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Bulletin 177
April 22, 2017
Download Bulletin 177 March 2011 Bulletin 177 Messages over Merton G Wilson In Search of a Lacemaker R Turner V-1s on Merton and Morden : the details D Haunton and…
Bulletin 174
April 22, 2017
…There were no local shops at first, though bread and milk were delivered – by horse and cart. Many residents grew their own vegetables in their small gardens. The hospital…
GROWING UP ON THE ST HELIER ESTATE 1930–1950: School, Wartime and First Jobs
July 20, 2019
Local History Notes 36: by Albert A J Smith Albert recalls his life at Dorchester Road and Dore Gardens, Morden, schooldays at the Canterbury Road schools, and work at Hawes…
Bulletin 217
March 8, 2021
Download Bulletin 217 March 2021 – Bulletin 217 Coralie Glyn, a feminist in Merton – Clive Whichelow The east window at St Lawrence church, Morden – Peter Hopkins Bert’s refreshment…
Beating the Bounds:
April 14, 2017
…on the site are modern replicas. Today’s Boundary Road derives its name from its location. Note the line of the Croydon branch of the horse– drawn Surrey Iron Railway, opened…
Tudor & Stuart Mitcham
…considerable part of central Mitcham, including the Lower Green. Because the village of Mitcham was situated a little over one hour’s drive by horse and carriage from the capital and…
Later Georgian Mitcham
…Church Road, alongside Tramway Path, and across Mitcham Common. The modern tram route from Mitcham to Croydon largely follows the track-bed of the Surrey Iron Railway. Worked by horses, the…
Photographic Record
June 26, 2017
…(D Roe) 2005 Woolworths and London Road / Morden Road Roundabout (D Roe) 2008 The Dovecote and Pond, The Canons, Mitcham (R Ninnis) 2005 Tethered horses, Mitcham Common (D Roe)…
The Bulletin
…mystery of the missing container wagons – Bruce Robertson Haunton’s horse hunt II: Boniface and the bishops – Katie Hawks Carters Tested Seeds and the Woolworths connection – Norma Cox…
Memoir of Priscilla Pitt, by John Marsh Pitt 1899
April 14, 2017
…upon. Once when driving a party of friends out into the country she pulled the horse up short, fearing they might run over a nimble sparrow in the road !…
Memories of Lower Morden
April 14, 2017
…in those days was solemnly drawn by two, or sometimes four, beautiful shining black horses, down the lane which led to what was then Battersea Cemetery. My schooldays were spent…
Bulletin 171
April 22, 2017
…car, and the ‘trailer’ carried the passengers. Another picture showed a horse-drawn cart from Carters Tested Seeds Ltd outside Raynes Park station. She also reported an account in the Annual…
Bulletin 211
October 12, 2019
…by rich Londoners. Carshalton became famous for horse racing, with a long thin race track running south-west to Ewell. With a long river frontage, there were five mills in the…
Bulletin 163
April 22, 2017
…£1 13s 4d Item butter and cheese valued at 15s Item six hoggs valued together at £2 10s Item eleven horses & coltis £40 Item twenty eight cowis, twelve calvis…
Bulletin 119
April 22, 2017
Download Bulletin 119 September 1996 – Bulletin 119 A ‘Melancholy Occurrence’ at Morden – W J Rudd An aspect of New Wimbledon – C E Sole St Lawrence Church Morden…