Squashes on display

This seasonal display of squashes in the Kitchen Garden at Ham House packs a lot of interesting shapes and colours into a small space.

Corner building

The layout of the development of social housing around Stuart, Murray and Stretton Road means that there are several triangular areas where roads bend or meet. These appear to be private rather then public spaces with some of them having been used for house extensions and this one has gained some sort of shed or store.

Ham Gate Avenue

Just a simple reminder of how nice it can be to stroll along Ham Gate Avenue towards Richmond Park.

Cream house

Usually painting one house in a line of brick built ones is a mistake but this house on Meadlands Drive not only gets away with it, it thrives, thanks to its bold position on a corner of a recessed square. The climbing plants help too.

New signage

When I took my previous picture of Great Fish & Chips on Ham Parade I assumed that was the final look but since then the main sign above the unit has changed too. This view also how the colour of the front bricks has been used inside too.

Great Fish & Chips has had a few appearance changes in its relatively brief history and you can see them all here.

The face of The Cottage

While most of the work on The Cottage (facing north onto the Common) has been at the back and the side, the frontage is getting a refresh too. The works look to be nearly completed and I am looking forward to seeing the finished article.

Meadlands colour

It has been quite a while since I regularly walked my boys to The Russell School along Meadlands Drive (or through The Copse) and it is nice to revisit it for those memories and for gardens like this one.

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Battered box

I was intrigued by the work going on on Ham Parade over a couple of days and very unimpressed in the result. The box is ugly, blocks a lot of the pavement and is battered. 

After all the efforts Ham Parade Market have done in recent years to improve Ham Parade and boost its appeal this is a big step backwards.