The outgoing Mayor always threw herself into the role and travelled in style! At this year’s Chestnut Sunday Parade in Bushy Park she delighted crowds by arriving on the back of a Harley Davidson. After a record-breaking £60,000 raised for charities (double the usual amount), Councillor Meena Bond handed over her robes and chain of…
As the World Cup opening match between Brazil and Croatia, lights flickering during the game was the first ominous sign that something might be wrong. Shortly after, power was lost to large swathes of the area – leading many to assume that it was related to a surge in electricity caused by the football tournament.…
Today the world honoured those that fought 70 years ago during the allied D-Day landings in Normandy, but did you know how Bushy Park played an important part in the invasion plans? In 1942 construction began on Camp Griffiss, a 60 acre site created on requisitioned land in Bushy Park to house the Eighth Air…
After last year’s unanimous decision to refuse Sainsbury’s planning permission to operate from the Calligaris site, Sainsbury’s expressed their disappointment with the ruling and within a few months had officially lodged an appeal. After a nine month campaign against the plans, campaigners responded in kind by re-iterating the volume of opposition and how unlikely an…
On Sunday 1st of June, Totally Locally Teddington will be hosting our own local version of the football World Cup! The tournament will see 16 5-a-side teams, each from local businesses battle it out at Teddington Cricket Club in Bushy Park to be crowned champions. Teams playing in the tournament (group matches kick-off at 1pm)…
How time flies.. teddingtontown.co.uk is five years old! For those who love stats that’s 891,272 views, 743 articles posted and 710 comments. There’s not much discussing going on underneath articles, don’t be shy! The site was created to test the water in providing local news and information for Teddington-dwellers and hopefully is doing the job…
Richmond Council recently assigned The Teddington Business Community (TBC) to manage the creation of a hoarding to cover empty shop space (previously Bottoms Up) on the Causeway, vacant for almost five years and considered an eyesore. Bridget Clements, Town Liaison Advisor during the installation Hoardings are designed to improve the appearance of sites but the…
A new outdoor fitness programme launches this weekend that partners One Element with England Rugby. The health and fitness initiative will be unveiled this Saturday at 9am in Teddington RFC, Bushy Park and the first session is free! Drawing on prominent athletes and influential sports coaches & rugby training techniques, the programme delivers an impactful,…
A person was hit by a train at 12:30pm at Teddington Station today, halting trains and requiring the power to be switched off. Emergency vehicles including ambulances and police cars were soon in attendance at the station and two trains remained stationary off-platform. Many residents were first alerted to the incident after an air ambulance…
Although not quite yet a year old, The Fallow Deer has become so popular that it has outgrown its current home and will moving to bigger premises just down the road at 130 High Street (formerly Teddington Cafe). From May 10th, the new premises will open and including back courtyard garden space, offer four times…