Group From 1965

Wandsworth Council

London borough. Formed from the former Metropolitan Borough of Battersea and much of the former area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.

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Wandsworth Council

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Wandsworth time capsule

In 1899 the Battersea Vestry became the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea.

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Wandsworth Council

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Albert Reginald Twyford

The plaque gives his first names as Reginald Albert in that order. However, h...

Alliott Verdon Roe - SW18

A. V. Roe, 1877 - 1958, aircraft pioneer and designer of AVRO aeroplanes, exp...

Battersea Park bandstand

Battersea Park was re-opened to the public by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT...

Biograph Theatre

Biograph Theatre opened 1908 as London's first licensed cinema. Originally th...

Brown Dog statue - original - lost

The structure is a reasonably standard late Victorian drinking fountain, in g...

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John William Dixon

Chairman of the Parliamentary and General Purposes Committee, St Pancras Vestry in 1897.

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Stanley Carter

Local politician. Born Bradford. Graduated from Ruskin College, Oxford. Served in the navy during WW2 and later worked in the newspaper industry for more than 20 years. First elected to Enfield Co...

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