21 July 1890 ‘new’ Battersea Bridge was opened by future Prime Minister Lord Rosebery. The old timber bridge was considered an obstruction to shipping & replaced by Bazalgette’s stone design. At only 40 feet wide it is now London's narrowest surviving road bridge over the Thames.

20 Aug 1944 Brian Barnes was born. He trained at Ravensbourne & the RCA. A gifted artist, he created murals in south London for over 45 yrs. Barnes lived & worked in Carey Gardens, was a leading light in the community arts movement & campaigned to preserve Battersea Power Station

On 23 August 1950 an electric tram on Cedars Road lost control, derailed & crashed making the left turn into Lavender Hill. The driver was trapped in the wreckage & two passengers were injured. This was the last of a number of incidents on this steep stretch

6 Sept 2018 the Grand Hall of Battersea Arts Centre officially reopened after the devastating fire of March 2015. This was the first day of a 5 month Phoenix Season celebrating its reopening, thanking all those who had helped to restore it.

Come and see us today at the Shillington Park Festival! #Battersea #BatterseaSociety Enable Parks Wandsworth #Community

Arch 42 was opened on 19 September 2021. This created a public walking way between the new Northern Line tube stations, Wandsworth Road, New Covent Garden Market, Nine Elms Lane and the River Thames for the first time in over 150 years.

The Battersea Society will unveil a plaque honouring Tom Taylor and Laura Barker on 28 September at 84 Lavender Sweep. Road about it here in our blog. batterseasociety.org.uk/heritage-blog/…

The WWI memorial in Battersea Park was unveiled 4 Oct 1924 commemorating the British infantry 24th Division which served on the Western Front & lost 4865 men This was the first public commission for war artist Eric Kennington who worked for free & paid £300 for the Portland Stone

20 Oct 1940 a devastating bombing raid took place over Battersea High Street destroying Battersea High Street Station. Incendiary bombs engulfed the wooden station in fire. The few burnt out remains were left until the 1950s, but the station never reopened.

Time to: have your say on improving Latchmere Rec, record the nature in your back garden, take a virtually-guided walk in Battersea Park & watch our Coronation Year Tree burst into autumn colour. It’s our Open Spaces in October! Click for our latest blog: batterseasociety.org.uk/open-spaces-bl…

On Nov 3 1965 Up the Junction was broadcast as part of the BBC series The Wednesday Play. Adapted from Nell Dunn’s novel and directed by Ken Loach it told, with unflinching honesty, the story of three young working-class women living in Battersea.

9 November 1900 saw the first ever meeting of Battersea Borough Council, replacing the Battersea Vestry. The progressive new council introduced electricity via a generating station in Lombard Road; funded the Nine Elms Baths in Cringle & oversaw the opening of St James’ Hospital

5 Dec 1984 Ethel Mannin, ‘one of literature’s great radicals’, died. A prodigious but largely forgotten author, Ethel was a political maverick; a pacifist, anarchist & ardent supporter of the Palestinian cause. The Mannin family lived upstairs, 28 Garfield Road off Lavender Hill

Did you see the King at Battersea Power Station? One of our members, Rita Kelly did when she was presented to the King during his visit! King joins star Raye on Christmas visit to Battersea Power Station bbc.com/news/articles/…

Read the latest blog from our Open Spaces Committee: Both Wandsworth & Lambeth Councils have cause to celebrate within the recently-published report - and there's progress to report on a long-awaited project to restore Battersea Park's Victorian Cascades batterseasociety.org.uk/open-spaces-bl…

Read the latest blog from our Heritage Committee here, including how to identify and protect our historic street signs. batterseasociety.org.uk/heritage-blog/…

Ida Cook, one of the opera-loving sisters who helped Jews escape from Germany, died 22 Dec 1986. Living at 24 Morella Rd, they worked as civil servants until Ida’s career as a Mills & Boon author helped fund a flat in Dolphin Square which served as a ‘clearing house’ for refugees