Alyson Wilson tells us about Clapham Through Time, a collection of photographs of Clapham past shown beside the same view shot in 2015 by Claire Fry.
Whatever became of hit-parader Winifred Atwell’s murals?
Fifties hit-parading pianist Winifred Atwell opened a salon in Brixton that may have been the very first for black women in this country. Winifred and her salon are long gone, but what about its saucy murals?
Rifleman Hutson: an only son missing on the Somme and from the Stockwell War Memorial
Vauxhall students in search of a project could do worse than delve into the short life of Arthur Hutson, only son of Arthur and Annie Jane who lived at 28 Hayter Road, Brixton.
Love’s Labours Lost: the Morley College murals of Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden
Vauxhall History brings you an opportunity to rediscover the extraordinary murals at Morley College.
Important Places: artist Virginia Powell tells Vauxhall History why she’s chronicling ‘lifelines’, local places that make people feel good
An exhibition of prints and drawings by Virginia Powell at Slaughterhaus Print Studio until Sunday 24 April
Handel at Vauxhall
Conductor and harpsichordist Bridget Cunningham on how she came to record Handel at Vauxhall.
Slum Clearance in Southwark: A personal perspective
Malcolm Green was there in the 60s and 70s when the Council demolished more streets of Victorian terraced houses than the Luftwaffe – all to make way for soulless, isolating high-rise flats, desolate and dangerous open spaces resulting in widespread social breakdown.
1969: The Vauxhall Society Seven ‘resist further intrusions by industry and road traffic’
The establishment of The Vauxhall Society in 1969
Robert Cocking: rise and fatal fall of a pioneer parachutist
The tragic end of the balloon enthusiast who attempted a parachute descent
Dr Johnson and the Vauxhall Gardens Mysteries
At the heart of Dr Johnson’s connections with this celebrated London pleasure resort, there lies a mystery, and behind that mystery lurks an enigma.
“Our quest does not appear to take us to very fashionable regions”: Sherlock Holmes and Lambeth
Roger Johnson, editor of The Sherlock Holmes Journal, on the spoor of the sleuth and his ever-faithful Watson in these parts
Maynard Keynes, Duncan Grant, ‘Bubbles’ and the ‘Lift boy of Vauxhall’
John Maynard Keynes, later Lord Keynes (1883–1946) has the distinction of having a branch of economics named after him. Keynes’ …
Oval brick a brac? The Richardsons of Vauxhall and Brunswick Wharf
The Vauxhall branch of the Richardson family brick-making firm made a notable contribution to the foundations of what is now the Kia Oval cricket ground.
Southbank Mosaics: Public Realm improvements and social mission
David Toothill, founder of Southbank Mosaics, on their work supporting homeless people and young people in trouble with the law and on projects for Network Rail.
Vauxhall’s other pleasure gardens and a ‘Vauxhall Cross Plan’ of yesterday
Added 13 June 2015 By David Coke The extraordinary commercial success of the re-launched Vauxhall Gardens in the middle of …
Gilbert Bayes and the Doulton House frieze
The dramatic rescue of Vauxhall’s Gilbert Bayes Frieze from the demolition of Doulton House…as it happens The Vauxhall Society is …
‘Representations of the Child, displayed at Vauxhall Gardens and the Foundling Hospital’
Miriam Al Jamil has kindly given The Vauxhall Society her 2013 King’s College, London dissertation on how children are portrayed …
Henry Fawcett: The Mysterious Case of Vauxhall Park’s Missing Monument
By Sarah Bridger A terracotta statue of Henry Fawcett, which was unveiled on Wednesday 7th June 1893 by the Archbishop …
Vauxhall porcelain
At one time or another English soapstone has been mined in Cornwall, Cumbria, Derbyshire and Somerset. In 1751 a licence …
Vincent van Gogh in Stockwell
Vincent van Gogh moved to London in May 1873 at the age of 20 and lived intermittently in the city …
Arthur Rackham
Arthur Rackham was born at 210 South Lambeth Road on 19th September 1867. He came from a big family, his …
Vauxhall Bridge
The remains of the oldest prehistoric bridge in Britain have been found at Vauxhall about 100m upstream from the outflow …
Doulton pottery
John Dwight Doulton, sometimes called the father of English pottery, took out patents in 1671 for stoneware of the type …
Lilian Mary Baylis
Lilian Baylis was born in London into a family that ran a concert party, the Gypsy Revellers. In 1891 the …