Let's go to jail ;) Wandsworth Jail Museum Open Day + Walkabout + Social!!!

Let's go to jail!!! Well, not really but a very interesting insight at the Wandsworth Jail Museum Open Day!!!

They say: View a collection of over 470 objects telling the story of Wandsworth Prison and its development.
Learn about Oscar Wilde, the acid bath murders, Ronnie Biggs, the Krays, executions, and escapes. World wars, spies, and traitors. Some colourful staff and prisoner stories.
This sounds absolutely fascinating to me...

After, this we'll go for a walkabout around Wandsworth Common.
Wandsworth Common was mentioned in the Domesday Book in the 11th century. It was first mentioned on a map in 1746.
Then, it was all one piece, comprising the manors of Battersea West Heath and Wandsworth East Heath. It comprised 400 acres, compared to today’s 177 acres and was called ‘waste’ land because it was not suitable for agriculture. It was mainly scrub and gorse covered, with very few trees, and was very wet. However, people were allowed to collect wood, graze cattle, grow vegetables and dig gravel.
Once described as a wilderness, or worse, the Common is now a delightful mix of grass, woodland, glades and ponds, thanks to coming under better stewardship since 1871. It still remains very wet, however!
The reduction in the Common’s size took place in the 1800s, due to chunks being sold for houses and buildings, including the Toast Rack, Emanuel School and the Royal Victoria Patriotic Building. The construction of the railways from Clapham Junction in the mid 1800s, and then roads, led to further fragmentation. Popular protests eventually brought a halt to these encroachments, with the signing of the Wandsworth Common Act in 1871, which preserved the Common.
Not my neck of the woods, but, I will find a trail for us to walk, please wear suitable footwear.

As usual afterwards, we'll seek out a local pub or café for refreshments.
(There's a café on the common and eateries alongside).
I will meet you by the exit of Wandsworth Common Train Station.
Plan your journey here: Plan a journey - Transport for London
The Meetup fee for this event is £3.00 – which is payable on the day.
Please keep an eye out for the Meetup sign. If you do not see us please call/text me on: 0739 623 3874 – text is best! - psssst! Don't forget to say your name in the message.
However, before sending any message please check the site in case I have added an update.

Hope to see lots of you there :)

NB. As usual there will be others coming along from my other Meetup family ;)