{"id":7515,"date":"2021-09-25T14:26:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T13:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=7515"},"modified":"2022-08-25T17:40:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T16:40:09","slug":"richmond-history-42","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/publications-2\/journal-2\/richmond-history-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Richmond History 42 (2021\/22): Journal of the Richmond Local History Society"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When Richmond resident Betty Nuthall<\/strong> won the women\u2019s singles title at the US National Championships in 1930, The New Yorker<\/em> described her as\u00a0 \u201cEngland’s most photographed female\u201d. Rose Barling tells Betty’s story in Richmond History<\/em> 42, our 2021\/22 journal, which also features Richmond Park.<\/strong>\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ground-breaking research by new contributor Timothy M M Baker reveals the site of a World War II radio observatory in the park, which made pioneering discoveries about the Sun as a radio source.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And, using extracts from historic maps drawn up over the past 400 years, Dr Robert Wood looks at what they can tell us about the park’s history. The six maps are illustrated in colour.<\/p>\n

In this issue are:<\/p>\n