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Croydon Review at 4 December
The Cabinet plans to axe more than 50 staff in a bid to balance its budget on Monday evening. The trade unions and voluntary sector activists will be demonstrating outside the Town Hall. Unite the Union, Unison & GMB will … Continue reading →
SWLLC Requests Ideas For Co-operation In Giving Evidence To Commons Inquiry Into Social Housing
South West London Law Centre wants to take joint action to give evidence to the new House of Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee inquiry examining the quality and regulation of social housing in England. ‘As a law centre we … Continue reading →

Remembering the Remembrance Day when the Stockwell Memorial was unveiled
By Naomi Clifford Earlier this year, Vauxhall History was made aware of two previously unknown images of the unveiling of Stockwell War Memorial on Wednesday 3 May 1922. The photos were discovered in an album kept by Charles Christopher Patrick (1904-1996), whose father, John Frederick Patrick (1869-1943) was commissioned to build Stockwell War Memorial. The...Read […]
The Space Art of Ralph Smith in Vauxhall
by Ken MacTaggart FBIS A unique collection of unusual art adorns the walls of the British Interplanetary Society’s headquarters in South Lambeth Road. The striking building of yellow Georgian brick near Vauxhall Park, at the corner of Langley Lane, is a familiar sight to passers-by rushing to and from Vauxhall station. But few have stepped...Read […]
Want to self-publish your history book? Vauxhall History’s Naomi Clifford to give free online talk telling you how
Naomi Clifford, co-editor of the vauxhallhistory.org website, has written and self-published two nonfiction history books, each with Lambeth connections. She’s happy to share with you her experience of research, manuscript preparation, print platforms, crowdfunding, ebooks, marketing and sales. Her latest self-published book is Under Fire: The Blitz Diaries of a Volunteer Ambulance Driver, which will be published...Read […]