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Wandsworth pub\'s. . .
Which pub in Wandsworth is this? Answer...
Wandsworth: website hits
With The Companion fast approaching its two-year anniversary, here are our most searched for terms on google:wandsworth council tax wandsworth companion underground rivers in wandsworth balham webcam tooting curry houses us embassy wandsworth old pho...
French influence on Wandsworth
At the beginning of the 18th century, it is believed that around 20 percent of Wandsworth’s 3,500 population were French. The Huguenots were French Protestants whose crest also forms part of the Borough crest, descended on Wandsworth around 100 yea...
Top 20 Wandsworth links
The top 20 most viewed pages, according to Google.www.wandsworthcompanion.com/2008/05/holly-willoughby-latest-wandsworth.htmlwww.wandsworthcompanion.com/2009/03/wandsworth-council-tax-freeze.htmlwww.wandsworthcompanion.com/www.wandsworthcompanion.com...
Wandsworth World War stories
A German bomber pilot who bailed out of his plane, landed on a roof in the Clapham Park area in September 1940. He soon appeared at the top of the stairs where local residents were sheltering in the basement. Apparently he kept repeating: “Police! ...
Clapham Rovers: history personified
One of the earliest members of the Football Association, Clapham Rovers played on the Common in the 1870s but moved to Wandsworth Common in 1880.In 1879 they lost 1-0 to Old Etonians in the Cup Final before reaching the final the following year when ...

