Four boys by railings. c.1955 27.120/1am The 19th-century building was home

The 19th-century building was home to the hospital until 1973

A guide to the Zoo of 1873 notes that the original monkey house had been found very ill-adapted for the group of animals to which it had been long devoted

Old Swan Pier

With it came the end of six years of misery

Four boys by railings. c.1955 27.120/1am The 19th-century building was homeFour little boys grinning as they pose for their photograph on a wall by some railings. Fred Wilfred worked as Chief Photographer for Hawker Siddeley Aviation during the 1950s. In 1963 he started his own commercial and portrait studio in Hampton Hill. Wilfred was a member of the Richmond and Twickenham Photographic Society and a founder member of the London Portrait Group. Acclaimed for his portraiture and wedding photography, his documentary work,