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Local History Talks
Dates for your Diary
A full list of Library Talks
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As it stands, 2024’s local history programme will be as follows. Attendance is free.
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20 February: CANCELLED Doctor’s Orders: hospitals and health in Merton (Sarah Gould, Merton Heritage Service)
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19 March: The Women’s Suffrage movement in Merton (Sarah Gould)
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16 April: “Scandal! Scandal!”: The work of journalist W T Stead (Richard Smart, Salvation Army and Blue Badge Guide)
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21 May: A Womble before the Dons: Wimbledon memoirs 1926-48 (Sarah Gould)
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18 June: The painter of the Suburbs and the last Pre-Raphaelite: Harry Bush and Noel Nisbet (Sarah Gould)
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16 July: Paper Mills on the Wandle (John Sheridan, Wandle Industrial Museum)
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20 August: Richardson Evans: civil servant, journalist and author (Michael Norman-Smith, Merton U3A)
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17 September: The Industries around Shannon Corner—including Reid & Sigrist (Norma Cox, Merton Historical Society)
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15 October: The Wilberforce trail: Merton and London sites linked to William Wilberforce and the campaign against slavery (Richard Smart, Salvation Army and Blue Badge Guide)
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19 November: Keep Calm and Carry On: Merton & Morden during World War II.
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