – 22

I was on Ham Common when war was declared – Maurice Kearns – 02

I worked at Pyrene fire extinguishers – Maurice Kearns – 23

•••2

Sue Jones

Being a youth club leader had its advantages – Sue Jones – 30

Brief encounter with the Brownies – Sue Jones – 12

Clearing of the boats on Ham Riverside – Sue Jones – 36

Cricket on the common took over as football declined – Sue Jones – 15

Cycling to Richmond Ice Rink – Sue Jones – 24

Development of area consultation meetings – Sue Jones – 34

Family holidays in the West Country – Sue Jones – 16

Frank the butcher on Ham Street – Sue Jones – 07

Going to Grey Court at 11 – Sue Jones – 20

Ham Fair sort of took over from Ham Horticultural Show – Sue Jones – 14

Hating going to Church as a child – Sue Jones – 19

High quality of the Petersham Council Estate – Sue Jones – 27

Horrible food at school – Sue Jones – 11

I became a youth leader, memories of Friday night parties – Sue Jones – 22

•••2

Freda Hyde

Belonging to a book club linked to Friends of Ham Library – Freda Hyde – 26

Choosing Schools In Ham – Freda Hyde – 03

Enentually I became a teacher at St Richard’s – Freda Hyde – 10

Enrolled as Teacher at Meadlands – Freda Hyde – 09

Gardening contractors looking after the Estates of Ham – Freda Hyde – 17

Gate House Garden is much apreciated- Freda Hyde – 22

Gate House Garden was originally a waste dump – Freda Hyde – 23

Ham Infants School merges with St Richard’s – Freda Hyde – 14

I got involved with London in Bloom – Freda Hyde – 24

I was a gardener for the Gardening contractors looking after the Wates Estate- Freda Hyde – 16

I was involved with WEA Adult Education in Ham – Freda Hyde – 20

I was the trees and landscape rep for the Richmond Society – Freda Hyde – 25

Member of Ham Amenities Group – Freda Hyde – 21

Memories of the 65 Bus – Freda Hyde – 06

•••2

Album	Kate Lyons
Category	Audio Memory

Album	Kate Lyons
Category	Audio Memory

Album	Kate Lyons
Category	Audio Memory

Album	Kate Lyons
Category	Audio Memory

Album	Kate Lyons
Category	Audio Memory

Ham is where the Heart is…

A local history by the people of Ham – Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund

Author: Chris Wadsworth

Kate Lyons

Doreen Lucas

Philip Lintern

Diana Lawson

Michael Kingham

Inge Kimbell

Chris and Moni Kenward

Maurice Kearns

Sue Jones

Freda Hyde