Collierswood Station
Is one of those tube stations that is alot more interesting than expected- from the notice board outside the station I learnt the following - the name came about because of the charcoal burners or colliers who in the Middle Ages worked tracts of woodlands to be found to the south of London.
The High street, Collierswood, used to be called Stane street, and this street connected London to Chichester. The River Wandle runs through the heart of Collierswood, at one stage it was the hardest working river for its size - when I photographed it, last week - I spotted the odd shopping trolley dumped in the river, but this did not deter the two fishermen trying to catch fish, one told me that there is Roche, Barbel, Chubb, and Trout in the River.
Other historic connections, 1881 - William Morris had a workshop near the Savacentre, created printed and woven textiles and stained glass, his designs survived till 1940.
Then there is the 
Merton Abbey Mills complex, which houses besides the market
the Colour House Theatre, that puts on Avante Garde Theatrical Productions -
they even have the Abbey Fest in July/August.
And lastly near the station is a wonderful restaurant called Venus, for the non vegetarian, they have steak nights on Tues and Thursday.
Moira Rowan
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