@putneynews.bsky.socialA distillery under a District line arch in Putney makes a spirit most locals have never tasted. Its bar may now open Saturdays.
Before you go: https://putney.news/2026/10/10/the-speakeasy-under-the-district-line-has-added-saturday-afternoons/
@putneynews.bsky.socialA scuba club trains at the bottom of Putney Leisure Centre's deep end every Tuesday.
From the floor, the pool is not the pool you swim in.
What an hour down there is like: https://putney.news/2026/10/10/a-tuesday-night-at-the-bottom-of-putneys-deep-end-is-a-mini-holiday/
@putneynews.bsky.socialThe old Wandsworth library has already been a court house and a museum.
Now artists are moving in, and some could end up living there.
https://putney.news/2026/10/09/artists-are-moving-into-the-old-wandsworth-library/
@putneynews.bsky.socialStaff told the board running St George's and Queen Mary's that colleagues who raised concerns faced repercussions.
Not for the first time: https://putney.news/2026/10/08/staff-tell-putney-hospital-bosses-that-speaking-up-brings-repercussions/
@putneynews.bsky.socialTfL wants to stop the 74 bus running to Putney.
Its consultation page doesn't say the plan means fewer buses. Its own timetables do.
What they show: https://putney.news/2026/10/07/tfl-wants-to-stop-the-74-bus-running-to-putney/
@putneynews.bsky.socialEasels along the railings on Putney Embankment, painters facing the river at low tide.
Professionals and hobbyists, and it costs nothing to join.
Where they set up next: https://putney.news/2026/10/06/putney-bridge-sat-for-its-portrait/
@catherineby.bsky.socialI’m in this month’s Time & Leisure 😍 Thank you for mentioning my book, The Mothers of SW19. Always an essential read in SW19 timeandleisure #SW19 #wimbledon🎾 #putney #southfieldsmums
@putneynews.bsky.socialA Putney corner shop has been shut for at least four years. Now there is a ladder inside, one of six shopfronts getting new occupiers. What is going in: https://putney.news/2026/10/05/putneys-empty-shops-are-filling-again/
@putneynews.bsky.socialDonna took one look at her new trailer on Putney Embankment and thought: cinema.
It came from China, and not everything went to plan.
https://putney.news/2026/10/05/hollywood-comes-to-putney-in-the-shape-of-a-coffee-stall/
@putneynews.bsky.social@putneynews.bsky.social“Sometimes I get great coffee. Sometimes I don’t.”
Kate got an espresso machine for Christmas. A Gunnersbury coffee course says it is one of the last things to look at.
https://putney.news/2026/10/03/treat-your-coffee-beans-like-an-avocado/
@putneynews.bsky.social@putneynews.bsky.socialThe borough's art trail lost its funding. 56 artists in Putney and Southfields are opening their doors this weekend anyway. Our map covers all 40 stops. https://putney.news/2026/10/03/from-a-sculpture-garden-to-a-working-pottery-40-front-doors-to-walk-into-this-weekend/
@putneynews.bsky.socialFirefighters waded into floodwater on Putney Embankment on Monday to lift two women off a bench and into an RNLI lifeboat.
The Fire Brigade's account, and the advice when the path floods: https://putney.news/2026/10/01/women-stranded-by-tide-sparks-lifeboat-rescue/
@allsaintsputney.bsky.socialFind out how Putney supports residents through mental health services, community gardens and volunteer projects.
Community resources here: www.allsaintsputney.co.uk/social-initi...
@putneynews.bsky.socialPopeyes v Spaceship. Popeye v Captain Kirk. Bluto v Spock.
We made Putney's two new fast food places fight. One is rockets. The other needs more spinach.
https://putney.news/2026/09/30/this-is-popeye-versus-captain-kirk-bluto-versus-spock/
@putneynews.bsky.socialA £160 Putney Embankment fine has been cancelled because the council's own two signs contradict each other. What the tribunal wrote, and what it means for other drivers: https://putney.news/2026/09/30/tribunal-cancels-160-putney-embankment-fine-over-contradictory-signs/
@putneynews.bsky.socialTen thousand Wandsworth council tenants face a second rent rise every year from April. The council's own assessment can't say if those paying it themselves can afford it. https://putney.news/2026/09/30/council-tax-then-a-mansion-tax-now-council-tenants-face-a-second-rent-rise/
@putneynews.bsky.socialWandsworth says developer money will pay for its 25 extra police officers. It has committed that money for only the first few months.
Who pays after that: https://putney.news/2026/09/29/wandsworth-is-paying-for-25-police-officers-its-plans-give-two-answers-on-whos-the-boss/
@putneynews.bsky.socialPolice ran e-bikes on a rolling road at the foot of Putney High Street yesterday and seized 19 of the 30 checked.
Shops can still sell them legally.
https://putney.news/2026/09/29/legal-to-sell-illegal-to-ride-police-seize-e-bikes-in-putney/