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Grade II heritage at risk. Terrible news.
Grade II heritage at risk. Terrible news.
Clocking the time differences in Croydon Airport booking hall [date unknown]... arguably the hardest part of travelling 🤧 #ArchiveTravel #Archive30 @ARAScot
Complete Map Of UK Lidos And Outdoor Swimming Pools - google.com/maps/d/viewer?…
It's our birthday! 🎉 #OnThisDay 143 years ago, the Museum opened its doors to the public for the very first time. This photo was taken the same year the Museum opened in 1881!
#ThrowbackThursday: Amen Corner 1923. Thousands of residents throng the street to cheer King George V & Queen Mary as they drive through #Tooting on 28 July after they had opened Southfields Park. From #Balham & Tooting in Old Photographs by Patrick Loobey ISBN 0-7509-0722-3
A new FREE exhibition at the OXO Tower presents 1001 quirky images of London since the Millennium. Good one to pop into if you're going to be on the South Bank londonist.com/london/art-and…
Thursday Postcard Day. This is a postcard of Lord Nelson's funeral barge. The house - Merton Place - he shared with Lady Hamilton had a moat feed by water from the Wandle. He also fished the river, watched cricket at Mitcham Cricket Green and a pew at St Mary's, Merton Park.
...And physical copies are making their way to libraries as I type ❤️. Thanks to all our *amazing* contributors! These are just a few: @batterseasoc @wwcommon @tootinghistory @SocStreatham @ClaphamSociety @summerstown182 @SLBotanicalInst @Wandle_WIM @RoehamptonUni @SambrooksBrew
...And physical copies are making their way to libraries as I type ❤️. Thanks to all our *amazing* contributors! These are just a few: @batterseasoc @wwcommon @tootinghistory @SocStreatham @ClaphamSociety @summerstown182 @SLBotanicalInst @Wandle_WIM @RoehamptonUni @SambrooksBrew
The notes will go into circulation on 5th June. This is the first time The Bank of England has changed the image of The Monarch on a banknote (Queen Elizabeth II became the first Monarch to appear on a Bank of England note in 1960).
@MPSHeritage @HistoricEngland Great to see you've posted the former #Tooting Police Station by Gilbert Mackenzie Trench (who also designed the 'tardis'). You were so helpful as @tootinghistory researched to support it's Grade II listing (via email when you were mid move). Thanks again.
Looking forward to tonight
Find out more about transport in #tooting this evening
CHARITY Plant Sale! Local resident & 5-time Chelsea Flower Show award-winner Anthony de Grey is once again opening up his beautiful garden for a charity plant sale at his home at 54 Abbotswood Road, SW16 1AW on Thur 16th, Fri 17th & Sat 18th May, 9am-5pm each day. #Balham
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The annual #Wandsworth Heritage Festival, organised by @Better_WHS, takes place May 18-June 9, and celebrates Wandsworth’s rich past. More info, inc a link to the programme of events, via @wandbc: wandsworth.gov.uk/news/news-apri… #Tooting #WandsworthCulture #Battersea #Putney #Balham
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24 Followers 30 Following@Southlondondan @tootingnewsie @OfficialTmufc @mimmsy_mimz @tootinghistory @tttooting @TootingBecFC @tootingmama @RambleTooting @AFCWimbledon This is so cool nice,one Dan. Love it
Happy Birthday to Us!!! 120 years ago today, The UJC was legally constituted, as a vital London home for enlisted HM Armed Forces personnel. Millions of visits later we send our best to our Members; thank you for keeping us safe and free! #RoyalNavy #BritishArmy #RAF #Veterans
Are you looking for things to do in Wandsworth? This post has a list of different suggestions including indoor activities, date ideas, half term activities, places to eat, walks, and family days out. 😀 #Wandsworth wandlenews.com/things-to-do-i…
A very interesting and emotionally charged exhibition in Sprout… #Visible recommended! And Glyn is offering to take your portrait for a donation of £10 Raising awareness for mental health issues and supporting @MindCharity
New photography exhibition at @SproutArts in #Furzedown – #Visible by Glyn Roberts, raising money for @MindCharity. More info: sproutarts.com/index.php/what… #Tooting
brixtonbeach A bit different for me this one! I’m working from a sketch - inspired by the simplified figures of the American colourist #miltonavery @ArtistsOpenHse #artistsopenhouse #dulwich #brixton #hernehill #brockwelllido #swimmingart #oilpainting
Spring has sprung at Du Cane Court! 🌸 #Balham
New photography exhibition at @SproutArts in #Furzedown – #Visible by Glyn Roberts, raising money for @MindCharity. More info: sproutarts.com/index.php/what… #Tooting
#DidYouKnow the 1st Mitcham Fire Station in built in 1927? When the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) formed in 1938, increasing firefighting resources during #WWII, Mitcham was supported by 3 local AFS sub stations. More here orlo.uk/9nBpa #LFBFireStations @LFBMerton
All the parks in London on one beautiful map - and it's just been updated 😍 londonist.com/london/great-o…
Happy birthday to Isambard Kingdom Brunel! 🥳 Born in 1806, this would be Brunel's 218th birthday. In his life, he built over 100 bridges, including yours truly, as well as 25 railways lines, 8 pier/dock systems, 3 ships and a pre-fabricated army field hospital. What a busy guy!
This lovely John Bull cover from early 1951 shows Ladybird artist Ronald Lampitt’s best guess of what the ‘South Bank festival’ (later the Festival of Britain) would look like
This gorgeous piece of architecture proudly stands alone in Victoria amongst the soulless glass & steel of our modern City
50th anniversary of ABBA's 'Waterloo' at Waterloo Station this morning. They had a choir singing the song.
@MunicipalDreams Some digitised works by Thomas Sharp are here —> archive.org/details/@anton…
What do a cardboard model of @TowerBridge and a 750-year-old piece of animal skin have in common? Both are part of a project at @LdnMetArchives bringing together artefacts from our nine centuries of history in one place for the first time. Read more: tinyurl.com/yy2jj9nj
Central #London Piccadilly and Regent Street 1953 (#Aerofilms Britain from Above)