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Gypsy, Roma, Traveller Heritage in Wandsworth: Guided Walk and Plaque Unveiling
October 22, 2022 @ 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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This walk will take place in the Wandle Valley area between Earlsfield andWandsworth, a stretch of SW London where nomadic people came to settle in the late 19th century. They evolved into a substantial community of costermongers in Wardley Street, Garratt Lane, men and women who sold flowers or traded from horse-pulled carts were documented in an illustrated magazine and recorded by the
BBC in 1948. Wardley Street is a ‘spiritual home’ for people of Traveller heritage, woven into the family history of so many people, not just in Wandsworth or London, but all over the world.
The Walk will conclude with a unique blue plaque unveiling ceremony in Wardley Street starting at 2pm and the launch of a full ‘People of Wardley Street’ research project.
As part of London Unseen this walk is free to the public thanks to funding from the Mayor of London’s Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm.
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