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WW1 Conscription in Mitcham
July 10, 2017
…A. Tomsett, age 39, married, foreman joiner. Briscoe-road, Mitcham, said he appealed on conscientious and health grounds. He said he had poor health, and his wife was delicate. The Army…
Coal and Calico: Letters and Papers of the Bennett and Leach Families of Merton and Wandsworth
April 13, 2017
…persuaded to come here by my children. I had been for some time very much harrassed in mind, as well as ill in health, and James4 said he thought a…
The Life of James Lackington, Bookseller, 1746-1815
April 14, 2017
…large expensive family I have also observed, that all the above places are as (nine children,) the theatre there, and that also at healthy for horses as they are for…
01 The Cricket Green
April 16, 2017
…National Health Service, but run by Haven Health Care. To the left of the entrance gate is Cumberland House, accommodating the Cumberland Day Centre for the elderly, run jointly by…
Lord Monson’s Schooldays:
April 14, 2017
…Lettsom was extremely clever, if his health had permitted it he could have been the most first rate scholar we turned out. But he would only have been the scholar…
05 Lower Green West Mitcham
April 16, 2017
…Eventually the health authority moved its staff elsewhere and in April 1989, after refurbishment, the Vestry Hall was formally reopened for community activities by the mayor and mayoress of the…
09 Colliers Wood or ‘Merton Singlegate’
April 16, 2017
…until the Second World War). The name of the new vicar, Rev. McDonald, appears in 1907, as Mr. Legge had retired through ill health. The following year, the former vicar…
Parishioners of Mitcham 1837/38:
April 14, 2017
…Women, very indifferent health, subscribing for a bible. [1412]? Flat Top Houses 11 No.1 Thos HILL & his wife old people. Ann a daughter now at home lived once with…
03 Pollards Hill Commonside East and Lonesome
April 16, 2017
…debated enthusiastically.1 The Ministry of Health had stipulated a maximum density for development and, since the land could not be used for housing, Fulfords, the builders, indicated their willingness to…
06 Mitcham Bridge, The Watermeads and the Wandle Mills
April 16, 2017
…but also from the National Trust at the stench emitted by the evil-looking water. Merton health department reacted by recommending the termination of children’s boating on a stretch of the…
Bulletin 186
April 22, 2017
…Centre offered a range of activities for all ages, such as physical exercise, swimming, games and workshops. The staff ‘studied health as a medical condition’. [There is a lot of…
Bulletin 201
April 22, 2017
…military service in RAF ground crew, during which he gained the nickname ‘Monty’. After the war he continued his studies, becoming a qualified Public Health Officer in 1947. He joined…
Bulletin 215
September 22, 2020
…about 1980. The building still remains as the Wilson Health Centre. Cumberland House Hospital In 1924, Isaac Wilson and his wife left The Cedars and moved into a large house…
JUSTICE TO MEN AND COUNTRY: The Mitcham Military Tribunal, 1916–1918
August 17, 2017
…Applicant said he was passed C3.* Military Representative: Has your wife’s health improved since you made the last application? —No, sir. Military Representative: Is it likely to improve? —No, sir,…
11 The Cranmers, The Canons and Park Place
April 16, 2017
…England but comparatively rare in Surrey. The erection of back-to-back houses was banned by public health legislation towards the end of the 19th century, and Smith’s Buildings seem to have…
Ravensbury: a poem written after a visit in 1850, recollecting childhood memories of people, places and events
April 14, 2017
…bloom – a glow indicative of youth and health; a flourishing healthy condition clime – climate Ganga – Ganges, river in Northern India blest – blessed scant – limited, barely…
Memories of a Morden Lad 1932-1957
April 14, 2017
…of a great many items in every kind of metal. There were a number of health hazards; the work was very dirty. I don’t remember anyone wearing face masks when…
Bulletin 214
June 26, 2020
…month they reported that the St George’s children were ‘healthy and satisfactory’, except for one month in 1845 when they noticed ill health. A month later the children were again…
OUR CONVICT SON: Harold Brewster 1895-1958: A Merton Objector to Conscription
August 22, 2018
…constitution and in good health and eligible and fit to imitate his colleagues and serve his country at this particularly critical time. He agreed to do so and volunteered, but…