The Mayor and Mayoress were present for nearly an hour at a party given to about 40 children of Broomwood Road. Owing to the blank wall which closes the road, the party was held on Wandsworth Common. On arriving, the Mayoress was presented with a bouquet of tea roses — her favourite flowers — by six-year-old Joyce Runacres.
"All the fun of a victory fair is to be found on Wandsworth Common, South Side. Crowds of young people, accompanied by those who remain young at heart, found exciting attractions and thrills galore. There you can swing high in the air, or try your skill at managing 'Dodgem' cars. You may ride in a chair-o-plane or visit Noah's Ark. You can roll, bowl or pitch to your heart's content, or visit a host of inviting side shows."
Ernest Bevin, the outgoing Minister of Labour and one of the leading voices of the Labour Party in the 1945 general election campaign, addressed a meeting on Wandsworth Common on Saturday 23 June. He was speaking in his own constituency.
John George Bowring (69), of 38 St John's Hill Grove, Battersea, was charged at the South Western Magistrates' Court with stealing two cabbages and 9 lbs of tomatoes, worth about 14s., from allotments at Spencer Park, Wandsworth Common.