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  • Platform prefects causing commuter consternation

    For the past couple of months there has been something strange happening at Wimbledon station on Platform 5 during early morning rush hour, and it doesn't involve anything to do with a Platform 5 and 3/4 for the fast train to Hogwarts. Those of

  • Public drinking down to closing pubs

    It is ironic that we received the letter from Chris Lee informing all Merton residents Merton Council is consulting on making the whole of Merton a ‘designated public place’ ‘due to reported alcohol related anti-social behaviour’, given this department

  • Heritage: An outrageous regular at the Rose and Crown

    The Rose & Crown in Wimbledon High Street, one of the oldest pubs in the Village, has a plaque on the outside which reads: “The Victorian poets Leigh Hunt and Algernon Swinburne often met here.” This is unlikely as Swinburne was only ten years