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Ho To @ The Old Wooden Buildings of Carshalton
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 am
Thanks a lot for your sharing! Curious when the old photos were taken, roughly?
Lyn Todd @ Father Christmas float schedule announced – road by road
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 am
Are you coming to priory crescent Cheam you used to my grandchildren lived it .
Naz @ Father Christmas float schedule announced – road by road
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 am
I can’t see Great Woodcote Park on the list, last year it was and would love to see you again this year.
Jacqueline Jenkins @ Father Christmas float schedule announced – road by road
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 am
You used to come round culvers way but no more my grand children would love to see them here
Julie @ Long-lost Wallace House and the victorian soup kitchen
November 4, 2025 at 8:08 pm
I’ve been researching my husband’s family tree and I believe this house is connected to my husband’s ancestors. So far, I’ve got 7 doctors over the generations – with Samuel…
Julie @ Long-lost Wallace House and the victorian soup kitchen
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 pm
Thank you for sharing. This is really interesting. Is there a record / any information as to WHY the house was demolished?
Catherine Yarranton @ Long-lost Wallace House and the victorian soup kitchen
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 am
Really interesting such a shame this house was lost
Theresa Macklin-Smith @ Rare 55-million-year-old fossil discovered in Carshalton
November 1, 2025 at 10:55 pm
I used to attend GYNS with my brother David. I will see if he remembers this
Hazel Lowe- Swain @ Rare 55-million-year-old fossil discovered in Carshalton
November 1, 2025 at 5:03 pm
i have a piece my dad gave me….somewhere!
Paul Eversfield @ Rare 55-million-year-old fossil discovered in Carshalton
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 am
I remember it well. my sister Kate and I both attended the dig/ excavation back in 1968. The fossil treasures collected were scrutinised by the site archeological team and then…
Peter Avis Avis @ Rare 55-million-year-old fossil discovered in Carshalton
November 1, 2025 at 9:55 am
I lived in carshalton then and wasn’t aware if this. Thank you.
Graham Catterall @ Popular local event takes a break
October 30, 2025 at 1:18 am
The fireworks display has since the 1950’s been organised by Wallington and Carshalton Round Table. Due to dwindling volunteer participation the event has now ceased
Hazel Lowe- Swain @ Popular local event takes a break
October 28, 2025 at 9:29 am
Understandable.. but such a shame as both generated income for local businesses….
Matthew Hampshire @ Why Are There No Pubs in Carshalton Beeches? The Mystery of The Quaker Covenant
October 25, 2025 at 7:46 am
A fascinating article I’ve heard lots of stories about there being a covenant in Carshalton Beeches. Interestingly, our house used to have a small pub in the cellar which you…
Gordon John McKie @ Visit the stunning 17th Century Blue Room at Canons House in Mitcham
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 pm
I am writing a book about the Wandle and its neigbhourhoods, and I would be greatful for some more information about the history of The Cannons house.
Hazel Lowe- Swain @ Why Are There No Pubs in Carshalton Beeches? The Mystery of The Quaker Covenant
October 23, 2025 at 11:26 am
Curious as to the location of the Orphanage in Stanley Road …..
Penelpe Durrant (ne True) @ Why Are There No Pubs in Carshalton Beeches? The Mystery of The Quaker Covenant
October 23, 2025 at 11:12 am
So so interesting! My grandmother lived in Gordon Road. After living in Park Avenue we moved to Southway. This is in the early 1960s. Thank you again. I love hearing…
Graham Fletcher @ Carshalton Motor Cycle Club used to meet at the old Fox and Hounds
October 21, 2025 at 9:03 pm
Hi yes interesting is the club still going how can i join and where
Gary Fleming @ An afternoon walk in Battersea Park and remnants of the Festival of Britain exhibition
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 pm
I grew up a very short walk from this park. I can still picture every little corner of a fabulous park where I spent most of my childhood. So much…
Jean @ How things have changed – Carshalton High Street in 2008
October 19, 2025 at 11:56 am
The moan then was too many estate agents. However we have a too many coffee bars/cafe/restaurants now. Still miss the greengrocer there is a new pharmacy and just love Calladoodles.…
Martin Wheatley @ The most intact fighter airfield from WW2
October 18, 2025 at 6:16 pm
I was born in what was the War Memorial Hospital in 1942. My mother and her sister went to St. Philomena’s Convent School. Her sister went on to join The…
istvanski @ Hackbridge’s oldest homes are super-cute
September 22, 2025 at 2:52 pm
“Bonus fun fact: Comedian Tracey Ullman lived in Hackbridge, aged 6 in 1975” Tracey Ullman was born on 30th December 1959.
Hazel Lowe- Swain @ Hackbridge’s oldest homes are super-cute
September 21, 2025 at 1:21 pm
Such a shame we lost some of these magnificent old houses
Sie Evans @ The World-Famous Rock Stars who Surprisingly Performed in Carshalton Park
September 12, 2025 at 1:18 am
Level 42 Carshalton Park either ’78 or ’81, anyone remember that?
Christine Cullen @ Move over Lavender – we uncover the long lost industry that gave Carshalton its name
September 11, 2025 at 12:04 am
There’s quite a lot growing in the Mill Lane stretch of river by the Butter Hill bridge. People often wade in to pick some.
John Chittock @ Move over Lavender – we uncover the long lost industry that gave Carshalton its name
September 10, 2025 at 7:27 pm
The first cress picture is not watercress it is common or garden cress. The second picture is watercress. I doubt you could grow watercress on a windowcill!
John sales @ 🎥 Video: Carshalton Ponds completely empty during October 2023
September 10, 2025 at 1:29 pm
I was fishing in that channel in the video with my little brother I have been hunting for the photo of us kneeling down fishing for years the picture was…
Patricia Vian @ Butter Hill estate and the long-lost country house
August 31, 2025 at 11:16 pm
Gosh that is such an interesting history. On the way to school in the 50’s (i was in charge of my little bother), he fell in the pond on London…
John @ The long lost bridge of Wilderness Island
August 29, 2025 at 5:50 pm
Hi I lived in Mill Close backing onto The Wandle. I remember The Boat House, though rather derelict. On The Croft, the bit of open land between Mill C and…
Alexandra Horn @ Entire Rock Aristocracy Descend on Beddington for the Funeral of Guitar Legend Jeff Beck
August 8, 2025 at 7:25 pm
Oh ja !!Ein feiner Mensch muss er gewesen sein.Seine Musik ist ein großes Geschenk an die Welt.R.I.P Mr.Beck🌹
Peter Gare @ Prince Edward returns to Sutton to visit the YourSpace community garden
August 7, 2025 at 2:44 pm
Lovely to meet him. He was very attentive to the various schemes and activities in Yourspace. It’s a shame they didn’t manage to get Zero Waste Sutton and Sutton Community…
MichelleLeader @ Wallington’s abandoned Cold War nuclear bunker
August 5, 2025 at 6:23 pm
Love to have a look in there.
Barbara Holmes @ INSIDE Beddington’s 300-year old mansion house
August 5, 2025 at 6:15 am
Very interesting. I never knew of this house.
Andrew @ Carnage in Carshalton – hedge butcher strikes again!
August 4, 2025 at 3:55 pm
5 months on, how are they looking? Surely a follow up article is needed. Our Yew hedges after being allowed to get too large had a severe back and sides,…
Andrew @ Wallington’s abandoned Cold War nuclear bunker
August 4, 2025 at 3:48 pm
Great film ‘Which way the wind blows’ I’ll let you know whether to get the washing in.
Michael Boyns @ Does this finally solve the mystery of that big hole in Carshalton Park?
July 24, 2025 at 8:10 pm
There is a culvert that runs from the Hog Pit to Carshalton ponds. It runs under No.8 Talbot Road garage. I used to live at number 8 Talbot Road. In…
Barbara Holmes @ A big iron ring! The little-known history of Carshalton’s Mill Lane
July 24, 2025 at 7:30 am
Thank you for details of Pall Mall (MillLane) Barbara
Fraser @ The Hidden House on the Hill with Britain’s RICHEST History – in Beddington
July 18, 2025 at 2:15 pm
You can see some of the original interior details on this old property listing – https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/details/539604a3-6734-4fc1-9af7-5ed565731e54?id=media0
David Braun @ A motorway next to Beddington Park? They’d even started building it…
July 3, 2025 at 11:02 pm
I still have an AA Greater London Atlas that shows this proposed extension to the M23 that ends near Woodmanstern. It was originaly proposed in the 1960,s to have an…
Simon @ A motorway next to Beddington Park? They’d even started building it…
July 2, 2025 at 8:53 pm
It ends at Pease Pottage at the south end of Crawley before becoming the A23.
Cris Batchelor @ A motorway next to Beddington Park? They’d even started building it…
July 2, 2025 at 7:29 pm
Thank you for this article. Was something I was aware of whilst growing up but never had any detail. I always wondered where it was going to be routed. Indeed,…
Michael Quarterman @ A motorway next to Beddington Park? They’d even started building it…
June 30, 2025 at 12:01 am
Great article. Reminds me of the panic we all shared when we heard the news they’re planning to cut that motorway right through our neighborhood. So glad it never happened.…
David @ A motorway next to Beddington Park? They’d even started building it…
June 28, 2025 at 6:37 pm
The end of the motorway was built. It is the 6 lanes from the Wandsworth roundabout, to join Trinity Road, heading towards Tooting Bec, beside Wandsworth Common
Charlotte Skeet @ Popular play castle loses final battle
June 25, 2025 at 10:07 am
I used to love this castle play are as a child, it’s broken my heart to see it go, wish they could just repair it and make it safer, very…
Sally Avery @ Woodcote Green in Wallington was the First UK Garden Centre with a Drive-Through
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 am
My father (born 1919) always said he knew the original owner of Woodcote Green Nursery now Dobbies and that it was a dedicated space for traumatised war veterans growing chrysanthemums…
Andrew @ The Old Wooden Buildings of Carshalton
June 20, 2025 at 10:03 pm
What is the name of the shop on the left..looks like Thomas something. My ancestor Thomas Strachan had a grocers shop in the High Street before 1870
Hazel Lowe- Swain @ Temporary Carshalton landmark still standing 120 years later
June 14, 2025 at 12:21 pm
the one in Stanley Park Road is still there behind the Sainsburys local and was used as a school……I think its now part of a garage/ MOT centre.
Hazel Lowe- Swain @ Popular botanical farm cafe pushes back re-opening once again
June 11, 2025 at 7:38 pm
such a shame .. visited several times while open…. come back soon…..
Denise Martin @ The Hidden Woodland Gardens in South Croydon
June 9, 2025 at 10:37 am
This used to be a regular outing when my boys were little. They used to love exploring all the pathways, nooks & crannies. Then a visit to see the police…
Christine @ Forgotten railway tracks from Sutton’s industrial past
June 9, 2025 at 9:43 am
Hi Love the old trains plus the underground station a blast from the past🙂↕️
