Bicycles were not popular until the invention of the 'bone-shaker'

Before 1800 stagecoaches ran between London, Twickenham and Hampton and surrounding areas

Before 1900 most local roads were narrow, unmetalled, uncambered, ill-drained and in places bordered by deep ditches

Steam traction engines first arrived in the 1850s

Horses carried travellers, pulled coaches for the gentry and carts for the rest

The river and roads allowed the early movement of people and good. The railway came in the 19th century, followed by trams trolleybuses and omnibuses in the 20th.

The London and South Western Railway Company arrived in Twickenham in 1848

The river has long been a conduit for the movement of goods and people

The trams came to Middlesex at the start of the 20th century

Trolleybuses ran from 1931 to 1962