Don't miss VH co-editor Naomi Clifford's talk on Trial by Battle: the 1st Night at the Royal Coburg (Old Vic), Tate South Lambeth Library SW8 1PQ, 7pm Mon 3 Sep. Teaser: features a near riot started by the clown and a melodrama based on a notorious murder vauxhallhistory.org/old-vic-talk/

DON'T MISS! Historian David E. Coke leads our free #walk The Heyday of #Vauxhall Gardens on Mon 3 Sep. Meet outside Starbucks 2.30pm sharp.

Day 11 of our #AdventCalendar : A 1940 Christmas card from the Metropolitan Police Reserve found in a series of assorted ephemera and a diary, kept by Mrs Lucy Awdry of #Clapham, for the duration of World War II, recording wartime life in #London. #Lambeth #archives #MetPolice

Our latest post: Philip Astley, ringleader of the modern Circus, commemorated at Westminster Bridge vauxhallhistory.org/philip-astley-…

After yesterday's rain, here's a lovely image of the entrance to Cuper's Gardens, #Waterloo. The house stood on the south side of Waterloo Bridge, about 50 yards from the river Thames c1755. #thames #London #Lambeth

NEW on #Vauxhall History: Millicent Fawcett and Vauxhall Park, by Elizabeth Crawford Elizabeth Crawford. vauxhallhistory.org/millicent-fawc…

In 1873 #VanGogh began work at an art dealership and lived in this house in south London. He fell madly in unrequited love with his landlady’s daughter. He took rejection badly and reportedly left, heartbroken just 2 years later. A lesser known #migration story of love & money!

The London Sunday paper, Bell's Weekly Messenger, reports on the summer opening this week of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, close to London. For 2019 background, read daniellejthom.bsky.social of MuseumofLondon at museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/vauxh… VauxhallGardens The Vauxhall Society

Looks interesting... Kennington Road art gallery Danielle Arnaud's next exhibition looks at ownership, preservation and destruction of cultural heritage. 18 Oct- 9 Nov. There's also a programme of associated events. daniellearnaud.com/exhibitions/ex… The Vauxhall Society Stockwell News

Jacqueline Bond Sarah Lewis Florence Eshalomi MP Sarah Bool 🏊‍♂️🚴‍♂️🏃‍♂️Michael J Keane 🏃‍♂️🚴‍♂️🏊‍♂️ OurVauxhall The Vauxhall Society On the needless destruction of #Vauxhallbusstation

The inquiry has been railroaded through by Lambeth Council and TfL , a week before Christmas. Only one pro-bus station witness allowed. Shameful || Huge towers to replace Vauxhall bus station londonnewsonline.co.uk/huge-towers-to…

@ovearup OurVauxhall The Vauxhall Society

I’m organising a LGBTQ+ zine fair at Brixton Library on Sunday 16th Feb for LGBTHM! Would you like a stall?? Zinesters, distros, booksellers and publishers all welcome, drop me an email to reserve a stall [email protected] - please RT & share! #queerzines

Just on of the many music hall stars to live on or near Loughborough Road but the only one with a blue plaque

Our first publication for a while: Six Essays on Vauxhall Gardens by David E. Coke, a leading expert on 18th/19th century London pleasure gardens, in association with @caretpress. Available from Amazon and to order through your local bookshop.

Some pages from Six Essays on Vauxhall Gardens by David E. Coke (who wrote the magnificent Vauxhall Gardens: A History), published by @caretpress in association with @vauxhallsociety, of which we are an offshoot. ⭐️Available to order from bookshops or on Amazon⭐️