History On My Doorstep, Part 2
This is the conclusion of the second piece from Di Murrell and the last of her guest blogs. If you missed the first part of History On My Doorstep, catch…
History On My Doorstep, Part 1
Welcome to the second of the guest pieces by Di Murrell in celebration of Know Your Place Festival 2021. In the first part of this piece, Di discovers some intriguing…
Custard Tarts – Their Chequered Past, part 2
This is the conclusion of Di Murrell's first guest essay for Know Your Place. If you missed Part 1, catch up here. Whatever the truth of the tarts’ earlier history,…
Custard Tarts – Their Chequered Past, part 1
The town of Richmond-upon-Thames has long been associated with pleasure, with prosperity, as a pleasure ground of the gentry, the rich and the famous. Plenty of signs of wealth up…
Know Your Place 2021: guest blogs by Di Murrell
September in Richmond is Know Your Place month, where we celebrate the rich history of our Borough through talks, workshops, quizzes - and blog pieces. This year, we're very lucky…
Know Your Place – A year in the making
September 2018 will see the fifth Know Your Place heritage festival, and whilst the festival is on for one month, it takes all-year-round planning to get it…
Follow the Drum: South African Military Hospital
Leading the way The special collection of materials available in the Local Studies Library & Archive provides a unique insight into the ground-breaking treatments and therapies that were available to…
New additions to the Local Studies collection
Regular visitors to the Local Studies Library & Archive will know that we were closed for two weeks at the beginning of December. During this time, Local Studies staff were…
The KYPcache treasure trail is nearly here
Throughout August and September KYPcaches will be hidden in locations all across the Borough of Richmond upon Thames. We are looking for intrepid explorers of all ages to discover them! KYPcache…