MERTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mitcham digital classics
In the 1920s two collections of Mitcham reminiscences were published under the title Old Mitcham I (1923) and Old Mitcham II (1926). One of the articles included in these collections had been published separately in 1909 and another was reprinted separately in 1932. They are all now out of copyright so, as none of them seem to be currently available online, we are very grateful to Merton Heritage Service for permission to scan photocopies of their copies found among the late Eric Montague’s papers.
These are of particular interest when they record the memories of what was then the recent past. However, it must be remembered that not everything recorded at this period has stood the test of time, as research has continued and old assertions have required modification. This is especially true for events in the distant past which were wrongly attributed to our locality.