Talk:New Malden

message: I have heard that Cat Stevens lived in Elm Road, there is a house with a large mural down the side near the junction with Chestnut Avenue. I also heard that Eric Clapton grew up in New Malden. I also think that the footballers Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Gianluca Vialli and other Chelsea footballers lived in New Malden whilst playing for Chelsea.
- R.E. Chelsea footballers. I used to work in Blockbusters in New Malden and the rest of the staff would occasionally get very excited because apparently the Chelsea goalkeeper was a regular and they'd point him out and whisper to each other everytime he came in. I didn't have a clue who he was as I don't like football so i'd just serve him with the normal contempt I had for all out customers.
I grew up in New Malden (22 Poplar grove) Through the war years & until I joined the Royal Navy in 1953, I went to Lime Grove, Elm Road & Beverly schools, Beverley had a link with Chelsea F.C. as we had professional coaching for football, & it was Chelsea goalkeeper Harry Medhurst who came to Beverley for this. (billandkate@hotmail.com)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.138.172.72 (talk) 16:11, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Famous Residents 

message: Hello, there was a farm that ran between the train track and Alric Avenue, I remember animals grazing below the footbridge that connects Dukes Avenue to Alric Avenue. Suddenly it vanished, any history to this eerie disappearance? The land appears to be derelict today, someone said that an old train track used to run from here to Raynes Park. 
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"Webbies"?  Is there any confirmation of this; I've lived in New Malden most of my life, and I've _never_ heard of this...
The land between the railway and Alric Avenue has a huge mains water pipe beneath it so I don't think anything would or could be built on top of it. You could always hear chickens when you were on the railway platform in the 70s.
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I lived in New Malden for 20 years and never heard the term, which doesnt nmean its wrong. It is wrong to call NM a new town. Its called new to distinguish it from Old Malden to the south but most of it was developed in the 19th century and as normal suburban development.
Lumos3 09:12, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Farm? 

message: Leafy is vague. I grew up in New Malden. The areas around the Golf Course are definately leafy but other areas, like near the A3, are grey grey grey. I hate the term leafy it gives the wrong impression of an area.
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thread_title:  Leafy? 

message: Don't mean to be rude, but isn't the intro to a little dull? It reads like it was written by some superannuated Geography teacher. 'Its 3.4 miles east of this and 5 miles west of this, there is a deciduous forest on your right and a steep incline on your left, with a paelolithic grid reference at the back.' If you look at other town pages on Wikipedia they often start with some sort of boast or claim that must make their inhabitants proud to live there. Anyone reading this page would get the impression that New Malden was competing to become known as one of the dreariest places in the British Isles.
So what should go in its place? Whenever I explain New Malden to people the first thing I say (and most people say) is that it has the biggest Korean community in Europe and basically it is close to London without all the downsides - e.g. high crime, bleak architecture, urban alienation etc. The first one is easier to quantify - how about a someone writing down the reason all the Koreans came to New Malden? One story I heard was that the Japanese moved here first in the 1970s and the Koreans followed, but then the Japanese moved out. Goldgreen 4 May 2007
I heard the Korean embassy used to be/ambassador used to live in Wimbledon and advised visiting businesspeople  to rent there - until prices rocketed after which they recommended New Malden as being only two stops further out but better schools, crime rate, environment, prices etc. However this needs checking and I don't have great sources for this. Anybody got any info? Zagubov 20:48, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dull intro 

message: I believe that part of NM is in the Richmond Park parliamentary constituency. 82.163.24.100 12:41, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Constituency 

message: Does anyone have a short history of New Malden's park they could include, it doesn't get a mention.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.14.152.15 (talk) 01:49, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps you mean Beverley Park? And your wording implies that it is the only park, but Blagdon Park exists (search the Web for "Blagdon Park" "New Malden"), as does Manor Park. 94.30.84.71 (talk) 12:31, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beverely Park 

message: If New Malden was once within Surrey, this would be worth mentioning. Eastmain (talk • contribs)  03:24, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It was. Johnbod (talk) 03:35, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Surrey 

message: It might be worthwhile to mention Bradbury Wilkinson and Company as a former business in New Malden. Eastmain (talk • contribs)  03:24, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: They were technically in Raynes Park, at least as defined after the A3 was set up. Johnbod (talk) 03:34, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  The linked company page says that Tesco is now on the site. 94.30.84.71 (talk) 12:34, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Bradbury Wilkinson and Company

message: Sandy's appears to be having a closing-down sale. 94.30.84.71 (talk) 22:08, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sandy's 

message: Blagdon Road Open Space (http://www.kingston.gov.uk/browse/environment/parks/recreation_sites/blagdon_road_open_space.htm) seems to have been overlooked as a park. Interestingly, it seems to have been built on something that was called the 'Norbiton Pottery' if you look at http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html of the area circa 1954. Does anyone know anything about the Norbiton Pottery?
Nomkt3 (talk) 19:36, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blagdon Road Open Space 

message: The Murugan Temple link now appears not useful; but the Temple is still there.
BTW, New Maldeners fron the (Indian) sub-continent are woefully under-represented in the Article in comparison with Koreans.
94.30.84.71 (talk) 16:58, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Murugan Temple