On 9 June, as our joint contribution to the Wandsworth Heritage Festival, the Wandsworth Society and Putney Societies were addressed by Phil Evison onthe history of rowing on the Thames. To see a recording of the meeting click the link below.
Author: Caroline Pook
Local Transport Issues
On Thursday 12 May David Tidley. Transport Strategy Team Manager for Wandsworth & Richmond Councils, talked to the Society about transport issues in Wandsworth. A recording of the meeting, together with David’s slides, can be seen here:
Libby Spurrier on The Art of Abridging
Libby, a member of the Wandsworth Society gave a fascinating talk to the Society on the 21 May. Libby abridges newly published books for Radio 4 and is a familiar name to listeners of Book of the Week. To view a recording of the talk see the following
A Future for the Wandsworth Museum?
Following the AGM on 17 March Shiela Allen led a discussion on the future of the Museum and the existing collection currently stored in the old West Hill Library.
A recording of the discussion can be accessed here:
February Meeting
On 17 February Gill Farnsworth current Vice-Chair (and past Chair) of the South Bank Ramblers gave an interesting talk over Zoom about their origins, achievements and wide role today. Without them we might not have had the unparallelled access to the English countryside through National Parks and Rights of Way. Their work continues, repairing footpaths, installing footpath gates and ensuring rights of way are mapped and kept accessible.
The talk can be viewed here: