As you may or may not know, the PowWowNow office is located in Richmond Upon Thames. If you have never been to Richmond, it is not only a nice place to work it is also a very nice place to visit. To entertain and amuse you all, here are five ‘fascinating’ facts about Richmond:
- There are lots of Richmond’s all over the world, nearly all are named after Richmond Upon Thames, but Richmond Upon Thames is named after Richmond in Yorkshire.
- Richmond, Virginia got its name after someone was up a hill there, looked down and thought it looks like the view from the top of the hill in Richmond Upon Thames.
- Novelist Virginia Woolf lived in the house next door to the PowWowNow offices. Richard Attenborough, Mick Jagger, Brian May, Amanda Holden, Ronnie Wood and Henry VIII are also all reported to have lived in Richmond.
- Marc Bolan of T.Rex fame sadly died in the borough after being involved in a car crash in Barnes.
- At the highest point in Richmond park you can see all the way to the way to St Paul’s Cathedral. This view has been protected by law since 1710. In 2005 the mayor of London (Ken Livingstone) tried to overturn this law to make way for city development; the views fate is still undecided.
#1 by John Routledge at 24th June 2009
I was not aware of these things, very informative…
#2 by KonstantinMiller at 7th July 2009
How soon will you update your blog? I’m interested in reading some more information on this issue.
#3 by Paula Williams at 10th July 2009
Mark – time to get busy :)