Unseen Vauxhall – the Vanished and the Unnoticed

Unseen Vauxhall – the Vanished and the Unnoticed

A guided walk to see details that are passed each day without being noticed, and to hear the stories of those that are no longer there.

By Geoff Fairbairn

Date and time

Sat, 1 Feb 2025 13:30 - 15:30 GMT

Location

Vauxhall Bus Station

South Lambeth Place London SW8 2LN United Kingdom

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About this event

  • 2 hours

NB: this tour is in 2025.

Vauxhall is rich in historical interest. Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens is probably the best known, so we won’t go there – we’ll go to look at the hidden histories and to hear the stories from the past including boy scouts’ legs being covered up.

Your guide: Geoff Fairbairn, walkinglambeth@gmail.com

1½ miles

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I enjoy showing people not only the major and significant aspects of Lambeth’s considerable historical heritage but also the smaller details, and I unearth the long-forgotten stories that are to be told in the otherwise apparently unremarkable corners within the borough. Have you heard about the man who died laughing whilst waiting for his pint to be poured? It’s not a joke (or a comment on that pub’s service); it happened in 1899. You’ll have to be on the right tour to learn more, but there’s plenty of unknown and unsuspected history on every tour.

£12