Tom Edwards

7 August 2017

Brixton, Clapham, Gipsy Hill, Herne HIll, Kennington, Lambeth Borough, Local History, Oval, South London, South West London, Stockwell, Streatham, Tulse Hill, Tom Edwards, Vauxhall, West Norwood

Behind The Names: London Borough of Lambeth

Tom Edwards

7 August 2017

Brixton, Clapham, Gipsy Hill, Herne HIll, Kennington, Lambeth Borough, Local History, Oval, South London, South West London, Stockwell, Streatham, Tulse Hill, Tom Edwards, Vauxhall, West Norwood

Behind The Names: London Borough of Lambeth

In the second article of this series explaining the story behind the names of areas of South London, we are going to be talking about the London Borough of Lambeth. In the last article we used the wards of Lewisham borough because they were largely relevant to the common names of the areas of the boroughs, the same cannot be said of Lambeth. In this instance we're going to be talking about the districts of the borough, and maybe one or two wards. Maybe. As was the case in the last article, we have not included any names that we could not find an explanation for.

All-Time South London XI!

We read a statistic last year that said, in 2016, 14% of English footballers in the Premier League were from South London. That got us thinking, who are the best players from South London? Then we thought, what if we were to assemble a team of the greatest players to come from the wondrous land of South London? South London being defined as any London Borough south of the River Thames. Now, for fairness, to define a player from South London, we thought we would include both players born in South London and players brought up in South London. So this means if a player was both in South London, they are from South London and if they were born away from South London, but brought up in South London, then they are also from South London. So there are players in this list who were born in South London, but brought up elsewhere, and also players born outside South London, but brought up here. We should stress that this is our XI, and you have every right to disagree with it. If you do, as is very likely, we would welcome your suggestions to players who should be included. Anyway, here it is, our all-time South London XI

Tom Edwards

22 June 2017

Local History, Local People, South London, South West London, Streatham, Tooting, Tulse Hill

Blue Plaques of Streatham, Tooting & Tulse Hill

Tom Edwards

22 June 2017

Local History, Local People, South London, South West London, Streatham, Tooting, Tulse Hill

Blue Plaques of Streatham, Tooting & Tulse Hill

A group of three areas that straddle two separate boroughs of London, and yet only five blue plaques between the whole lot of them. Now, this is not to say that Streatham, Tooting & Tulse Hill have been historically devoid of people of note – far from it. As we have already covered in this series, South London is unfairly underrepresented in the blue plaque scheme. We at South London Club are not going to argue the proverbial with those north of the river as to why this is the case, it’s obviously prejudice and we are just fine with that. If English Heritage and all the other custodians of the blue plaque scheme want to continue adding to the 165 blue plaques already in Kensington and Chelsea, go for it. We should probably be happy about the lack of blue plaques, all the cool cats South London has produced are still alive. Anyway, here's our list of the blue plaques of Streatham, Tooting & Tulse Hill.

Behind The Names: London Borough of Lambeth

All-Time South London XI!

Blue Plaques of Streatham, Tooting & Tulse Hill

What Is The South London Club?

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