Group    From 1999 

Friends of Vauxhall Park

Established in 1999, the Friends of Vauxhall Park is a voluntary group whose aim is to protect and enhance Vauxhall Park as a place of freedom, recreation and enjoyment for all sections of the local community.

Their excellent history section has been one of the main sources for all our information.

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Friends of Vauxhall Park

Creations i

Edgar Wilson's model houses

These model houses were made for Vauxhall Park in 1949 by Edgar Wilson of Nor...

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Fawcett house - Vauxhall

We're not experts so we'll accept that the tree is a mulberry. And the tree e...

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Other Subjects

Christmas cards

Christmas cards

The first card was designed by John Horsley.  The Mail has some pictures of early Christmas cards.

Media, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs W. F. R. Stanley

Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs W. F. R. Stanley

The Stanleys, William and Eliza, married on 2 February 1857 (his 28th birthday) and were highly respected by the people of South Norwood, hence the lavishness of the tribute. This photograph was qu...

Event, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Tassaduq Ahmed

Tassaduq Ahmed

Born in Assam. He came to London in 1952, founded the Pakistan Welfare Association, and became a leading organiser of the fledgling Bengali language movement. He set up Desher Dak (Call To Land), t...

Person, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Journalism / Publishing, Indian Sub-continent

1 memorial
50 years of Lionism in the British Isles

50 years of Lionism in the British Isles

Lions Clubs International were begun on 7 June 1917 in America by a Chicago businessman.  The first Lions Club in the UK was formed in London in 1950. From LionsMD105: "We are one of the largest se...

Event, Benefactor, Community / Clubs

1 memorial