Hanna and Patrick Barrington WBC plaque unveiling at 77 Dorothy Road former Corkscrew wine bar SW11 Friday 27th February at 12.
Hanna, Viennese Jewish communist Patrick a Guyanese artist.

Their obituarists, Guyanese, communist and LGBT among speakers

WBC green plaque #ShapurjiSaklatval unveiling 20th February at 12pm at 177 Lavender Hill
Saklatvala 1874 -1936 first Labour MP of colour MP Battersea North 1922.
Speakers, Marc Wadsworth, Mike Squires, Russell Profitt. Tony Belton, Marsha de Cordova MP

This the grave of Jane Roberts, First Lady of Liberia in Streatham Cemetery. Widowed Jane came to live with Margaret and Battersea Mayor John Archer at 55 Brynmaer Rd. Margaret is the owner of Jane’s grave. Hoping to get a transfer of ownership to Liberian government from Lambeth Council.

Let’s flood the consultation to ban these poisons! Linked to cancer, fertility issues, and birth defects -- forever chemicals (PFAS) are now found in our food, drinking water, and even our blood. When we reach 100k signatures, 38 Degrees will submit o...

In our blood. In our water. In our babies. 🩸☠️💧Ask @EmmaReynolds to stop the poisoning of Britain, and ban #ForeverChemicals immediately! 🚫 Join the @38_degrees consultation submission to #BanPFAs👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

Mayor Jeremy unveiling the #Batterseasociety plaque. Previously for #WandsworthBoroughofCulture, nuns in Roehampton, Bob Marley in Battersea Park

Listening in the rain.

Josh, Thea Jeremy and Jill - daughter and grandchildren

Plaque unveiling of Jack Stanford eccentric dancer at 140 Mallinson Road with his daughter Jill, Elaine Michel #battsoc trustee, Alison Young #BritMusichallSoc

Jack Stanford eccentric dancer Battersea Society plaque unveiling on Saturday 29th at 12 at 140 Mallinson Road SW11
Rediscovered by young generation
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hirm...

@musichallsociety.bsky.social @lovebattersea.bsky.social @batterseabus.bsky.social @batterseabookshop.bsky.social

St Paul’s Church St John’s Hill. Now Abacus Ark Nursery and luxury apartments

68 North Side Wandsworth Common SW18

St Stephen Walbrook where the Samaritans began with phone MAN 9000

Wandsworth Green Plaque commemorating Rev Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans on Friday 19th September at 3pm at 68 North Side Wandsworth Common, SW18.
All welcome
@samaritans @NationalTheatre @klsettlement @CllrSimonHogg @Better_WHS

Water scandal, fleecing the public, poisoning our lands, slumping sewageI will never end till brought back to public ownership. Why is Clive the only campaigning for it?

Some of the amazing Women of Battersea celebrated with plaques, around Lavender Hill - BAC, to Lavender Sweep via Leathwaite, Thirsk, Almeric,
Someone needs to make into a digital trail!!!! @lovebattersea.bsky.social @batterseabus.bsky.social @batterseapwrbtm.bsky.social @wandsworthls.bsky.social

So glad to unveil Jeanie Senior plaque on BAC, the one dearest to me after Charlotte Despard. Thanks to the letters released in 2000 and Sybil’s biography. Great speakers - Sybil, BAC Tarek, Margaret Haig FDA President, Penny East CEO Fawcett Society, Mayor Jeremy and our wonderful MP Marsha

Battersea society plaque unveiling
Friday 4th July 2 pm at BAC/Battersea Town Hall to Jeanie Senior, first woman civil servant appointed Inspector of Workhouses 1873

Speakers Sybil Oldfield, Penny East CEO Fawcett Society, Margaret Haig FDA, Fiona Ryland Cabinet Office. BPS Choir

YouTube video by PURE LIVE Artist Film: Phillippa Egerton

Phillippa and Roopa Basu are exhibiting at Sprout Arts 20-31 May preview on Tuesday

m.youtube.com/watch?v=nKWI...

Stop employers covering up abuse Hey! Do you remember the Harvey Weinstein case? Non Disclosure Agreements silenced victims of abuse - and it's not just happening in Hollywood. They're used in the UK to cover up all kinds of miscondu...

NDAs can silence victims of abuse & harassment. Let's change this! Sign the petition to ensure the Employment Rights Bill bans NDAs in cases of misconduct. #StopAbusiveNDAs #EmploymentRightsBill you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

No second state visit for Trump Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.  This is the...

Donald Trump is ramping up trade wars and crashing the global economy. He's not sparing the UK from his new tariffs, so why should we roll out the red carpet for him with a second state visit? Join more than 200,000 of us and add your name to he petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

Ask your MP to support assisted dying The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will soon face crucial votes as it continues its journey through the House of Commons. The next steps are key – MPs will soon decide whether the Bill shoul...

I’ve written to my MP Marsha again to ask her to support assisted dying. Not right that some people will suffer at the end of their lives without choice, compassion or dignity. most stringent safeguards in the world the world, write to your MP #AssistedDyingBill humanists.uk/action/suppo...

Put Public Ownership of Water Back on the Table Privatisation of water isn’t failing - it is the failure. The Government is mid-way through a major review of the water sector. But so far, it has refused to consider a potential solution that’s backe...

Private companies are polluting our rivers, hiking up bills, and failing to deliver. 82% of us want public ownership – let’s make it happen!
Sign the open letter now & demand action! 👉
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pu...

I’m doing a #BatterseaSociety
talk on 5 former Battersea riverfront industries at York Road/Plantation Wharf #BatterseaEnamels #OrlandoJonesStarchCo #DawnaysEngineering, #GartonsGlucose #PricesCandles

St Mary’s Church Battersea Church Rd on Thurs 10th April at 6.30 fr 7
Adm £5

Just watched @labourlewis.bsky.social's powerful speech on his Water Bill, raising the fundamental question that’s been ignored for too long: who should own our water?

It’s time to bring water back into public hands.

Watch the debate here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gIOTHnvxEI

I’ve nominated Jane Roberts 1819-1914 first Woman of Liberia for a WBC green plaque on 55 Brynmaer Rd, home of Pan,-Africanist Mayor John Archer with whom she lodged till she died.

sheelanagigcomedienne.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/j...
#JaneRoberts #NubianJak #GeoffSimmons #Blackhistory

Ban Plastic Chewing Gum Most chewing gum contains plastic—just like bags & bottles! 🤯 It’s polluting our streets & harming our planet. Let’s ban it! Sign the petition now! 💚🌍

Most chewing gum contains plastic—just like bags & bottles! 🤯 It’s polluting our streets & harming our planet. Let’s ban it! Sign the petition now! 💚🌍 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...

Introducing Faith to Faithless | Helping people leaving high-control religious groups Leaving a high-control religious group can be one of the most challenging and painful experiences anyone can face. Humanists UK's new animation brings these deeply personal stories to life.

Leaving a high-control religious group can be incredibly difficult and even dangerous. Humanists UK's powerful new animation lets those who leave know they're not alone, and that help is out there! Support #FaithtoFaithless and watch today. humanists.uk/faithtofaith...

Battersea Society #TheLavenderHillMob screening on Thursday 27th at 6.30 at RCA Battersea Bridge @sightsoundmag.bsky.social ranked 17th greatest by #BritishFilmInstitute
Audrey cameo.
Alfie Bass communist actor/director at Unity Theatre led Underground Air Raid Shelter movement during the#Blitz

Sarah Mayer is an inspiring woman of Battersea Sarah Mayer 1896-1957 was an actress who became very keen on judo and was the first western woman to gain a blackbelt. She lived at 48 Albany Mansions, Albert Bridge Road. SW11 with her theatrical …

Sarah Mayer 1896-1957 #judoka #actress 1st non-Japanese women to gain #blackbelt lived 48 Albany Mansion #inspiringwomanofbattersea sheelanagigcomedienne.wordpress.com/2025/02/17/s...

@batterseapwrstn.bsky.social @lovebattersea.bsky.social @batterseabookshop.bsky.social @batterseabus.bsky.social

Sarah Mayer is an inspiring woman of Battersea Sarah Mayer 1896-1957 was an actress who became very keen on judo and was the first western woman to gain a blackbelt. She lived at 48 Albany Mansions, Albert Bridge Road. SW11 with her theatrical …

Sarah Mayer 1896-1957 #Inspiringwomanofbattersea actress , judoka and first non-Japanese woman to gain black belt lived in 48 Albany Mansions Albert Bridge Road
sheelanagigcomedienne.wordpress.com/2025/02/17/s...

#SacrumProfanum @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social and Jeanne Rathbone aka Sheelanagigcomedienne interviewing Ben Dwyer for Q&A
for a night of powerful feminist music and humour.
@irishlittimes.bsky.social @londonirish1.bsky.social @geoffsimm.bsky.social

Yippee, we will be unveiling a Battersea Society plaque to Elsa and Edith Lanchester at 27 Leathwaite Road SW11 13th July @lovebattersea.bsky.social @batterseabus.bsky.social

#inspiringWomenBattersea talk at Duval House Grant Road window gallery 25th Jan 2pm
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@lovebattersea.bsky.social @batterseabus.bsky.social @batterseabookshop.bsky.social

Daphne Brooker Costume Designer I would like to introduce you to another inspiring women of Battersea – Daphne Brooker was a pioneer in fashion studies becoming Professor of Fashion after rejecting her earlier career as a V…

My latest blog is another inspiring woman of Battersea is Daphne Brooker who was a fashion designer and Professor of Fashion at Kingston University.
sheelanagigcomedienne.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/d...

wonderful memorial to Seán Hutton at #ICC #IrishinBritain #LGBTQ poet, gaeilgeoir, teacher, tin whistler, Irish #IrishTextSociety #IrishLiterarySociety niece Bess, Bridlington friends #BalfourStreetCoop
Caught up with #BernardCanavan Joanne O’Brien, Tony Murray, Angie Birtill, #MaryHickman