June Sampson: From Kingston to San Diego, Shirley is reigning queen
Doris Healey was a flower seller in Kingston Market and her husband, Charles Jordan, a champion boxer.
View ArticleJune Sampson: Every little helps as group takes on Tesco
Tolworth residents turned out in force for a public meeting called by the Kingston Society last week to discuss Tesco's controversial plans for a new superstore on an eight-acre site adjacent to the...
View ArticleJune Sampson: Tower could be yours for just £60m
Its current sale has been described as the Royal borough's "biggest commercial property investment opportunity ever". But at a guide price of more than £60million, clearly Tolworth Tower is no...
View ArticleJune Sampson: Long queues to say so long to candy man
If there was a contest to find Kingston's best-loved shopkeeper, the winner would probably be Reg Harrington who has been running his sweet and tobacco shop at 141 Richmond Road for 46 years.
View ArticleJune Sampson: A trough job but someone’s got to do it
A horse trough dating from 1892 has been saved from the grounds of the old New Malden police station thanks to some heritage-minded locals.
View ArticleJune Sampson: Parish Revs up for a new era
The licensing of the Rev Jonathan Wilkes on June 13 was both an end and a beginning for All Saints Church, Kingston. For it marked the end of a long line of vicars stretching back more than 1,000...
View ArticleJune Sampson: Will Christians take a pilgrimage to Ham?
Ham could soon take on a new identity as a place of Christian pilgrimage.
View ArticleJune Sampson: Kings of the Castle Street
Castle Street was hailed as the London area's largest and most imaginative new retail development when it was completed in 1939.
View ArticleJune Sampson: Arpad Buzasi the founder of the Hotel Antoinette
The death of Arpad Buzasi has robbed Kingston of an inspirational figure who plumbed the depths of human tragedy and the heights of endeavour and achievement.
View ArticleJune Sampson: Local troops show the way
JUNE SAMPSON charts some of the early achievements and events that swiftly won national acclaim for our local troops, as they helped to lay the foundations of what became the worlds largest voluntary...
View ArticleJune Sampson: Just the job in World War I
JUNE SAMPSON discloses the contribution local scouts made during World War One.
View ArticleJune Sampson: Time for a spot of repair work on historic clock
The Houses of Parliament clock was not the only world-renowned timepiece to be stopped last week.
View ArticleJune Sampson: Philip Meninsky 1919-2007
Philip Meninsky was an outstanding personality, captivating a vast circle of friends with his warmth, his wisdom and his rare talent as a raconteur.
View ArticleJune Sampson: Students get master class from top author
Wendy Perriam, often hailed as one of the UK’s finest living writers, will be inspiring would-be authors when she gives a seminar to MA students at Kingston University.
View ArticleJune Sampson: Former chief sub-editor was a “living legend to everyone who...
Late in the 1960s John Vivian limped into the Surrey Comet and asked the then editor, Brian West, for a job.
View ArticleJune Sampson: 'Villified' Field Marshal Haig's forgotten role in poppy appeal
This article was originally published on October 19 2012.
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