The Queen’s Hall has a very interesting background it was part of the original town hall but after the town hall was decommissioned it was used as a dance hall, it has been used most recently by the Busen Centre where thousands of children and adults have trained in various forms of martial arts and then it was used as a cinema. QUEEN'S HALL (towards the back of the Pool Site) The owner before that was Sir Ratan Tata and I believe it was his wife who actually sold the property but here lies a story of massive controversy since at least from the early 1900s when there were large quarrels by the greater people in the town in relation to where would we have our new town building, where would we have our new civic centre? (Richmond House site or York House). This house was sold to the Council eventually somewhere in the region of the mid 1920s. I do know this house which started to be built in 1633. Our colleagues Teresa and Berkley this year started it up again and we had great fun on the riverside with boat races and waterboarding and stalls and things and we hope it is going to be an annual event from now on.ĬLLR SCOTT NAYLOR (in the Members’ Room at York House, Council Offices)Ĭllr Scott Naylor, I was elected here in May 2010. His son took over, then it had to stop during the War and after the War was very difficult to raise enough enthusiasm to start it up again. This was an annual event which took place in about September and everyone had enormous fun and it went on until he died. He thought the Charlie Shore Regatta should be for children. He started off this Regatta, particularly for children because he reckoned that there were at least two regattas for grown ups. He was a very interesting chap, he was brought up here and they were Twickenham people through and through, his father and grandfather were all from Twickenham and described as waterman. Jeremy: I have done some research into Charlie Shore and his family. We used to enjoy our trips there during the summer.ĬHARLIE SHORE REGATTA, Twickenham Riverside I used to go there as a boy, it was an open-air swimming pool which stretched from one end of the site to the other it was a jolly good swimming pool. They started actual work in 1930 on the swimming pool. John: It was bought by the Urban District Council of Twickenham in 1924 and was a swimming pool from about 1933 or thereabouts onwards. Richmond House was the house that was on the pool site, now being developed as open space. I have not got much affinity for the river but I love it dearly now. I used to commute to the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead so I spent most of my time clunking along King Street on the way to the station. I have had boats on the River Thames for many years and I live on Eel Pie Island in the middle of Twickenham. I am John, John Perry I have been in Twickenham for many many years and I have got an affinity with the River Thames. RICHMOND HOUSE AND POOL SITE, Twickenham Embankment All these additional costs cannot be easily passed on to the customer in the present economic situation, following on from the global financial crisis (2008/2009).Īnother concern for the boatyard is the lack of local interest in apprenticeships the need to pass on skills which will otherwise be lost forever.Richmond House, the Pool Site, Queen’s Hall, Charlie Shore Boat House/Regatta, Twickenham Rowing Club and Eel Pie Island (see MAP)ĭVD Transcript BTEC TV and Film Students Richmond College (2012) The Council is also responsible for increased charges for bin collections and increased parking charges. It seems that the local Council has its eye on the town quay for a car park. Unfortunately these are bad times for the boatyard which relies on supplies and equipment coming from the Twickenham mainland by river. The others are in Charlton, Brentford and Gravesend. House barges and working barges are refurbished and house barges are also converted into Dutch house barges.Įel Pie Slipways is one of four similar boatyards left on the Thames. Boatbuilding has taken place on Eel Pie Island for hundreds of years: tugs, work boats, passenger boats, landing craft, house barges are all built in the Slipways.
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