A shelter that was originally on the west side of London Road at the Fair Green. It was erected in 1928 as a memorial to councillor J.D. Drewett. In 1952, as part of a redevelopment of the western side of Fair Green, the shelter was moved to the Western Road end. In 1990s it was removed after having been repeatedly vandalised.

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Mitcham Advertiser – Thursday 27 June 1929

THE DREWETT SHELTER. Mr. A. N. Drewett and other members of the family of the late Coun. J. D. Drewett wrote thanking the Council for the manner in which his memory has been perpetuated by the erection of the memorial shelter on the Fair Green. It was resolved to add the letters “J.P.” to the inscription.

Mitcham Advertiser – Thursday 02 October 1952

Shelter may be moved lmprovement scheme Mitcham borough engineer (Mr. Riley Schofield) submitted at last week’s meeting of the council two schemes for the reconstruction of the Western Road side of the Fair Green Gardens. A scheme designed to harmonise with the layout of the upper enclosure would. he said, involve the moving of the Drewett memorial shelter from the London Road to the Western Road end of the gardens. The estimated cost was £3,900.

The second scheme, designed to fit in with the conditions at present existing, would not involve the moving of the shelter. The estimated cost of this scheme is £3,600.

Both schemes are to be further considered. The shelter was erected in 1929 as a memorial to the public service of the late Mr. J. D. Drewett, councillor and county councillor, a native of the borough and one of its local historians. It is used mainly by the old men of the town who gather to gossip there. It is a double-sided tiled-roof building. A dozen of them made it clear to an “ Advertiser ” reporter that they preferred the shelter where it is now. “We can see all what goes on round about from here,” was the substance of their remarks. “Down yonder (Western Road) there’s nothing to see at all.”