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Civic consultative group covering the London parliamentary constituency of Vauxhall

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Six Essays on Vauxhall Gardens

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John Harris, Scenes on the Road, or a Trip to Epsom and Back, Kennington Gate (1838). Courtesy of Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.

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  • TALK: The Spectacular Downfall of a Victorian Detective 18 May 2025
    Vauxhall History co-editor Naomi Clifford will be talking about Scotland Yard’s ‘golden boy’ Chief Inspector Nathaniel Druscovich, who in 1877 became involved with the notorious Turf Fraud Gang. Druscovich, who at the time of his arrest lived in South Lambeth Road, appears as a character in 13 Park Lane, Naomi’s fictionalised account of the murder...Read […]
  • 2025-2026 Lambeth Local History Walks leaflet available now 6 March 2025
    Lambeth Local History Forum’s annual digest of local history walks offered by local history societies, friends groups and other organisations is now available to download. DOWNLOAD THE LEAFLET NOW
  • The meteoric rise and fall of Vauxhall’s Detective Chief Inspector Nathaniel Druscovich 28 October 2024
    To coincide with the publication of her historical true-crime novel 13 Park Lane, Vauxhall History co-editor Naomi Clifford explores the life of one of the characters, who lived in South Lambeth Road On 29 December 1882, at 64 South Lambeth Road, Nathaniel Thomas John Druscovich, formerly a detective chief inspector in the Metropolitan Police Force...Read […]
  • Keybridge House: the brutalist beauty that went down fighting 28 June 2024
    When the wrecking ball goes in, it’s the building that meant to crumble. But in 2016, South Lambeth landmark Keybridge House put up such a fight it was the demolition firm that collapsed. A replacement company eventually got the job done but it took them 18 months and the client received a £12 million bill...Read […]
  • Remembering Vauxhall Cross in the 1990s: Filming the squeegies 1 May 2024
    Film maker PAUL BERNAYS tells Vauxhall History about his documentary film ‘Squeegies’, made for BBC2’s 40 Minutes documentary series, which showed a year in the life of the now long-gone crews who lay in wait at traffic lights and cleaned car windscreens in the hope of a tip In the summer of 1992 ‘squeegies’ –...Read […]

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