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Bulletin 166
April 22, 2017
…Rome with the Duke of Devonshire, for whom he did much work at Chatsworth. The duke was taken to see Richard’s work and commissioned from him a statue of the…
Bulletin 147
April 22, 2017
…former works area of Bennett’s and John Leach. The concrete foundation pillars of the former CITB workshops protruding through those of Bennett’s mill. (D Luff) Although the CITB used or…
I Remember… Childhood Memories of Wartime Mitcham
April 14, 2017
…live from various factories doing war work. This was performed in large works canteens while the workers ate their midday meal. The programme was brimful of gusto with a tremendous…
Bulletin 227
September 29, 2023
…and then went to Kingston School of Art, and then the Royal College of Art under the influential Janey Ironside. Regarding her designs as works of art, she first worked…
Bulletin 187
April 22, 2017
…Fight of Recent Years’: Part 2 – Keith Penny Robertson’s Pickle & Sauce Works Ltd – Bruce Robertson and much more PRESIDENT: VICE PRESIDENTS: Eric Montague and William Rudd CHAIR:…
Excavation of a Romano-British site at Short Batsworth, Mitcham 1966-68
July 17, 2017
…the police. However, both workmen were interviewed on 27 October, and a few basic details obtained, which are incorporated in Appendix I. Neither workman had noticed any artefacts in the…
Bulletin 210
July 10, 2019
…closed, Workshops will probably be held in the ground-floor Meeting Room in Vestry Hall. A notice will be placed on the Museum door on the day. BBC Antiques Roadshow will…
Bulletin 207
…overlooks the site of the Beddington Corner Calico Works, gone by 1871. The walk entered a small industrial estate where, to the slight bemusement of workers there, Mick showed us…
Bulletin 142
April 22, 2017
…the 20th century with Trouble at Mill, A brief history of the former Liberty Print Works site including Textile Printing at Merton Printers Ltd (Libertys) 1965.1982. David started work at…
Bulletin 202
April 22, 2017
…is possibly how he met Barclay, through a common network of antiquarians, booksellers and printers. His work for Barclay has its emphasis on the exteriors of buildings; cottages, schools, occasional…
Bulletin 197
April 22, 2017
…such factories in Mitcham in 1965. Smells were again in evidence from the Gas Works, built in 1849 in Western Road. Not far away lay the distinctive Tandem smelting works…
Bulletin 179
April 22, 2017
…or email to johnhinshelwood@btinternet.com subject LAMAS Local History Workshop. MERTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY – BULLETIN 179 – SEPTEMBER 2011 – PAGE 5 LOCAL HISTORY WORKSHOPS Friday 6 May 2011 – 8…
Bulletin 133
April 22, 2017
…country-wide network of .Groundwork Trusts.. These Trusts are independent charitable organisations set up to bring about environmental, social and economic renewal in areas of industrial decline. Groundwork Merton has been…
Bulletin 132
April 22, 2017
…and then Quicks Road. Judith hopes to find where George Wardle, Morris’s works manager, lived while working at Merton*. Interestingly, Wardle’s wife Madeleine (née Smith) was the defendant in a…
Copper Milling on the Wandle
April 14, 2017
…to be fully explained), also relied heavily on the skills of foreign workers. Coppersmiths from the Low Countries and Normandy are recorded working at Southwark in the late 16th century,3…
Bulletin 141
April 22, 2017
…Visit to Surrey History Centre This behind-the-scenes tour should be fascinating, and will include a glimpse of the Centre’s conservation work. The Centre is at 130 Goldsworth Road, Woking, about…
Bulletin 164
April 22, 2017
…workers at Lines Bros were female. This comes from brief notes on some of the work-force in the bomb damage report, and a few photographs, while memories from the ladies…
Bulletin 127
April 22, 2017
…The Society’s events are open to the general public, unless otherwise stated. LOCAL HISTORY WORKSHOPS FRIDAY 12 JUNE 1998 – Lionel Green in the Chair © Session opened by Bill…
Bulletin 205
March 9, 2018
…he owned. The work wassupported by government subsidies. Some of the houses were for sale and some were let. The council had to supervise his workandenforceasuitabledensityofhousing per acre. He agreed…