The Society has a private guided booked a private visit for members and their friends to Ernö Goldfinger's 1930's Modernist home in Hampstead. The house, completed in 1939, forged a new pathway for modern design. The house is a compact domestic dwelling and can take only 12 visitors at a time which makes for an … Continue reading "Visit to 2 Willow Road"
Simon Winder, Wandsworth resident, part-time historian and part-time publisher, will talk about his latest book Lotharingia, A Personal History of Europe's Lost Country . Two talks to the Society on his earlier works were much enjoyed for their wit and style. As one reviewer has written about his latest book, 'He is a master of … Continue reading "October Meeting – a talk by Simon Winder"
A speaker from the Huguenot Society will give a talk on who the Huguenots were, why they came, their persecution, emigration and assimilation. This will relate to those who lived in Wandsworth, the skills they brought and the way that Wandsworth's heavily industrialised past is reflected in today's town. .
The Putney Society is organising this meeting and is very kindly inviting anyone interested to come. As you may know, or as you will know if you attended our meeting 12 September Cleaner Air for Wandsworth, an excellent talk by Leonie Cooper, the ULEZ is to be extended in 2021 from the London Congestion Zone to … Continue reading "The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)"