Today it was announced that the Wandsworth store is one of the 22 poor performing stores to close in 2020 (along with Wimbledon – Centre Court – but not Clapham Junction. This is something of a blow for Southside as Debenhams is the largest space user – and provides a useful cut through from Garratt Lane. In practice it has never drawn the custom from the south end of the centre (Waitrose end) end and it not really going to be missed. But a void will not be good for the north end of the centre. Watch this space.
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Wandsworth Heritage Festival 25 May-9 June
The Festival line up has now been announced with a range of interesting events including tours, walks and exhibitions. The theme this year is Entertaining Wandsworth.
Meeting report: Thames Tideway Tunnel
On Thursday this week Colin Murphy, Senior Engineer on “our” section of the Tideway Project gave 50 Society members and friends a fascinating talk about the scheme. As well as an excellent overview of why Thames Water need to spend some £4.2bn on digging a very deep 25km tunnel under London we had a detailed update on the goings on in Wandsworth. The treatment of King George’s Park (see picture), where a number of mature trees had to be felled was particularly interesting and left us quite optimistic about the outcome.
Wandsworth Arts Fringe, 3-19 May
The programme is now available for the 10th annual Arts Fringe, listing 150 events in 64 venues across the Borough. There something for everyone, some free and some ticketed, some day time and some evening. The brochure can be picked up in libraries and other public spaces or on line
https://www.wandsworthfringe.com The Wandsworth Society event will be on Thursday 9 May at the usual venue.
Building of the Thames Tideway tunnel kicks off in Central Wandsworth
Charlotte, the tunnel boring machine, started digging the Frogmore Connection Tunnel on 26 March. When the project is complete in 2024, the 1.1km tunnel will take sewage overflows from King George’s Park into the main 25km Thames Tideway Tunnel at Fulham, where it will be transferred to east London for treatment. If you are interested to hear more, the Wandsworth Society’s meeting on 11 April will give you the chance (See Society Events)
