We highlight some early indications of the effects of the pandemic on air pollution. Analysis of world-wide data by the UK-based website Carbon Brief has suggested that the coronavirus pandemic…
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Wimbledon has suffered epidemics in the past. Your Local History Group recalls previous ‘unprecedented times’. With Around the Table contributions from Sheila Dunman and Monica Ellison, Charles Toase leads the…
JEREMY HUDSON reflects on the impact of the pandemic on Wimbledon. An email circulated on 2 March 2020 by Canon John Clark, Parish Priest of the Sacred Heart Church, Edge…
The museum’s special map exhibition “Mapping Merton: where do you think you are?” opened in mid-January and runs till 8th March. It’s a lovely looking exhibition; many of the older…
TONY MICHAEL has studied the Council’s revised Masterplan for Wimbledon, and summarises the main points. The Council has now produced its revised Masterplan for the town centre. Described as planning…
When winters were cold enough Wimbledon Skating Club used frozen ponds on Wimbledon Common and Putney Heath and also Wimbledon Park lake. Revd Dr Edward Huntingford (1820 –1905), headmaster of…
