Welcome to Richmond Furniture Scheme, your local furniture recycling charity, based in Twickenham; where you can find good value for money and quality secondhand furniture! Looking for re-used furniture? Are you trying to find something unique to add character to your home, to save money, to improve the environment, or to do all of the above? Visit your local Furniture Scheme and be amazed at what we have in store. We are open on Monday to Friday between 9.30 a.m and 4.00 p.m and Saturdays between 10.00 a.m and 4.00 p.m. ♦ We receive many donations of sofas, Large sofas, small sofas, corner sofas even conservatory sofas. Our product availability alters all the time, please call us for further information of product availability. ♦ We have a selection of bed bases in all sizes. We no longer sell or collect mattresses. Please visit our bedroom warehouse for various furniture for the bedroom, everything you need to make your bedroom cosy! Whatever your reason for buying a table, I am sure we have a table for you.

From small occasional tables to large tables roomy enough to hold a banquet Need to take a seat? Different types of chairs are stocked to match your style and comfort A home is not a home without those little finishing touches. Mirrors, pictures, lamps, cushions and even books to relax with.YOUR TWICKENHAM MEMORIES: A SOCIAL HISTORY If you’ve read this before, just scroll down to the comments. If not, read on. Here’s a mini-project that needs you to get involved, write a few words and make it happen. Yes, you read that correctly. Quite frequently, but perhaps not frequently enough, we ask twickerati readers if they want to contribute to the site. And some of you do. Now, imagine what it would be like if we could have more contributions about Twickenham life – personal memories, if you will – that would not only make great copy on here but also become something of a permanent record of Twickenham past and Twickenham present. Various social history projects have captured people’s memories on audio, video and online.

For example, the BBC’s “People’s War” project in 2003-2006 recorded huge numbers of personal testimonies about WW2. Did you know that Pope’s grotto was used as an air raid shelter by St Catherine’s School or about the V1 landing in the town centre? First hand accounts make for fascinating reading. If you want something more recent and less traumatic, check out our Memories of Twickenham Baths article and the comments on it to hear about rushing down to the pool on a summer’s day or the time the lady fainted in the queue. But it doesn’t always have to be memories that make compelling content, current events fit the bill just as well. TV, radio, newspapers and websites all record the big stories of the day but sometimes miss the smaller detail, the stuff that makes up everyday life. So what could you do? By writing just a few hundred words about “Your Twickenham”, you could play a part in creating a collection of first-hand articles about the town, past and present, that could develop into a social history of Twickenham actually written by its people.

Who knows, it could become something that goes beyond this website. Whether it’s what you did when Bradley Wiggins rode through Twickenham in 2012 or your memories of the town in the war, let’s hear them. Whether it’s a story about watching blues bands on Eel Pie Island, your memories of one of the long-gone cinemas or of breaking your ankle at Richmond ice rink, or just an insight into school life from the 40s to the noughties, let’s hear it. double swag fabric shower curtain valance linerOr perhaps you want to write about when Twickenham didn’t have any charity shops (is that possible), how you came here to study at St Mary’s University but never left, the day you moved into your first Twickenham house or the day snow brought Twickenham to a standstill, that’s all great too. cranberry grommet curtains

After all, today’s personal accounts become tomorrow’s history. Serious, funny, thoughtful or even a little bit ranty. As long as it fits the brief, it’s your call. Who will see it? The potential scope is broad (but needs a little help to fulfil it). jcpenney fortune curtainHow about plotting articles on a map, adding video and audio, or creating a timeline? the tortilla curtain accidentGetting a town to produce its own social history of the last few decades could be fascinating. curtains ellon How do I get involved?target coral vine shower curtain * Twickerati: Memories of Twickenham Bathstarget coral vine shower curtain

* BBC History: Pope’s Grotto as St Catherine’s School air raid shelter * BBC People’s History: a V1 flying bomb lands on Twickenham Examples of social history projects: * City of Memory – New York * Murmur – Toronto (audio memories) * US “Digital humanities project”in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire and are close to all major routes including the A1. Please see our Contact Us page for directions and full address. Visits to our showroom & warehouse are also welcomed and our staff are always at hand to help you find what you're looking for.Nearly New Curtains:Curtain Call in Richmond currently sells nearly-new curtains for at least half of their original price. The current stock is over 200 pairs, from £50 to £1300. Other Services:An alteration service is available, as well as a making-up service using your own fabric or ours. New curtains are usually made within three weeks. Also check out the ranges of blinds. Property Developers:We have worked with local property developers in helping to finish off rooms with window treatments to get properties ready for resale or for letting.