Teddington breakfast briefing: hear tales from a Fleet Street legend

By Ellie Brown - Local Democracy Reporter

27th Oct 2021 | Local News

One Hundred, Teddington high street (Credit: Ellie Brown)
One Hundred, Teddington high street (Credit: Ellie Brown)

GOOD morning Teddington, and welcome to today's breakfast briefing for Wednesday 27 October.

Read on for today's weather, yesterday's trivia quiz answer and our unmissable event of the day!

Sunrise and weather

Today's forecast: Overcast changing to sunny intervals by lunchtime. Mild temperatures with highs of 17° from 1-3pm falling to 14° by 7.

Today's sunrise: 07:45

Today's sunset: 17:44

Traffic report

No incidents near Teddington to report.

Roadworks reported yesterday continue

Event of the day

Legendary Daily Mirror journalist John 'Jacko' Jackson hosts an exclusive evening at the Anglers pub tonight.

From 7pm the master storyteller will be grilled on his astonishing career including his time spent covering 22 Olympic Games.

Tickets are £40 and includes a donation to Teddington community sports group SporTedd.

More info here.

Visit our What's on section to see more Teddington events this week.

Supermarket opening times:

Co-op: 7am–11pm

Tesco Superstore: 6am–12am

M&S: 8am–9pm

Sainsbury's Local: 7am–11pm

Budgens: 6.30am–11pm

The Refill Larder: 9am–5.30pm

Bill's Food and Wine: 7am–10pm

Looking for a business in Teddington? Check out our local list of Teddington traders.

Useful links

- See local vacancies on our Teddington jobs board

- Love motoring? Check out Ginny Buckley's Nub New column for the latest developments in the world of cars

- Catch up on Teddington community news from our national partners at the Co-op

Trivia quiz answer

Yesterday we asked you: "True or false: Teddington's name comes from 'Tide-End town' as its Lock marks the last tidal stretch of the Thames."

Today we can reveal the answer is...FALSE.

The 'Tide-End town' explanation is an urban myth. There's no evidence for it other than a poem by Rudyard Kipling - and it couldn't be right as Teddington dates back a lot earlier than its lock!

Instead, the name likely comes from a Saxon chief called 'Tuda' with the suffix 'ingtun' meaning enclosure or group of people.

Records showing 'Tudintun' date back to 969AD - meaning Teddington pre-dates the Norman Conquest of England.

You can learn more about this here.

Come back for more trivia next Tuesday!

     

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