Monthly Archives: January 2023

Music & Song, North Lambeth History, Streatham History, West Norwood History, Other Lambeth History, Wandsworth History, Other South London History, Other London History, Alan Godfrey Old Ordnance Survey Maps, Miscellaneous, Library of Unwritten Books Music and Song Mary Ellen Brown … Continue reading →

Town Centre Development Overview The Croydon Partnership Westfield developers are facing a £5m fine from the Council for failure to develop the Westfield project. £4m is to be spent on improvements to the High St. (Inside Croydon, Sutton & Croydon … Continue reading →

Wandsworth Museum Collections Labour Cllr Rex Osborn, a local historian in his own right, is the new lead on the Wandsworth Museum Collections, which are in storage at the former West Hill Library/Wandsworth Museum building. He has stated the Council … Continue reading →

News Summary Tory Mayor Perry fails to get £20m levelling up money. (MyLondon, Inside Croydon) Superdrug lead sponsor for Croydon Stands Tall, Croydon BID and Wild In Art initiative for Borough of Culture. Marks & Spencer to set up store … Continue reading →

Tuesday 17 January. 7pm.  Five Russians in the North East of England From the 1880s until the Bolshevik revolution, Tyneside hosted a number of Russians who lived strange and sometimes dangerous lives. The first was an anarchist and aristocrat wanted … Continue reading →

News Round up Council launches consultation on new street cleansing and waste collections contract. (https://news.croydon.gov.uk) Build-to-rent operator and developer Greystar has acquired Guildhouse Rosepride’s One Lansdowne Road site (Property Week) Co-op pulls out of local store development of former Beehive … Continue reading →

Jane Austen And The King Of Skiffle, Wandsworth History, Slavery, Labour & Socialist History, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor & Postcript Remainder Books Jane Austen And The King Of Skiffle Corrina Readdioff discusses a folk favourite loved by Jane Austen and Abraham Lincoln. … Continue reading →

News Summary, Events, Ruskin House Events, Community Singing, Legal Temporary Accommodation Project, Household Support Fund, Borough of Culture Debate, Neighbourhood Democracy News Summary Matthews Yard saved by £12,000 fundraising. (londonnewsonline) W H Smith to close at Whitgift Centre. (Inside Croydon) … Continue reading →