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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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  • Stockwell War Memorial: A Centenary Exhibition 8 March 2022
    The Friends of Stockwell War Memorial & Gardens are to hold a week-long exhibition in April to mark the centenary of the war memorial’s Grade 2 listed clock tower and to recalling its history and significance. The clock tower was erected in memory of the over 570 local men who died in the 1914-1918 War. A…
  • Phyllis Todd, much-travelled painter of a different stripe 28 January 2022
    Artist Phyllis Todd settled in the Oval in 1988 and, as she tells Vauxhall History’s Ross Davies, she found Vauxhall to have a wealth of interesting buildings. But, adds Phyllis, it is also a townscape changing so fast that she was inspired to create an artistic record. Having ‘captured’ Vauxhall’s Fentiman Road in miniature –…
  • Just published by The Vauxhall Society: Six Essays on Vauxhall Gardens by David E. Coke 19 January 2022
    This month sees the publication in book form of essays on Vauxhall Gardens written by  the historian David E. Coke  and first published on vauxhallhistory.org, the history arm of The Vauxhall Society. David is co-author with Alan Borg of the monumental Vauxhall Gardens: A History (2011). One of the most painful aspects of preparing that book, David tells…
  • Remembering the Remembrance Day when the Stockwell Memorial was unveiled 14 November 2021
    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…
  • The Space Art of Ralph Smith in Vauxhall 13 September 2021
    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…

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  • Croydon’s Growing Poverty and Cost Of Living Crisis
    Low income households in Croydon Central and North constituencies are experiencing a much higher level of poverty than in Croydon South. This is shown by research by Fair By Design which shows that local economies are losing £4.5m pa to … Continue reading →
  • History Update 28 June
    1 July. 10am-4pm.  Tyneside Irish Brigade Memories Project Exhibition Tyneside Irish Centre, 43 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4SG.    7,200 Tyneside Irish who served during World War 1; 1,200 of them died, many on the first day of the Battle … Continue reading →

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    Lambeth Libraries have announced their events and services for the month of July 2022. We’re reproduced their listing below: Library Services for July Welcome to the Lambeth Libraries Children and Young People’s …
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    As the weather warms up, the BHF is appealing to the local community in Brixton to support its shops in the area by donating preloved summer items. The charity is …

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