Ham Photos is a growing archive of photos of Ham (at the meeting of Richmond upon Thames and Kingston upon Thames in south-west London), where I have lived since 1996. It captures the small changes that are easily missed and delights in the unusual, the unexpected and the unnoticed.
31 December 2008
Roof in Hazel Lane
Hazel Lane is a quaint footpath between Sudbrook Lane and Petersham Road and forms part of the southern boundary of Petersham. Here chocolate box cottages hide behind picturesque gardens that can only be seen by inquisitive walkers.
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Avenue Lodge
There is no front gate to Avenue Lodge so the only view that you get of the front of the house is by peering over the wall from Ham Common.
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30 December 2008
St Michael's Convent
St Michael's Convent is one of the more impressive buildings on Ham Common, and that is saying something.
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29 December 2008
KS2 Results
St Richard's with St Andrew's CE Primary School in Ashburnham Road is clearly very pleased with its exam results and is now proudly advertising them with these large banners.
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New Inn
The Winter sunlight highlights New Inn on the north-east corner of Ham Common and the cold keeps drinkers away from the seats outside and, from my perspective, improves the view of the pub.
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28 December 2008
Brick wall in Ham Street
27 December 2008
Brown ducks
I am nothing like an expert on ducks, or any other birds for that matter, but this pair of ducks by Teddington Lock look unusual to me.
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Rear of Rutland Lodge
The access to Rutland Lodge by car is via Rutland Drive off River Lane so this is a view normally only seen by residents.
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26 December 2008
Neglected plot
Royal Park Gate, which forms the southern border of Ham, is mostly well landscaped, particularly the main foot and cycle path that runs through the centre of it to the river. But this little plot on Horsley Drive is unclaimed by anybody and so has fallen in to neglect.
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Sub-station
This is not the first picture of an electricity substation that I have taken and given my love of most things industrial it will probably not be the last. This one is well hidden off Douglas Footpath in Petersham.
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24 December 2008
Gone
This is what Ham Common Woods looks like now that the recent desecration has (I hope) been completed. The area is bereft of trees and bushes and all just so that the church is ever so slightly more visible. It's a scandal.
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Christmas decorations
The extreme Christmas decorations in Lammas Road are famous locally, and justifiably so. This is just some of what adorns the house and garden.
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23 December 2008
Tree life
Coat of Arms
The gatehouse to Petersham Avenue is not as old as it tries to look but it is an impressive building none the less.
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19 December 2008
Greys
The sun had gone by the time I got to Teddington Lock on my walk around Ham which helped to show the different greys in the water and the new section by the Launch Lock.
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EF05 OKT on the pavement
The metered parking on Ham Parade tempts some people to park in neighbouring roads and in some cases this also means parking up on the pavement.
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18 December 2008
Cornice
A closer look at Ormeley Lodge highlights the warm colour and simple but effective design of the brickwork.
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17 December 2008
New shed
The shed looks new but the doors are either old or, more likely, have been allowed to weather badly. Either way is makes for an incongruous picture.
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16 December 2008
St Andrew's church
The view of St Andrew's church from Church Road is not particularly inspiring but a closer look gives the brickwork a chance to impose its strength and order.
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15 December 2008
Trees by Ham House
These trees form an irregular avenue from Ham House towards the river. The path in front of Ham House and the one leading in to it are both tarmacked but I am glad that this one is not, even if that means that it gets a little muddy sometimes.
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14 December 2008
Small extension
This is the smallest house extension that I have even seen. These works add about 1.5m to the living room downstairs and and en suite bathroom 1.2m wide to one of the bedrooms.
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13 December 2008
Path in Petersham Lodge Woods
12 December 2008
Brown ferns
The ferns in Ham Common Woods are ready for Winter and have, for a while at least, added browns to the confusion of greens.
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11 December 2008
New House on Church Road
This house must have seemed very new when it was built and named and it still looks strikingly modern compared to its neighbours in Church Road.
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9 December 2008
Dips
This may not look very much but these dips in Ham Common Woods, opposite Latchmere Close, are popular with small children on bikes who like to launch themselves down the (relatively) steep bank at the far end.
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8 December 2008
Flowers for Peter Vahl
Two small bunches of flowers have been laid on Peter Vahl's bench on the tow path and this weekend's bright sunshine provided the perfect opportunity to pause on the bench, watch the world go by and think about all the people who have enjoyed walking in this beautiful area.
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7 December 2008
Ormeley Lodge in December
The low Winter sun shines brightly on Ormeley Lodge but the front wall is shaded by the trees across the road in Ham Common Woods, which makes the house stand out even more.
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6 December 2008
Still working on Latchmere Lodge
I'm keeping an eye on the progress on Latchmere Lodge and every time that I go past I can hear the sounds of work being done inside but there still seems quite a bit to do.
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5 December 2008
Graves
The graveyard at St Andrews church eats in to Ham Common Woods which means that you can see into it and across it from many angles. I chose this angle mainly for the shock of red in the corner.
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4 December 2008
Ham Common in December
The trees are bare and the sun does not get very high, bright or warm, but Ham Common is still an uplifting place. The trees in the middle of the picture are part of the avenue that leads directly to Ham House.
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3 December 2008
2 December 2008
Looking across Ham Common Woods
One impact of opening up the view of St Andrews Church from the road is that you also open up the view of the road from the church. Previously the trees and brambles screened off the ugly urban world but now it intrudes in to what used to be an area of rural tranquillity.
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1 December 2008
Gated path
One of the nice things about several of the built up areas in Ham is that there are small paths, or twittens, that allow pedestrians to move more freely through the area. This one links Stretton Road and Wiggins Lane and, bizarrely, has a gate in the middle of it.
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