Those visiting the centre of the park (or driving through it) will be delighted to hear that gold-clad Diana fountains are now fully operational after all the restoration work. The next stage of the park improvements and traffic reduction will mean the removal of one of the larger central car parks to further reduce traffic…
Lots of people are looking for word on The Kinds Head/Auberge and there has been talk of a take-over – we can confirm now that this is indeed the case. The business has been purchased from administrators by Brasserie Blanc, part of household name Raymond Blanc’s restaurant group. The venue won’t however become a Brasserie…
Despite only having been given the green light in December, parking charges for Bushy and Richmond Park look certain to be scrapped. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed the intention to transfer management of all Royal Parks over the Mayor of London who has asserted that the fees would not be introduced…
Contrary to an earlier update, The Kings Head/Auberge aren’t undergoing a refurbishment, owners Innventive Operations have gone into administration forcing the closure of this venue as well as La Petit Auberge just across the road. The company, based in Hampton Hill owns pubs and restaurants across the London area. Last year administrators were forced to…
The ACE (Automatic Computing Engine) was one of the early predecessors to modern computers and was born out of development by the big brains at the NPL that included Alan Turing. The history of this pioneering device that has helped to transform the world is detailed in this recent BBC article. The Pilot Ace’s first…
Colombo House (on the corner of Ferry Road and Kingston Road) has completed a substantial refurbishment despite having to battle with its building company going into administration. The building was originally a residential care home for children with learning disabilities and more recently a respite care home but closed almost ten years ago. It’s current…
Protests to Network Rail continue about the new fences at Teddington Station but Richard Glanville (Community Relations) has written to the Teddington Society to explain the reasons for the fences which they still have no intention of changing: “Whilst I appreciate that the residents were hoping to retain the old fence, safety must remain Network…
The Kings Head/l’Auberge is currently closed. Another high-street refurbish, slight extension and re-launch is under-way and from the looks of the submitted plans the ‘Auberge’ name will be dropped when the business re-opens as simply ‘Kings Head Pub Brasserie” [Update] see here for info SpaNails is now open for business in the place of Caroline…
Teddington have won the RFU Vase title by beating Bramley Phoenix RFC 43-21 and are now national champions! Although Yorkshire’s Bramley team were considered the underdogs, they ended another teams unbeaten record in the semi-finals and nothing is certain in this game especially with the added boost of playing on the hallowed turf at the…
On Sunday, Prince Michael of Kent arrived at Teddington Lock on one of the original boats involved in the Dunkirk evacuations – the Bluebird – to unveil the memorial which pays tribute to those involved in the evacuation 70 years ago. John Tough (grandson of Douglas) first read a speech explaining how the memorial is…
