And the shameful fact is that there isn’t a monument to Charlie Chaplin anywhere in Lambeth where he was born. The Cinema Museum in Kennington – if you haven’t yet been there, we highly recommend you do! – aims to do something about it and has put forward a proposal to erect [...]
Many locals to Bonnington Square will have spotted at some time or other this attention-seeking three-wheeler tuk-tukking around Vauxhall. Italian of course, and instantly recognised by afficionados of strange-looking vehicles as a Piaggio APE boasting a ‘huge’ 50cc engine capacity. On 17 May, James Booth (on left in photo) of Rococo Chocolates will squeeze himself [...]
Tree: Acacia dealbata
Position: In front of Bonnington Square Pleasure Garden adjacent to 14 Bonnington Square
Planted: 1997
Also known as Mimosa or Wattle, this evergreen half-hardy native of the eastern states of Australia is fast-growing but not very long-lived. A legume, in the wild Acacias act as nursery trees after bush fires where their roots cleverly fix [...]
Vauxhall Cross island site as in where the bus station is. This site was subject to a planning application some 4/5 years ago but the application was never registered. A new developer, Kylun Ltd, has acquired the site and is holding a public exhibition on its proposals for this new mixed-use scheme in the Classroom [...]
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