Thanks to National Lottery players, the café on Tooting Bec Common has celebrated its 120th birthday with a party for the local community. Image: Yusuf-Mikhail, Aisha and mum Ismahan enjoy the party The party was organised by the HLF-funded Tooting Common Heritage Project in partnership with the Tooting History Group, the Friends of Tooting Common and Wandsworth Council and was attended by more than 200 people. The Tooting History Group has been researching the café’s history

Welcome to the Tooting Common Heritage Project (TCHP) newsletter. Below you can read about what has been going on over the last couple of months and what is to come! It has been a remarkably hot summer with people and wildlife alike doing their best to keep cool. Nevertheless, the acid grassland landscape of the Common is progressing well. Our newly planted lime trees are also showing no signs of stress, but are now being watered on a weekly basis. Image: Acid grassland on To