Gill Douglas-Smith

£5 per week was enough for travelling and lunches – Gill Douglas-Smith 43

A British Restaurant in Ham – Gill Douglas-Smith 24

Americans based in Richmond Park – Gill Douglas-Smith 41

Barclays bank raid 1976 – Gill Douglas-Smith 33

Bentalls Toy Fair procession – Gill Douglas-Smith 23

Birkwood Nursery on Tudor Drive – Gill Douglas-Smith 25

Christened by Canon Beard – Gill Douglas-Smith 31

Closure of British Aerospace causes changes – Gill Douglas-Smith 29

Co-Op shops on Ham Parade – Gill Douglas-Smith 21

Coronation celebrations in Ham – Gill Douglas-Smith 15

End of the war party in Tudor Drive – Gill Douglas-Smith 35

Good shops in Richmond – Gill Douglas-Smith 22

Ham Fair opened by local celebrities – Gill Douglas-Smith 30

Ham has a lovely Atmosphere – Gill Douglas-Smith 12

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Helen Cotterill

Ashburnham Shopping has everything you needed in the 60s – Helen Cotterill 06

Bus service is much improved – Helen Cotterill 09

Ham Common is now much better kept – Helen Cotterill 12

History of some of the prople who lived in Evelyn Road – Helen Cotterill 08

I bought my house the week we won the world cup – Helen Cotterill 01

I knew the area beacuse of my grandmother – Helen Cotterill 10

I love to go to Isabella Plantation – Helen Cotterill 13

My cottage when I bought it was very old fashioned – Helen Cotterill 03

My Evelyn Road cottage cost £4800 – Helen Cotterill 02

My Neighbours in Evelyn Road – Helen Cotterill 07

Parking is now a bit difficult – Helen Cotterill 04

Petersham Hole – Helen Cotterill 11

Street Parties in Evelyn Road – Helen Cotterill 14

You could so all your shopping in Ham Street – Helen Cotterill 05

Joice Bailey

Barclays Bank Raid – Anglea was my colleague – Joyce Bailey 08

Bus Route Changes before Dukes Avenue was built – Joyce Bailey 11

Guides Campsite is near Guildford – Joyce Bailey 04

Ham was the country compared with Shepherd’s – Joyce Bailey 05

I became the first parent Governer at Meadlands – Joyce Bailey 02

I didn’t go to films a lot – Joyce Bailey 12

I moved from Guides to Brownies – Joyce Bailey 06

I ran a toddler group at St Richards until I was 80 – Joyce Bailey 10

I worshipped in St Richard’s while it was being built – Joyce Bailey 09

Not so many children joining these days – Joyce Bailey 07

Starting a Guide company in 1961 – Joyce Bailey 03

We moved into Lamas Road in 1970 – Joyce Bailey 01

Cannell Benmore

Air Raid Post near Golf Course – Cannell Benmore 15

Air Raid Warning form 1940 has unexpexted result – Cannell Benmore 01

Allotment to earn some money- Cannell Benmore 07

Doodlebugs flying overhead aiming at London – Cannell Benmore 28

Friend killed at during the war – Cannell Benmore 02

Garage on the Petersham Road – Cannell Benmore 18

Going to St Andrew’s Church with Mr Beard – Cannell Benmore 14

Golf rules changed during wartime – Cannell Benmore 08

Ham is really quite the best – Cannell Benmore 22

Ham’s Home guard practising on Ham Common and Richmond Park – Cannell Benmore 23

Home Guard Fire Watching on South Lodge – Cannell Benmore 27

Homemade trolley to help shopper – Cannell Benmore 06

Lobbing hand granades in Richmond Park – Cannell Benmore 25

Lorries filling in the pits with rubble – Cannell Benmore 13

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Michael Facey

Characters of Ham – Michael Facey 29

Doodlebugs and Shrapnel and Prisoners of War – Michael Facey 01

Girl murdered by Teddington Bridge – Michael Facey 28

Ham Bonfire – Michael Facey 20

Ham Boys Club and joining Ham Foolball Club – Michael Facey 10

Ham Football Club after match drinks – Michael Facey 13

Ham Football Club Trouble finding a pitch – Michael Facey 12

Ham Football Club was very successful – Michael Facey 11

Ham Polo’s noisy commentary – Michael Facey 32

Ham’s tug of war and pram race – Michael Facey 30

I ended up in the Air Force for National Service – Michael Facey 16

I enjoyed National Service – Michael Facey 15

I joined the Richmond School of Dancing to meet girls – Michael Facey 19

I play golf now in Richmond Park – Michael Facey 17

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Maritta Lascarides

Buying Roses for the garden at Chelsea – Marietta Lascarides 12

Demolition of Garth House – Marietta Lascarides 09

Going to Chruch in Ham – Marietta Lascarides 06

It cost us £12,000 to build – Marietta Lascarides 03

Knowing Lady Linlithgo – Marietta Lascarides 11

Living near Latchmere House – Marietta Lascarides 10

My Daughters went Staking and Riding – Marietta Lascarides 05

Naming the house as the New House – Marietta Lascarides 04

New House built by Stephan Buras 1959 – Marietta Lascarides 01

Playing on the Common’s wooded areas – Marietta Lascarides 08

Shopping on the Parade – Marietta Lascarides 07

Why I came to live in Ham – Marietta Lascarides 02

Jill Marber

A young married come to ham because of the riding stables – Jill Marber 01

Ham Parade Shopping – Jill Marber 04

Thames Sailing Club in Surbiton – Jill Marber 02

Theatres in Richmond – Jill Marber 03

Chris Linehan

American Forces in Bushey Park – Chris Linehan 38

Being a Catholic in Ham – Chris Linehan 09

Cart deliveries and the first car owner in Mead Road – Chris Linehan 17

Child dies in the pits, Invasion barges – Chris Linehan 19

Early School Days in St Elizabeth’s – Chris Linehan 06

Empty wartime houses in Petersham – Chris Linehan 27

Falling into the pits – Chris Linehan 20

Getting in trouble playing ‘Outings’ – Chris Linehan 24

Getting out of the classroom – Chris Linehan 08

Gravel Train working the pits – Chris Linehan 13

Ham Riviera – Chris Linehan 12

Ice Skating at Richmond – Chris Linehan 36

Joining the TA – Chris Linehan 41

Leyland Factory a Target – Chris Linehan 29

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Tony Arbour

Attending the Old Nursary in Parkshot – Tony Arbour 02

Becoming political – Surrey Militant league – Tony Arbour 23

Changes to schools in Ham Meadlands and Oaklands – Tony Arbour 12

Churchgoing to St Andrew’s – Tony Arbour 08

Eligable to stand in Ham in 1968 – Tony Arbour 24

Fellow pupils form the ‘big’ houses – Tony Arbour 06

Garden Partiies in the big houses – Tony Arbour 27

Going through a religious period – Tony Arbour 21

Going to Richmond rather than Kingston – Tony Arbour 13

Going to Surbiton Grammer School – Tony Arbour 19

Ham Street 1960 – an artical for the school magazine – Tony Arbour 28

Ham Street flooding – Tony Arbour 26

I passed my 11plus – Tony Arbour 18

Infant Schools classrooms divided by screens – Tony Arbour 03

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David Williams

Campaign against building on Ham Lands 1 – David Williams 07

Campaign against building on Ham Lands 2 – David Williams 08

Campaign against building on Ham Lands 3 Valuable Environment – David Williams 09

Closure of British Aerospace and of 1980s – David Williams 13

Ham Infants School Closes in 1981 – David Williams 03

Ham is full of open spaces – David Williams 10

Ham Ward advantages – David Williams 06

Moving into Ham Dec 1965- David Williams 01

My first involvement in Local Politics in 1970 – David Williams 05

Petersham Hole late 1970s – David Williams 12

Poor transport leaning to under-development – David Williams 11

Social Life on the Wates Estate – David Williams 04

Wates Estate impact on Ham – David Williams 02

My involvement in local politics – by David Williams

Ham’s open green environment – by David Williams

Petersham Hole 1978 – by David Williams

The start of a long association with Ham – by Mildred Howes

My father’s association with Ham Evangelical Free Church – by Mildred Howes

Ham Common Bonfire – by Mildred Howes

My father was in the Home Guard – by Mildred Howes

Teddington lock and the Pits in the 1950s – by Mildred Howes

Lunch at Secrett’s Farm – by Mildred Howes

Working for Princess Alexander – by HS

Working at Bentalls for 20 years – by HS

A job in radar – by HS

Ham is where the Heart is…

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

Author: Chris Wadsworth

Gill Douglas-Smith

Helen Cotterill

Joice Bailey

Cannell Benmore

Michael Facey

Maritta Lascarides

Jill Marber

Chris Linehan

Tony Arbour

David Williams