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| 1969 |
| | | Garrick's Villa, now listed Grade 1, is reconverted into nine flats | |
|  | Garrick's Villa and part of the garden in 1984
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| 1969 |
| | | Kew Pond is registered as common land under the Commons Registration Act 1965 | |
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| 1970 |
| | | Extensive repairs are carried out to the roof beams and walls at St John's where dry rot has penetrated and the organ is rebuilt | |
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| 1970 |
| | | A new Queen’s School is built in Cumberland Road, becoming Kew’s only Anglican school after the closure of the neighbouring St Luke’s School | |
|  | The Queen's School at Kew
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| 1970 |
| | | The Queen’s School moves from Kew Green to Cumberland Road | |
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| 1970 |
| | | Victorian extensions are stripped away, to return Asgill House to its original perfection both inside and outside | |
|  | Asgill House (Steel engraving, 1844)
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| 1972 |
| | | The Orleans House Gallery is opened to the public, mounting a regular series of temporary exhibitions | |
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| 1973 |
| | | Thames Water Authority takes over from the Metropolitan Water Board and Hampton waterworks becomes part of Thames Water which is later privatised | |
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| 1973 |
| | | Work starts on a new building for the Public Record Office on the site of former government offices in Kew, Surrey | |
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| c. 1975 |
| | | Mark Brown is the last craftsman to build and hire rowing boats in the St Helena Boathouses, as the arches gradually become adapted to non-commercial purposes | |
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