Lynne Truss on Petersham ‘I consider moving back, but Richmond is too posh for me’
over 6 years in The guardian
The author and broadcaster recalls borrowing adult books from Ham library as a child, and walks in Richmond Park
I grew up in Petersham, a leafy area between Richmond and Kingston on the south-west outskirts of London. In 1952, a council estate had sprung up on former farmland, and my parents had been awarded a three-bedroomed, red-brick end-of-terrace house opposite the new infants’ school. I was born three years later. This house represented a huge improvement to their lives. Mum once told me that when she first moved in, she could hardly credit the number of taps (six) that she didn’t have to share with strangers.
It was quite a small house, and there were five of us, so space and privacy were in short supply. My grandmother had the tiny room above the front door; I shared with my older sister until she moved out to get married. Continue reading...
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