Tag Archives: 1956

Wavy Canopy Edge of Mitcham Junction

From an article called “Houses That Go With The Job”.

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Mitcham Junction is architecturally more conventional, with the Stationmaster’s house forming the block lying parallel with the down-line. A canopy with a wavy instead of the more usual jagged edge projects below the level of the upstairs windows, out over the platform.

Source: The Sphere – Saturday 28 January 1956 from the British Newspaper Archive (subscription required)

Riley Schofield

Obituary from the Mitcham Cricket Club yearbook for 1978:

Riley Schofield who was made life member of the Club in 1956 was the Borough Engineer for nearly 45 years and made an Honorary Freeman of the Borough in 1960. He was a blunt Yorkshireman who loved cricket and was very useful to the Club especially with regard to anything appertaining to the Green and the square in particular.


Mitcham Cricket Club yearbooks are available on request from the Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.