The Directors Speak: 15 years of Zaha Hadid Design with Maha Kutay and Woody Yao.

New H&F Councillor Emma Apthorp has become H&F’s youngest-ever Mayor after being confirmed on 25 May.

H&F Leader Cllr Stephen Cowan nominated the recently elected 22-year-old from Hammersmith to modernise the role, encourage more young people to engage in democratic public life, and to make improving the world for women and girls the centrepiece of the next mayoral year.

The Parsons Green Fair is back after a two year absence. The fair was established in the reign of William III and took place on three days in August. Apparently there were the usual concomitants of a country fair – ‘greasy pole climbing, treacle bobbing, ale-broaching and competitive hot tea drinking’. Most of the entertainment was delightful but for one – ‘poor live cocks used to be tied up by their legs and people threw sticks at them’. In 1823, the fair was suppressed by the magistrates, presumably it was getting a bad reputation.

The WBR Spring Fayre is now two weeks away!! We hope you are as excited about this event as we are and that you and your families and friends are all lined up to attend our first ever full street closure event.

We have over 70 stalls, 5 hours of live music from amazing professional musicians, a maypole and fiddler, free children's activities in a dedicated space (football, yoga, dance, games) and lots of traditional fairground games for everyone to enjoy.

Fulham Horticultural Society 2021 Autumn Show takes place on Saturday 11th September at St. Etheldreda's Church, 528 Fulham Palace Road, Fulham, SW6 6JF

2.30 till 4.30 pm

June 2021. The Boundary Commission’s proposals for the new constituency boundaries were published on 8 June 2021. Fulham continues to be linked with Chelsea rather than Hammersmith but the northern boundary is closer to that of the old Fulham boundary.

On the map blue is the present boundary and red, the new one.

Fulham Palace is currently looking for a non-executive chair to continue the excellent work of Mariana Spater, outgoing chair. It has been an extraordinary and challenging year due to the pandemic, but there is great potential for the Trust to continue its engaging and innovative work.

The centre is located in the north-west corner of South Park. It is due to open in summer 2021 but is currently being used as a Coronavirus test centre. It will consist of a purpose-built main community hall, common room, café and outdoor area.

The renovations to the Bishop Porteous Library at Fulham Palace are complete. The Fulham Society donated the new book security measures, vital as the old wiring was damaging the books and did not work. The library can now welcome visitors knowing the books will be safe and properly conserved.

We are delighted that the Fulham Society could help finance the new drinking fountain that has recently been installed in South Park. We particularly liked the facility for filling water bottles.

The Archives and Local History Reading Room is located on the first floor of Hammersmith Library, Shepherd’s Bush Road. This is a local history and archives collection which is a valuable resource for researching the area or the history of your street or house.

Fulham Boys’ School moved to its new building on the corner of Fulham Road and Heckfield Place in Spring 2021. Its former site in Mund Street will become affordable housing, as will the old Children’s Home in Farm Lane.