https://mitchamhistorynotes.com/2026/10/02/police-dog-rex-iii/Mitcham History Notesen2026-10-02T08:29:13+00:00Police dog Rex III1955, 1956, Tynemouth Road, St James Road, Rex III, police dog, Tooting police station, Metropolitan Police Horse Showhttps://mitchamhistorynotes.com/2026/10/02/october-1956-news-items/Mitcham History Notesen2026-10-02T07:36:56+00:00October 1956 news itemsChurch Road, London Road, Fair Green, Christchurch Road, Mitcham Fair, Mitcham Common, Common Conservators, Sunshine Way, Bond Road, Commonside East, Surrey County Council, Upper Green East, Colliers Wood, 1956, Phipps Bridge Road, Bridge Road, Australia, Bishopsford Road, Willow Lane, Upper Green West, Steers Mead, Windmill Road, Beehive, Eveline Road, St Barnabas Road, Links Road, Mitcham Road, Tamworth Lane, Tooting Junction, Wimbledon, Beddington, Mitcham Parish Church, Tooting, Mount Road, Turner Avenue, Wandsworth, Carshalton, Tynemouth Road, Mitcham Fire Brigade, St Helier hospital, Whitford Gardens, Mitcham County School, South Mitcham Residents Association, St Marks Church, St. James's Road, Mitcham Baptist Church, Three Kings Piece, Greenwood Road, Tonstall Road, Hengelo, Dover, Streatham, Mitcham, Mitcham Police Station, Croydon Corporation, Tooting Congregational Church, Surrey, Boys Brigade, "Beddington and Wallington", R.S.P.C.A., Wallington, Balham, Mitcham Council, Seven Islands Pond, A.N.S.C.A. (Anglo-Netherlands Sports and Cultural Association), Ald. W. Jeffery, Audrey Grime, Balham and Tooting Residents’ and Ratepayers’ Association, Baths Hall, Boulogne, Box Hill, Bright Sparks, British Home Stores, Brixton Road, Broadwater Road, Camberley, Carshalton Council, Chilmark Road, Citizens’ Advice Bureau, Civil Defence Corps, Conservative Central Office, Coun. C. A. Norris, Coun. T. H. Longshaw, Coun. W. E. M. Townsend, Croxley Road, Dennis Patrick Flannery, Derinton Road, Donald Leslie Aldred, Ealing, Edward Douglas Woolley, Electrical Trades Union, Enschede, Ferdinando Molteni, Fern Avenue, Finale Ligure, Fountain Hospital for Children, Fountain Hotel, France, Fred Challis, Frimley, G.P.O., Geoffrey Harris, Girls’ Life Brigade, Glebe Court Estate, Graveney Ward Conservatives, Haberdashers’ Hatcham School, Hampstead, Holland, International Show of Mitcham Racing Pigeons, Jamaica, Jill Greenfield, John Read, Jowett, K.L.M., Kingston, Lady Kilmuir, Lady Mountbatten, Lady Munnings, Lambeth, London Electricity Board, London Sessions Appeals Committee, Longmead Road, Lord Lloyd, Margaret Runciman, Mellows Road, Metropolitan Police, Metropolitan Police Dog Training School, Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Ministry of Labour, Miss Dyson, Mitcham Amateur Boxing Club, Mitcham and Tooting Review, Mitcham and Wallington, Mitcham Baths, Mitcham Chamber of Commerce, Mitcham Division Conservatives, Mitcham division Labour Party, Mitcham Fire Station, Mitcham Residents’ Conference, Mitcham Town Hall, Mitcham Trades Council, Mitcham Youth Committee, Mitcham Youth Committee Swimming Club, Mr. A. Champion, Mr. Alfred J. Pays, Mr. Alfred Spencer Best, Mr. C. P. Poulsen, Mr. D. W. Kent, Mr. Derek Bray, Mr. E. C. Clay, Mr. F. C. Cheney, Mr. G. H. Bateman, Mr. George, Mr. H. King, Mr. J. Reid, Mr. Kenneth Littleton, Mr. L. Ashmore, Mr. R. H. White, Mr. R. L. Gee, Mr. Reg Cook, Mr. Robert Carr, Mr. W. J. Barker, Mr. W. W. Paice, Mrs. B. Elliott, Mrs. del Valle, Mrs. Dora Perkins, Mrs. Elizabeth Burke, Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes-Young, Mrs. Elizabeth Yeo, Mrs. Frances Johnson, Mrs. Ivy Bradshaw, Mrs. Lily Ann Gunter, National Flying Club, Nelson Hospital, Netherlands, Netherlands Embassy, Newport (Mon.), North Mitcham Improvement Association, Old Folk’s Band, Old People’s Club, Old People’s Welfare Committee, Orpington, P.-con. Arthur Holman, P.-con. Macintosh, Park Model Aircraft League, Pollards Hill County Primary Junior Mixed School, Pollards Hill Estate, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth Flag Day, Queen Mother, R. D. Dines, Rev. Burden, Rev. John Thorold, Rex III, Ronald Hunt, Royal Horticultural Hall, Ruler, Sally, Scaffolding (Great Britain) Ltd., Singer, Sir Anthony, South Avenue, South Nottingham, South Western Magistrate’s Court, Spain, St. James’ Hospital, St. John and St. Elizabeth Hospital, Station Officer H. S. Shepherd, Stowmarket, Streatham Cemetery, Suez, Suffolk, Surrey Town and Country Planning Committee, Suzie, T. H. Kenyon and Sons Ltd., Thames, The Mall, Tonbridge, Tooting Methodist Central Hall, Topsham Road, Upper Tooting Road, Wandsworth Central, Wandsworth Central Conservative Association, Wandsworth Council, West Kensington, West Wickham, Westminster, William Edward Hayes, William Henry Davison, Woodland Tennis Club, Worcester Parkhttps://mitchamhistorynotes.com/2026/10/01/peter-watermans-refreshment-hut-by-the-red-house/Mitcham History Notesen2026-10-01T17:36:48+00:00Peter Waterman’s refreshment hut by the Red House1934, Mitcham Common, 1957, 1952, 1963, 1962, 1956, 1968, 1967, 1969, 1958, 1960, 1978, 1979, 1961, 1986, Croydon Road, boxing, football, Conservators, Peter Waterman, Dennis Waterman, Red House, Jolly Gardeners, Red House Road, refreshment hut, Streatham Hill, Palace Roadhttps://mitchamhistorynotes.com/2026/10/01/mitcham-common-news-items-1930-to-1939/Mitcham History Notesen2026-10-01T08:38:29+00:00Mitcham Common news items 1930 to 1939Mitcham Common, Wilson Hospital, Blue House Bridge, Beddington Corner, Streatham Road, Commonside East, Ravensbury Arms, Figges Marsh, Vestry Hall, Rowan Road, Beddington Lane, Meopham Road, Carshalton, Croydon Road, Three Kings Pond, Manship Road, Croydon aerodrome, Mitcham, Thornton Heath, The Advertiser, Mitcham Common Conservators, Three Kings' Green, East Ward, Showmen's Guild, Mitcham Council, Edwin Brown, S. W. Duckett, Joseph Cowley, Captain Bertram Mills, Leonard Ian Lascelles, Dr. W. J. Lord, Charles J. Chart, Isabella Lascelles, Charles Frederick Widd, Florence Rose, Common-keeper Mears, Sherwood Park, Fish House, Pirbright-road, Southfields, St. Jude’s, Cedars Road, Seven Islands Pond, Watneys path, Wrythe-lane, Wendling-road, Shaftesbury-road, Mitcham Police Court, Sherwood Park Residents’ Association, War Office, Co-op. Comrade Circles, Men’s Guild, Mitcham Borough Council, Maternity Committee, London Passenger Transport Board, Parliament, Long Thornton Improvement Association, Watch Tower Bible Tract Society, Mitcham-road Estate Association, Ministry of Health, Finance Committee, Messrs. Wates, Daily Worker, Streatham News, Gloucester Citizen, Mitcham News & Mercury, Mitcham Herald