Despite the hosepipe ban, it pays to make the effort to water your pots and hanging baskets with your watering cans. Give them a weak feed every couple of weeks . Remove all the dead and dying flowers regularly and…

Opportunities for Younger Vale Residents You may remember that in the last issue of Topics we looked into the archives. One of the headlines from 1966 was that our local Scout Troop were getting new uniforms. Now 60 years on…

We meet at Woodmansterne Secondary School on Woodmansterne Road, SW16 5UQ. As always we will be singing a variety of styles of music so there is something for everyone. Everyone is welcome. There are no auditions and no need to…

The Trading Hut in our allotment grounds is open every year from March onwards, until the end of October.  We open up every Sunday between 10am and 12noon.  Access to the allotments is through the black metal gates between 151…

If you do not pay your membership by Standing Order then as Vale Topics is now digital, you now need to ensure you make suitable arrangements to pay your annual membership for the SVPOA. Membership remains at £5 a year…

Streatham Vale Property Occupiers Association in 1966 The initials were the same but the association was then called The Streatham Vale property Owners Association. Topics was published monthly and browsing through old copies, one can see that The Vale was…

Lots of our shrubs flower early in the summer which brings welcome bursts of colour and food for the pollinators. Once the flowers have died off, it is a good time to prune. Take dead heads off roses, cutting the…

Please come and join us as we celebrate the end of our current term with a concert. This is a free event for our community. It is a very relaxed evening when we perform the music we have been working…

Joan Capen, who was born on 19 March 1934 in Camberwell, lived a long and full life rooted in South London. Having spent many years in the Tooting and Streatham Vale areas, she will be remembered with great love and…

How about Parkrun? Parkrun is a weekly friendly social gathering at 9:00 on Saturdays where people decide to either run, walk or volunteer.  There are many local parkruns – Tooting, Clapham, Battersea, Herne Hill, Morden, Crystal Palace plus many others…