We managed to pull her out of the river and resuscitate her and take her to the town slip where an ambulance picked her up. One of the Rivercars was involved in rescuing a drowning woman who had evidently absconded from a care home and was attempting suicide from the shallow spit opposite the upstream end of the Island. One day there was a very strong tide and we were both pushing and pulling the oars and still the tide took us downstream to the end of the island where we just managed to get ashore - very scary! If I was on the island before he arrived I would meet him at the town slipway and row him across in a dinghy.
It was the beatnick era and loads of them would arrive from the mainland.
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My uncle used to work for the MoD at Shell-mex house in London and commuted to and from Twickenham station. There were two slipways, one in the dock and the other between the house and the hotel. The island residents varied immensely from the arty-crafty types to a practicing solicitor. Mainly furnished with settees and armchairs which were very tatty. There was a stage at that end and to its left a small staircase leading into the hotel and bars. I recall the dancehall was facing the river on the right hand side of the hotel as you faced Ham Common across the main stream. I saw several up-and-coming trad bands there but my uncle left the Island before the rock era started. I recall one had to have a "passport" for the Jazz Club held in the hotel ballroom. The hotel's owner, Michael Snapper, had the bridge built probably around 1957/8. Some occasionally fell in (I'm not sure if any drowned). For further information and details please contact Ken or Kate Dwan at Eel Pie Island Slipways on 020 8891 4481 email .uk Alternatively complete the contact form Above: Looking downstream towards Richmond Hill from the towpath at Ham.
It was like a big punt and quite unstable when overcrowded with the bearded masses. There was no bridge then, just a chain-ferry worked by a ferryman. Our team of expert engineers can offer you a comprehensive range of services. We are equipped with two 150 tonne winches and slipways to accommodate boats of up to 36.5 metres in length with a maximum beam of 6.4 metres. It was the beatnick era and loads of them would arrive from the mainland on a Saturday night. Eel Pie Island Slipways Ltd is an experienced and versatile slipway and boatyard business with a wide range of services, the majority of them in-house. There were two slipways, one in the dock and the other between the house and the hotel. The dock held quite a few houseboats and there was quite a friendly community of people in them. There was a handrail all round the roof and a small Gazebo in the centre. It was then a single story bungalow with a flat roof approached by stairs from the path to the front door facing the dock. The Chalet, built partly over the entrance to the dock, was quite old by the 50s (probably early C20th). Frank had two other sites at Kingston and Hampton Court.
These were 4-seat open hire boats with a 2 cylinder piston engine driving a reversible pitch screw. My "uncle" Frank (Francis Thornton-Glide) owned a dock adjoining the hotel's upstream side and the hire business was called "Rivercars". £374651 - £1047171 is the estimated property value as of today.Įstimated property price is calculated using many factors some of them are as below.Eel Pie Island in the mid-late '50s - John C Snelling Eel Pie homeĮel Pie Island in the mid-late 50s by John C Snelling Terraced current average price of detached properties in the locality is 701455 GBP.įlat current average price of detached properties in the locality is 374651 GBP. Semi Detached current average price of detached properties in the locality is 805702 GBP. The current average valuation by property types are as follows:ĭetached current average price of detached properties in the locality is 1047171 GBP. Out of all property types, Detached property has always been the most valued and flats are the lowest in valuation. By checking the graph below we can see the sales trend from 1995 to the present. There has been average growth of 24.400373490607343% for all properties in TW1 3DY locality. Property Sales Data For Sunparadise UK Ltd, Phoenix Wharf, Eel Pie Island, TWICKENHAM, TW1 3DY
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