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Gamlen Road, LONDON, SW15 1AB

This faded coat of arms has survived quite high up on the north facing wall of Hotham Road School. The arms were once a very familiar part of the London scene, especially in and around schools. People who know about heraldry would describe these arms in their own vocabulary, derived from medieval French. In present day English, I can say that the waves at the bottom should be blue on a silver ground; above those, there's a St George's cross, while the battlemented 'crown' was once gold. Come to think of it, it would be very pleasant to see the colours restored.

On the corner of Hotham Road to the right and Charlwood Road to the left, Hotham Primary School is another very impressive board school. The notice behind the tree shows that it was founded as Hotham Road Schools.

Hotham Primary School is a classic 'board school' It is seen here from Charlwood Road. For a close up of the school see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2377263

Charlwood Road is divided into two parts by Lacy Road. This is the northern part. It appealed to me because most roads in Putney are clogged by cars, which do not add to the view, but Charlwood Road here is too narrow for people to park their cars. On the other side of the road to the right (out of view) is Hotham Primary School - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2377263

This is in Borneo Street on the corner with Hotham Road.

Part of a conservation area, Charlwood Road has a distinctly rural feel brought about by the relative spaciousness of the villas and their garden settings" http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/download/1972/charlwood_rd_and_lifford_st_ca_appraisal_and_management_strategy_draft and consists of semi-detached villas built between 1830-1860.

The Quill public house, cnr Charlwood Rd and Quill Lane. No longer open for business, converted to apartments.

This school stands at the corner of Hotham Road and Charlwood Road, and is said to date from 1867. There were once many such buildings across south London - though this is a particularly massive example. I spent six years of my childhood at St Michael's School, Southfields, which has also survived. St Michael's was smaller than this building, but even so rather a formidable environment for a five year-old. Seen looking north along Charlwood Road. The reproduction 19th century lamp-post is a sign that we are in a Conservation Area. A number of streets here retain a lot of genuine 19th century character - these lamp-posts seem bogus, and undermine it.

This house is in Charlwood Road, Putney.

This was to be found in Hotham Road, Putney on the corner with Westhorpe Road. It was Wimbledon fortnight as signified by the tennis balls, the green grass and the strawberries.