Buying Richmond at War 1939-1945 and our other books on the Second World War
You can buy copies:
- from your local bookshop, anywhere in the UK. We can supply, on standard bookshop sales terms, any UK bookshop that wishes to order from us. Our books are currently stocked by Kew Bookshop (near Kew Gardens station), The Open Book at King Street Richmond, and Parade’s End Books on Richmond Road, Ham Parade, in Ham. During lockdown they are available from these three shops on a click-and-collect basis; Parade’s End Books also offer free delivery in the boroughs of Richmond and Kingston.
- by post from Robert Smith, 3 Chelwood Gardens, Richmond TW9 4JG. Cheques should be made payable to the Richmond Local History Society. Our prices are listed below. (Reduced prices for members are shown in brackets.) For orders by post we also charge for postage and packing. For orders to UK addresses this is £1.50 for the first item; we may need to charge additional postage for orders of more than one item.
- online, paying with a credit or debit card via PayPal. Our online prices include postage and packing.
Ham and Petersham in Wartime
This book is now out of print. We plan to reprint it in 2022.
Richmond at War 1939-1945
Richmond at War 1939-1945 by Simon Fowler tells the story of life in the town during the Second World War. A series of raids saw the deaths of 98 civilians and damage to ten thousand buildings. The book also looks at some of the hush-hush activities in Richmond Park. There are stories of heroism, tragedy and good humour based on the memories of the men, women and children who were there.
102 pages. Published 2015. ISBN 978-0-9550717-8-2
£6.00 (£5.00 for members) Our prices for buying online via PayPal include postage and packing.
Kew at War 1939-1945
Kew at War 1939-1945 by David Blomfield and Christopher May seeks to capture the flavour of life in Kew during the war, using wherever possible the recollections of those who lived here at the time. Find out more
72 pages. Third edition 2016. ISBN 987-0-9550717-4-4
£5.00 (£4.00 for members) Our prices for buying online via PayPal include postage and packing.
Petersham: radar and operational research 1940-1946
by J. M. Lee
44 pages. First published 2011. Reprinted with new cover, 2016. ISBN 978-0-95507 17-7-5
£3.00 (2.00 for members) Our prices for buying online via PayPal include postage and packing.
Petersham was transformed during the Battle of Britain in September 1940, when Anti-Aircraft Commad requisitioned the village hall and institute, the vicarage, All Saints Church and Elm Lodge, and then set up radar transmitters on the golf course. Some of the most important experiments that led to discoveries that made British radar such an effective instrumet of war were carried out in Petersham vicarage. Michael Lee, an emeritus professor of the University of Bristol and a former editor of our journal, Richmond History, tells the story.
Richmond Shop Boy’s War
by John Leach
18 pages. Published 1995. ISBN 0-9522099-1-8
£2.00. Our prices for buying online via PayPal include postage and packing.