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Wandsworth Heritage Festival 2019 WANDSWORTH HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2019 Programme of Events 25th May – 9th June In partnership with WANDSWORTH HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2019 ENTERTAINING WANDSWORTH Many of the events of this year’s festival celebrate entertainment in Wandsworth past and present. Bingo Machines in former Granada Cinema, Tooting, c.1990 This programme of events has been brought together by Heritage Wandsworth: the local history and historic environment partnership for the Borough of Wandsworth. If you have any access requirements, due to the nature of some of the events and/or restrictions of the venues, please inform the relevant organisation before booking a place. For access requirements relating to events which do not require advance booking, please contact [email protected] or 020 7223 2334 WANDSWORTH HERITAGE SERVICE The archives and local history library for the Borough of Wandsworth are located on the first floor of Battersea Library. For more information including opening times please visit our website: www.better.org.uk/wandsworth-heritage-service Follow us on Twitter: @Better_WHS Browse our historic images collection: www.boroughphotos.org/wandsworth Images in this programme are copyright protected and full details can be supplied on request. Most images are from the collection of Wandsworth Heritage Service. Front cover: The Junction Cinema, Lavender Hill, c1912 Back cover: Postcard advertising Wandsworth as a tourist destination, undated 2 ADVENTURE TRAILS ROUND OLD BATTERSEA TOWN HALL Produced by BAC in collaboration with Cracked Light Theatre, Coney and Greg Wohead Explore the values of important people in Battersea’s history through three brand-new adventure trails. Created by theatre makers, the three trails encompass one for children and families, one for groups aged 11+, and one for adults. • Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, London SW11 5TN • FREE • Various dates throughout the festival – visit www.bac.org.uk for further details MUSEUM TOUR: THE ANTIQUE BREADBOARD MUSEUM Organised by the Antique Breadboard Museum Learn about political boards, famous owners and carvers in this hands-on collection, personally curated by the collector’s daughter. Take photos, ask questions, share reminiscences and enjoy a generous cream tea. Gather friends and family, and make a day of it! • 17 Lifford Street, Putney SW15 1NY • Various dates • £60 admits 4 visitors and includes a cream tea • Booking required – contact: [email protected] EXHIBITION: THE HISTORY OF BATTERSEA POWER STATION Organised by Battersea Power Station Learn about how the power station worked, how it was designed, and the transformation taking place at the recently opened Heritage and Learning Hub at Battersea Power Station. • Located under Grosvenor Bridge at the entrance to Circus West Village SW11 8AH • 9am–7pm throughout the festival • FREE • No booking required Easter Monday on Putney Common, 1923 3 SELF-GUIDED WALK: THE BALHAM TO TOOTING BEC TRAIL Organised by Neighbourhood Network SW12 and SW17 A podcast and map take you on this fascinating historical walk along Balham High Road, where people who lived and worked here tell you their stories. Walk the trail any time with anyone! • Access from www.neighbourhoodnetworksw17.org.uk • Maps and MP3 players also available from Balham and Tooting libraries. SATURDAY 25TH MAY – 2–5PM BOWLS MATCH: BOLINGBROKE V MERTON PARK Organised by the Bolingbroke Bowls Club Come to the bowling green on Wandsworth Common and watch and enjoy this competitive match featuring Bolingbroke Bowls Club who are celebrating their centenary this year. • Wandsworth Common Tennis and Bowls Centre, Dorlcote Road SW18 3RT • FREE • No booking required • Light refreshments available SATURDAY 25TH MAY – 2PM BOOK LAUNCH: THE COMMON STORY Organised by the Tooting Common Heritage Project and Tooting History Group You are invited to the launch of The Common Story: A History of Tooting Common, published as part of a Heritage Lottery Fund supported project. Come along to hear the fascinating story of this much-loved open space. • Tooting Bec Lido Pavilion, Tooting Bec Road SW16 1RU • FREE • No booking required SUNDAY 26TH MAY – 2PM & 3PM TOUR: HENRY TATE GARDENS, STREATHAM Organised by the Streatham Society View Tate’s Grade II* listed mansion Park Hill (exterior only) and explore the historic garden with its Grade II listed features, including the Pulhamite grotto, Victorian folly, lake and temple. • Meet at the lodge gates, Henry Tate Mews, Streatham Common North SW16 3HA • FREE (donations welcome) • No booking required • No parking or toilets onsite 4 SUNDAY 26TH MAY – 12PM GUIDED WALK: WOMEN OF LAVENDER HILL Organised by the Battersea Society Led by Jeanne Rathbone. Featuring Jeanie Nassau, first woman civil servant; Charlotte Despard, socialist suffragette; Caroline Ganley MP; Marie Spartali, Pre-Raphaelite artist; Deaconess Isabelle Gilmore; Laura Barker, composer; and Pamela Hansford Johnson, author. • Meet outside Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill SW11 5TN • £5 • No booking required MONDAY 27TH MAY – 2.30PM GUIDED WALK: BALHAM HILL Organised by the Balham Society John Rattray will lead this walk around the Balham Hill area, where the town of Balham began and where three historical parishes meet: Streatham, Clapham and Battersea. Includes a cinema, a music hall and a 19th-century sports ground. • Meet outside Clapham South station, Balham Hill SW12 9DU • A collection will be taken (proceeds to the Balham Society) • No booking required Harry Tate on horse, Tom Tweedly and Tom Tweedly Jnr., c1920s 5 THE WANDSWORTH/GLL HERITAGE AWARDS FOR SCHOOLS 2019 Win £750 for your school and a £100 Amazon voucher for yourself! Get inspired by Wandsworth's rich history and heritage. Deadline for submissions: Friday 7th June 2019. To find out more, please email [email protected] In partnership with Better is a registered trademark and trading name of GLL (Greenwich Leisure Limited), a charitable social enterprise and registered society under the Co-operative & Community Benefit & Societies Act 2014 registration no. 27793R. Registered office: Middlegate House, The Royal Arsenal, London, SE18 6SX. Inland Revenue Charity no. XR43398 6 TUESDAY 28TH MAY – 7PM TALK: THE AMAZING IMPACT OF THE MUSIC HALL ON BATTERSEA & WANDSWORTH Organised by Wandsworth Historical Society Discover with Neil Robson, editor of the Wandsworth Historian, how the music halls brought fun and entertainment to the area in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. • Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill SW11 5TN • FREE • Booking required via www.bac.org.uk or 020 7223 2223 WEDNESDAY 29TH MAY – 11AM AND 2PM CHILDREN’S SHOW: THE MAGIC WATCHMAKER Organised by Wandsworth Libraries Watchmaker turned stage magician John Neville Maskelyne lived in Albert Bridge Road in Battersea in the late 19th century. Join him at Battersea Library or Wandsworth Library for some magic tricks interspersed with weird and wonderful facts from the borough’s history! • 11am at Battersea Library, Lavender Hill SW11 1JB • 2pm at Wandsworth Town Library, 11 Garratt Lane SW18 4AQ • FREE (suitable for ages 5+) • No booking required WEDNESDAY 29TH MAY – 2PM GUIDED WALK: PIONEERING TOOTING – THE TOTTERDOWN ESTATE Organised by the Tooting History Group The building of the LCC’s first ‘village estate’ in the early years of the 20th century marked the start of a new era in social housing. • Meet at Edward VII statue, Tooting Broadway tube station • £5 for non-Tooting History Group members • No booking required WEDNESDAY 29TH MAY – 6.30PM GUIDED WALK: HERBAL HERITAGE – WILDFLOWERS IN ST NICHOLAS CHURCHYARD Organised by South London Botanical Institute An exploration of wild plants, and a discussion of their past uses. • Church Lane Entrance of St Nicholas churchyard, Tooting SW17 9PP • Collection in aid of the South London Botanical Institute • No booking required 7 WEDNESDAY 29TH MAY – 7.45PM FOR 8PM MURDER MYSTERY: A WANDSWORTH LITERARY WHODUNNIT Organised by Wandsworth Libraries Putney publisher George Newnes is aghast. Someone has murdered the most famous fictional sleuth of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Can he borrow a time machine from HG Wells to bring Putney’s literary giants back to solve the crime? • Putney Library, 5–7 Disraeli Road, SW15 2DR • £5 (includes a literary themed cocktail) • Booking required – please contact [email protected] or 020 8780 3085 THURSDAY 30TH MAY – 7.30PM TALK: CORRUGANZA! MARY MACARTHUR AND THE BOXMAKERS Organised by Summerstown 182 In the summer of 1908, a vicious pay cut was forced on young women workers at the Corruganza box factory in Summerstown. Mary Macarthur roused them to a famous strike action. Her biographer, Dr Cathy Hunt, tells their story. • Tara Arts Theatre, 356 Garratt Lane, Earlsfield SW18 4ES • £5.50 • Booking required via www.tara-arts.com or 020 8333 4457 THURSDAY 30TH MAY – 2.30PM GUIDED WALK: THE ISLAND OF BATTERSEA Organised by Jon Newman A 3-mile walk to the river at Nine Elms along the course of the vanished Heathwall, South London’s least understood waterway and originally the tidal channel of the Thames that created the island of Battersea. • Falcon Glade Park, 119 Falcon Road, Battersea SW11 2PE • £8 – includes copy of Jon’s newly published book The Heathwall: Battersea’s Forgotten River • Booking required via eventbrite: https://island_of_battersea.eventbrite.co.uk 8 Programme for the Balham Hippodrome 9 FRIDAY 31ST MAY – 12-5PM FAMILY DROP-IN SESSION: ARCHAEOLOGY ON YOUR DOORSTEP Organised by the Wandsworth Historical Society Discover the history
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