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The Changing face of Wandsworth

Photo of the Hindu Chariot Festival, Tooting, August 2003
Hindu Chariot Festival, Tooting,
August 2003

In the 1970s, the decline of manufacturing industries in central London contributed to inner city decay and unemployment problems for local people. Old works, such as Morgan's Crucibles, closed or moved out and developers were encouraged to use the disused sites for new offices and private housing.

New residents moved into the area. Many from India, Pakistan and East Africa have contributed to the rich cultural diversity of Wandsworth. Areas like Battersea, close to the West End, became fashionable with young professionals. Shops, restaurants and pubs changed to suit the tastes of the new residents.

  1. Introduction
  2. Prehistoric times
  3. Roman lives
  4. Medieval villages
  5. Tudor and Stuart times
  6. Civil war
  7. Refugees from Europe
  8. Georgian Wandsworth
  9. The Mayor of Garratt
  10. The Surrey Iron Railway
  11. The railway revolution
  12. Factories and furnaces
  13. Building the suburbs
  14. Schools and other services
  15. Time off
  16. Radical Battersea
  17. The First World War
  18. The 1920s and 1930s
  19. The Second World War
  20. Into the 50s
  21. A new landscape
  22. The Festival of Britain and the Coronation
  23. The 1960s – amalgamation of the boroughs
  24. You are here: The Changing face of Wandsworth

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