Caring about Wandsworth's buildings, open spaces, rivers and transport.
On 27 November Sue Knowles, chair of the trustees on the Earlsfield Foodbank gave an excellent talk on the work that she and her colleagues do in supporting the less fortunate in that part of Wandsworth. For information on how to volunteer or donate please see https://www.earlsfieldfoodbank.org.uk/.
To listen to the talk follow Earlsfield Foodbank with Sue Knowles
Many will remember the stall on Bellevue Parade where Ron Elam used to be on a Saturday selling items from his mass of historic postcards of South London views. This unique and irreplaceable collection was recently auctioned. We were concerned that if the collection was broken up the loss to our knowledge of the heritage of the area would be lost. Therefore, in collaboration with the Friends of Wandsworth Common, we have jointly acquired 897 postcards.
There’s a fair amount of work involved in just sifting through the 8 albums. Details of how to view them, for anyone who wants to see them now, and what to do with them all need to be resolved in the near future. The proposal is to ensure that these are held for public access.
On 23 October Jonathan Callaway gave a talk with slides about his his involvement with the charity Medical Life Lines Ukraine (MLLU). They organise convoys of refurbished ambulances containing medical suplies, and driven by volunteers, including the speaker.
This engaging and moving talk ended with collection for MLLU; Jonathan extended his thanks to all who had generously donated
Following their successful Summer tour, the company are now presenting their inaugural Winter Season in churches including St Anne’s. It is an all new production of Macbeth, infused with “wicked music and devilishly good tunes”.
They will be here on Saturday 9 November with performances at 3pm and 7pm. Tickets from shakespearein the squares.co.uk.
To celebrate this event the Society held a joint meeting with the Vicar and congregation of the church looking at both the history of this distinctive Waterloo Church and a review of the architectural issues of making church buildings relevant to today’s worshippers and communities.
To view a recording of the meeting see https://youtu.be/aTgR44Pnl14