On Monday June 9 2025 author and historian Dr. Tony Redding gave a gripping talk on the St John’s rail disaster of Wednesday December 4 1957. He had a full-house audience at our local, the Brookmill pub. It was very powerful stuff! This event was hosted by The St...
The committee meeting took place at The Brookmill on Tuesday 29th July, rescheduled from 30th June. The full meeting minutes can be read and downloaded here –SJS_FOFG Q2 Meeting – 29072025. We welcome two new members to the committee – Freddy Tennyson and...
Where there used to be nothing but crumbling concrete now joyful colour abounds, from the flowers and leaves of the Thornville Street rain garden itself and now the rail bridge wall too! The Thornville Street Rain Garden Mural celebrates the beauty of nature and the...
Professor Dilys Williams FRSA is an experienced fashion designer, who founded the Centre for Sustainable Fashion at the University of the Arts London is 2008. “I love the material elements of fashion, I love the sketching, making clothes, thinking about what someone’s...
Albyn Road will soon join Ashmead Road and become St John’s second designated School Street. This measure will restrict vehicles (without a specific exemption) at specific times of the day (drop off and pick up) making the stretch of Albyn Road between St John’s Vale...
We are gearing up for our next talk in this year’s series of Green Conversations – as always at the upstairs room at The Brookmill pub, starting at 7:30pm on Monday 19th May. We are thrilled to welcome James Ward of Badvertising travelling all the way...
