Ham residents, Richmond Park Constituency polling station, May 2015

Ham residents, representing the Green Party, the Conservative and the Liberal Party  (l.t.r.), telling outside Lock Road polling station on the morning of the General Election, May 7, 2015.

Diane Slater, Jon Fray and Bernie Tongue on Toad Patrol in Ham; March 7, 2013

Diane Slater (centre) campaigned for the protection of a toad crossing next to Ham Gate,  Richmond Park. Last year, Diane, her partner Jon Fray (right) and other volunteers helped more than 400 toads across the road next to their breeding grounds.

See also: International Herald Tribune, March 20, 2013

Malcolm Singleton; Hardware store owner, Ham Parade, May 2011.

Malcolm Singleton has bought M(alcolm) & J(ane) Hardware in Ham Parade in 1988 from Dorlings, who owned the shop since 1953, when the adjacent Parkleys Estate was built. He has worked in the shop for 44 years: “That’s all I ever did. Before that I went to Greycourt School down the road, like Jo (Jo Prior next to him), he is also a local lad.”

Zac Merali, sub-postmaster, January 2001.

Zac Merali in his sub-post office in Back Lane, Ham. From the counter next to the                            shop window he sells also sweets, cigarettes, a few groceries and Lotto tickets.