Comments on: Trivia

By: tteditor

tteditor — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:17:36 +0000

Hi Lee,

I can’t find any old online maps that give enough detail to know officially when, but someone else has looked into this and it sounds as though it was called Florence Road before it was renamed.

It was still called Florence Road in 1894 but not sure when it actually changed.
http://www.martinhwatson.co.uk/1894_maps.html

By: Lee Taylor

Lee Taylor — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:08:25 +0000

Hi
Can across this wonderful website. Can you tell me the old name of York Rd and when it changed it’s name? I understand it was something like Victoria, May or Florence Rd (girl’s name), before it became York Rd

By: Clive Bishop.

Clive Bishop. — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:54:07 +0000

The American base,after the war,had an annual open day.There were many famous people who visited the camp.In the late 50s I saw Jane Mansfield,who was the guest of honour

By: Clive Bishop.

Clive Bishop. — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:50:12 +0000

A large crowd visited Bushey Park during the war to witness exhibition bouts by the champion boxer Joe Louis who was on active service and used Eisenhower’s base.

By: tteditor

tteditor — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:20:34 +0000

Hi Tony, there’s a mention of Barnes Wallis’s NPL work above but nothing specific about Eisenhower’s base just yet. Shame that the testing tanks were demolished only a few years ago with the NPL redevelopment around Bushy House.

More detailed history pages might be in the making this year (also need to do a history of R. D. Blackmore’s association with Teddington too!).

By: tony tyrer

tony tyrer — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:44:32 +0000

It’s important to mention the bouncing bomb being tested at Teddington [although some still maintain that it actually happened at the tanks in Feltham], however just yards from the NPL is the site where most of D-day was planned. Is there a section on the US occupation?

By: Clive Bishop

Clive Bishop — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:25:32 +0000

The Bushey Park boat swings were originally run by my great-great grandfather.He was given permission to have these swings as a business in a Royal park.My great uncle Wilfred was the last to run the swings.They were dismantled when he passed away

By: Clive Bishop

Clive Bishop — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:20:15 +0000

R.D.Blackmore was asked to be the Godfather of Noel Coward but he declined.He died soon after the Christening.Perhaps he knew he could not fulfill the tasks of a Godfather.Who knows?

By: Clive

Clive — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:16:24 +0000

York Road,Victor Road and Stanley Gardens Road are not straight.When they were built they were alongside farm field.The reason for the crooked roads is that the ploughs were pulled by horses and furrows were S shaped as the horses could not turn as sharply a modern tractors.

By: Clive Bishop

Clive Bishop — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:49:17 +0000

The actor Dave Stern used to live in Stanley Gardens Road