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During 2019, local photographer Alan Weller and Martin Beaver contacted the people that Arthur had contacted – and more. Their intention is to create an updateable record of the present and enable people in the future – residents, schoolchildren, local historians, anyone – to have something to refer back to from this one year. In April 2020 they published a book of pictures and stories of Moyser Road and its shops in 2019, see
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FCN works to improve the neighbourhood, organising the annual Furzedown Summer Festival, the highlight of which is the Big Day Out, which takes place in the Furzedown Recreation Ground, attracting a large attendance. FCN also organises a busy Winter Market in Moyser Road, plus smaller events such as
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In November 2017, Arthur Tingle, who was then nine years old, began a project at Penwortham School. Using Furzedown's online community network, he contacted the businesses on Moyser Road and local residents to ask about what the shops had been in the past, and people's memories of shopping in them.
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The Furzedown Low Carbon Zone is a community initiative working to reduce its dependence on fossil fuel energy, while developing local understanding of issues around sustainability and the environment.
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who also lives locally in Furzedown. She is also one of the three Furzedown Councillors on Wandsworth Borough Council, together with Graham Loveland and Judi Gasser, all members of the
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is a ward, in both the districts of Streatham (Streatham West and part of Streatham Park) and Tooting, wholly in the Tooting Parliamentary Constituency, within the
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Furzedown Community Theatre - see Facebook - a group of local people, of all ages, which produces an annual show, usually a pantomime, performed locally
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in 1906. The roads in this part of Furzedown were mainly laid out between 1900 and 1930, covering the former golf course after sale of the estate.
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quiz nights. The activities undertaken reflect the interests and energy of the group members who organise them.
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estate, comprising 80 acres (32 ha) and 100 acres (40 ha). Part of the estate adjacent to
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became available in 1892 and was developed as the Furzedown golf course, designed by
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a self funding community arts space, bringing art and crafts to life, in Furzedown.
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From May 2016, the London Assembly member for Merton & Wandsworth is
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is now the MP for the area having won the by-election in June 2016 -
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in South West London. It is a mainly residential area close to
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Besides containing Furzedown halls of Residence, a part of the
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Much of the current Furzedown ward was in the parish of
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Furzedown is located in Greater London
Greater London
London borough
Wandsworth
Ceremonial county
Greater London
Region
London
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
LONDON
Postcode district
SW16/SW17
Dialling code
020
Police
Metropolitan
Fire
London
Ambulance
London
London Assembly
Merton and Wandsworth
UK
England
London
51°25′37″N 0°09′11″W / 51.427°N 0.153°W / 51.427; -0.153

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