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Former councillor was a champion of the needy

WIMB: Tributes paid to former Merton councillor

9:05am Thursday 20th September 2012

Letter to the Editor: "The contribution Mohammed Abdul Karim made the borough was immense and that is why he was made MBE."

Frequent change in Wimbledon's century of cinemas

Opening programme of the Elite Picture Palace in February 1920

9:56am Friday 14th September 2012

Heritage by the Wimbledon Society: There have been many changes since the first cinema – the Kings Palace Theatre - opened in the Broadway on 18 October 1910 next to Wimbledon Theatre.

The wartime minister whose Wimbledon hideaway was bombed

Baron Hore-Belisha of Devonport

3:12pm Tuesday 11th September 2012

Heritage by The Wimbledon Society: Last Friday would have been the 119th birthday of Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha, the controversial Transport Minister sacked by Neville Chamberlain, and the last resident of Old Warren Farm to stock dairy cattle beside Wimbledon Common.

Morden pub should make way for family facilities

8:00am Monday 3rd September 2012

Letter to the Editor: "How about turning it into a revenue-generating indoor play centre and cafe/restaurant for families with young children?"

Paradise Lost - Wimbledon Common wildlife we may never see again

Gone from Wimbledon Common: The brown hare

9:00am Friday 31st August 2012

Heritage by The Wimbledon Society: 2011 was the first year since records began in 1974 when there were no ground-nesting birds breeding on the Common at all - accounting for seven lost species.

Let's hear it for the whingers

7:00am Friday 31st August 2012

Letter to the Editor: "Once upon a time, calling idiots what they are didn’t attract a writ but did encouraged them to respond in kind."

Armed Forces covenant must be backed up with money

8:00am Thursday 30th August 2012

Letter to the Editor: "Is it genuine concern for the military community or further attempt to score political points via our local paper?"

Two solutions for problem box junction

The yellow box junction where Dorset Road meets Kingston Road in Merton Park

11:24am Wednesday 29th August 2012

Letter to the Editor: "It is not that I have disregard for road markings, but there is simply no option but to pull into the box junction in Kingston Road/Dorset Road."

Council should turn pub into offices

8:00am Tuesday 28th August 2012

Letter to the Editor: I am concerned Merton Council, which owns the freehold of the site had let the pub over close two years without taking any action with the leaseholders.

Stop whinging about parking and bus lanes

10:00am Friday 24th August 2012

Letter to the Editor: "The Wimbledon Guardian should now call it a day and start printing letters that are of interest, and not from boring old farts that have nothing better to do but moan."

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