{"id":339,"date":"2010-05-17T16:32:50","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T15:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/?p=339"},"modified":"2010-05-20T11:52:49","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T10:52:49","slug":"summer-party-battersea-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/2010\/05\/summer-party-battersea-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Party Battersea Square"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first street party of the year took place this weekend in Battersea Square. A ‘farmers’ market, craft stalls and other food stalls, as well as music and dance performances from nearby RAD<\/a> (Royal Acadamy of Dance). Also a chance to see some parts of the square I’d never seen before. There’s quite a large office complex that houses a number of small businesses tucked away.<\/p>\n

Good weather brought out the crowds and the perfomances on the small stage were of a high standard. I do pity the ballerina who’s tutu fell off though. Lots of interesting stuff about Battersea history, and I picked up a new booklet of heritage walks (Battersea Heritage Trails), which is a great introduction to the history of this part of London. The booklet was published by Wandsworth council.\u00a0 It’s available from local libraries, or by calling 020 7627 3182.<\/p>\n

It was great to see many of the activities were free (thanks Wandsworth council parks), or in aid of\u00a0 local good causes (Katherine Low Settlement)<\/p>\n