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I Remember… Childhood Memories of Wartime Mitcham
April 14, 2017
…dank. They had wooden seating and duckboards to keep our feet out of the water which formed into puddles now and again. Eventually, the All Clear would sound and we…
Bulletin 173
April 22, 2017
…He began with the tragedy of 14 October 1940, when a German bomb fell on Balham Underground station. This event figures in the memoirs of ex- Mordonian Ronald Read, to…
Bill Rudd Collection: Morden
October 23, 2020
…churchyard & monuments Sadler’s End & Red Cottage, Morden Hall Road A number of big events have taken place in Morden Park, and Bill loved photographing these. They will be…
Bulletin 167
April 22, 2017
…Templecombe Way, Morden, Surrey SM4 4JF at £7.50 (£6.00 to members) plus £1.35 p&p, . Judy will be one of John Hawks’s guests at a Merton Abbey Mills event for…
Sporting Memories of Mitcham in the late 1940s and 1950s
April 14, 2017
…eventually Manchester United, gaining one cap for England. Dario Gradi was another, who is currently manager of Crewe Alexandra and is one of the longest serving managers in professional football….
The Now and Hereafter Poor:
April 14, 2017
…Green’, which lay on the opposite side of the road from Park Place. In the event the Vestry agreed to give their consent “as far as in them lies” that…
Bill Rudd Archive
March 12, 2024
…a fascinating study of the growth of the smallest of the Surrey parishes into what eventually became (in partnership with Merton) the fifth largest urban district in the country, now…
Bulletin 145
April 22, 2017
…and turn right. The Snuff Mill is straight ahead. The Canons is walking distance from bus routes to Mitcham, and from the Mitcham Tramlink stop.) The Society’s events are open…
Bulletin 141
April 22, 2017
…service is the 119 Bromley-Purley Way (every 10 min.) from opposite East Croydon station/tram stop. Car parking is possible at or behind the visitor centre. The Society’s events are open…
Parishioners of Mitcham 1837/38:
April 14, 2017
The Revd Herbert Randolph’s Notebook Local History Notes 20: ed. Stephen Turner with an introduction by E N Montague and others The notebook of the Revd Herbert Randolph, curate to…
The ‘Amery Mills’ of Merton Priory, the Copper Mills and the Board Mills
April 14, 2017
…was destroyed, the damage amounting to £1,000. Serious as this was, this particular event was the cause of some local amusement, the Paper Record & Wood Pulp News reporting at…
A History of Lord Nelson’s Merton Place
April 14, 2017
…theMerton Abbey estate that was eventually owned by Hubbald). Pratt insured the new building with the Sun Insurance Company. In his policy dated 22nd August 1753,6 it is described as:…
Merton Memories
July 26, 2017
…recording places, events and characters of Victorian and Edwardian Mitcham. The Merton Memories Project, produced by Merton Library and Heritage Service, offers unprecedented access to a unique collection of photographs…
Photos arranged by Topic
May 26, 2017
…a gallery of photo thumbnails. Clicking on any thumbnail will display the full photograph and its details. (It might also bring up non-photographic items!) bridges buses & coaches events &…
Around Manor Road, Mitcham
April 14, 2017
…the place inside as well as out. I cannot remember when the third gable was added, before or after the Second World War. Mitcham Fair was another event in our…
The Life of Guy of Merton
October 26, 2020
…canons worked out their own details, or observances. Eventually, by the beginning of the thirteenth century, the regular canons were organised into a formal order, the Order of St Augustine…
Stuart Merton
…1658, the eastern section, later known as West Barnes Park, becoming a separate property. Soon afterwards the south-western section was also separated and eventually became known as Blue House Farm….
The Bill Rudd Collection
July 26, 2017
…fairgrounds, carnivals and other celebratory events. Bill spent most of his life on the St Helier estate and took many photographs of the houses and roads of the area, and…
The Railways of Merton
April 14, 2017
by Lionel Green In The Railways of Merton Lionel Green sorts out the tangle of the Borough of Merton’s railways. He gives dates, names of companies, and which later amalgamated…