Category Archives: Past Tooting History Group Events

Previous events run by Tooting History Group

Edward VII’s Journey To To Tooting

by Philip Bradley
Image credit: Graham C99 from London, UK, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The most prominent statue in Tooting is that of Edward VII outside Tooting Broadway Station. It has been there since 1911 but how did it come to be there? How was it made? Where was it made?

Steve Parlanti will be telling us about the statue at our next meeting on Tuesday June 13th. Steve is descended from the family who ran the foundry where the statue was made.

You can read more about the Parlanti foundry here .

We hope to see members and guests, old and new, on Tuesday 13th June at 7.30 at the United Reformed Church, Rookstone Road, SW17 9NQ.

Where Is Wandsworth’s Museum?

by Philip Bradley

At our next meeting we will be hearing about the history of Wandsworth Museum and the 10,000 objects that make up the collection. The doors closed in 2015 and apart from the occasional outing, the objects have languished in the former West Hill Library basement (Photo above).

Where has the collection been previously displayed? What is in the collection from Tooting?

Come and find out next Tuesday 9th May at 7.30 at The United Reformed Church, Rookstone Road, Tooting, SW17 9NQ. (Tooting Broadway tube).

Dr. Gully And The Balham Murder Mystery

by Philip Bradley

The Charles Bravo murder in April 1876 continues to fascinate people 147 years after the event. Long suspected of the poisoning of Charles Bravo, Dr. James Gully was a society doctor and former lover of Charles Bravo’s wife.

Come and hear Colin Fenn  speak about the rise and fall of Dr Gully and his role in the murder at The Priory in Balham.

We are meeting on Tuesday 14th March at 7.30pm at the United Reformed Church, Rookstone Road, SW179NQ.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Homes Fit For Tooting Heroes?

by Philip Bradley

After the First World War, the Government promised to build “Homes Fit For Heroes”. And Wandsworth Council swung into action, buying land and building houses on four sites across the borough. Where were they built in Tooting? Who designed them? And who lived in them?

Our next meeting on Tuesday 14th February at 7.30pm will answer these questions. We meet at the United Reformed Church in Rookstone road, Tooting, SW17 9NQ. We look forward to seeing you there.

Home Truths: Uncovering The History Of Your Home

by Philip Bradley

Our next Tooting History Group meeting is a talk entitled “Home Truths: Uncovering The Secrets of Your Home” by Danielle Wilde,  house historian and Tooting resident. The meeting is next Tuesday 10th January, 7.30pm at The United Reformed Church, Rookstone Road, Tooting , SW17 9NQ.

So if you have ever wondered when your house was built, who used to live there or what was there before your house, come along and hear the history of a Tooting House and how it was researched.