The History of Wandsworth Common

Added 23.3.2020

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13 Bellevue Rd [Bellevue Pharmacy]

JP (2017, e.2020):

From the 1880s this was Bessell's the Chemist. The Bessells (about whom Robert Trindle told me some unrepeatable anecdotes) were a local family and the shop remained in their hands until the 1980s, when it was taken over briefly by Herrods. For some years now it has been the Bellevue Pharmacy.

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PB:

Ron Elam, local historian and postcard collector

For many years in the 1980s and 1990s [are these the right dates?] Ron, a local historian (and much else) who built a unique collection of postcards and photographs of our area, ran a stall nearby on Saturday mornings showing his phenomenal collection and taking orders for framed reproductions. Many local shops (for example the Bellevue Pharmacy) still display the images he provided.

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In November 2019 Ron received a Wandsworth Civic Award from the Mayor of Wandsworth at a special awards ceremony at the Civic Suite.

Before he retired this summer, Ron served as a school governor in numerous Wandsworth schools for 50 years, most recently at Chesterton where he made a valuable contribution. In addition he has sat on and chaired independent admissions and exclusions appeal panels in Wandsworth and has participated in some 300 Ofsted inspections.

[Source: Link.]

See also: YouTube: Ron Elam.]

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Here is St James's Drive . . .

1 Bellevue Rd / The Hope Tavern
Bennet Court
2 Bellevue Rd
3 Bellevue Rd
4 Bellevue Rd
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6 Bellevue Rd
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12 Bellevue Rd
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15 Bellevue Rd
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19 Bellevue Rd
Bellevue Garage

Here is Althorp Road . . .

20 Bellevue Rd
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23 Bellevue Rd
24 Bellevue Rd
25 Bellevue Rd
26 Bellevue Rd

Here is Wiseton Road . . .

27 Bellevue Rd
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30 Bellevue Rd
31 Bellevue Rd
32 Bellevue Rd
33 Bellevue Rd
34 Bellevue Rd
35 Bellevue Rd / once the Surrey Tavern

Here is Trinity Road . . .

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