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M. Howard, builders

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Builder whose head office was at Wandle House, which is now in Riverside Drive, but was 467 London Road, prior to the Brookfields estate being built by Howard.

Norwood News – Friday 15 September 1939

1944 ad for war damage repairs

3rd October 1958. Streatham News – Friday 03 October 1958
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Croydon Times – Friday 17 November 1961
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From the Mitcham News & Mercury, 22nd July 1962

MITCHAM builders, M. Howard Limited, have been granted permission to go ahead with plans to extend their offices at Wandle House, Riverside Drive, Mitcham, following an appeal they made to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in May.

When they first sought permission to extend, Mitcham Council refused saying that the extension would be contrary to the development map. The site, said the council, was zoned for residential use. The council also complained that it would he detrimental to the amenities of the estate and would he out of character with the surrounding areas.

DEFINITE GAIN

But the Ministry Inspector, in his report to the Minister, said the proposed office building would not be detrimental to the amenities and that the removal of a builders yard would be a definite gain to local amenities.

The scheme as a whole, said the Inspector, is likely to be the best way of preserving and keeping in occupation the main part of Wandle House, which is listed as being of architectural or historic interest.

He did not think the proposed scheme was likely to cause much difference to traffic conditions in London Road.

The Minister has considered his Inspector’s report and has given permission for the extension to take place.

Howards truck and digger

River Wandle Improvement Scheme of 1959

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The following articles are from the Clapham Observer, via the British Newspaper Archive, who say that the copyright holder is unknown.

17th April 1959

14th August 1959

30th October 1959

From other newspapers:

South Western Star – Friday 12 February 1960

Search for bomb at brewery

As we went to press, a group of bomb disposal experts were still digging to find the exact location of an unexploded bomb on the banks of the River Wandle. The bomb is believed to have been dropped in 1942 when a small hole was sighted in the kitchen garden of the Ram Brewery in Wandsworth High St. A bomb disposal unit called at the time decided the bomb was comparatively harmless in the garden and left it. Now, some 18 years later, a big improvement scheme has been planned for the Wandle, and the bomb has now to be found before work can start.

Norwood News – Friday 02 February 1962

Part of river plan ready

WORK on section of the River Wandle improvement scheme which affects Merton High Street to Phipps Bridge Road, Mitcham, and the London County Council boundary to Chuters Mill, Wimbledon. bee now been substantially completed. Negotiations for the acquisition of the water rights at Chuters Mill, Wimbledon, Surrey County Council were told on Tuesday, have been completed and work on the section from Chuters Mill to Connolly’s Mill, which Is estimated will cost £55,000, is to start in the near future.

Norwood News – Friday 01 June 1962

Wandle work

Work on the second section of phase three of the Chuter’s Mill to Connolly’s Mill stretch of the River Wandle improvement scheme has started. Tenders have also been invited for the fourth and final phase of the scheme and Surrey County Council hope that work on both these sections will be nearly finished by the end of the year. They hope that all the improvement scheme will be “substantially completed” by August, 1963.

Streatham News – Friday 05 October 1962

Land for sale

Mitcham Council are to sell about 125 square yards of land in Ravensbury Park, Morden Road, to Surrey County Council in connection with the improvement scheme for the River Wandle.

Streatham News – Friday 25 January 1963

WANDLE WORK GOES AHEAD

Latest progress report on River Wandle improvement scheme is that the contract for the work comprising the second part of Phase III — Chuter’s Mill to Connolly’s Mill, Wimbledon — has now been completed. The contract for the first section of Phase IV — Phipps Bridge to Eagle Leather Works, Mitcham – is proceeding according to pro-ramme and should be completed within the next two or three months. Tenders for the work on the final length of the improvement – Eagle Leather Works to Croydon borough boundary – have been invited, while tenders have been received for the supply of the two automatically controlled sluice gates to be installed on this length of the scheme.