Christmas presents from the Colonies
For many years after the Second World War, food remained in short supply. Many organisations and individuals from former colonies chose to send food parcels to Britain, to show solidarity…
What happens to your ‘digital footprint’?
Have you ever wondered what happens to your digital assets after death? However morbid it may sound, in our ever-evolving digital age it is now becoming increasingly important to think…
Ham Library Garden – Outstanding!
In June 2008 volunteers from the Ham United Group (HUG), led by Mary Pitteway and Jean Loveland, completed the first stage of Ham Library’s Community Garden - the Bee and…
Follow the Drum – Go on the Die Hards!
The gripping story of the Middlesex Regiment at Neuve Chapelle continues as the local men face going over the top. The detail of this part of the battle is based…
Follow the Drum – Go on the Midds!
Using eye-witness accounts from some of the archive material that we hold, this month’s blog looks at the important role played by the Middlesex Regiment in a key battle of…
Author, Tom Palmer, visits Twickenham
Ahead of the author, Tom Palmer, visiting us at Twickenham Library at on Monday, 10 August, we are lucky enough to have him write a piece for our blog which…
Eel Pie Museum now at Twickenham Library
Eel Pie Island has long been an important part of the cultural history of the borough, with this reputation built up mainly due to its important musical history. Alongside this…
Library Volunteers’ Day Out: A Trip to Strawberry Hill House
George Andrews, one of the library volunteers, describes their recent trip to Strawberry Hill House – a treat organised in recognition of their sterling work in Richmond upon Thames libraries.…
Planning an Invasion: Bushy Park’s D-Day contribution
Felix Lancashire, Archivist at Richmond Local Studies Library & Archive, relates the story of Camp Griffiss, Bushy Park, and its role in the planning of the D-Day landings in 1944. 71…
Make a Noise in Libraries fortnight
The Information & Reference Library, Richmond, will once again be participating in Make a Noise in Libraries (MANIL), organised by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). This annual campaign, in…