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16th August 1944 Dutch begin diplomatic contact with Vatican in London
16th August 1939 Born today: Carol Shelley, London, actress (Gwendolyn Pidgeon-Odd Couple)
16th August 1934 Born today: John Standing, London England, actor (Edward-Lime Street)
16th August 1924 Conference about German recovery payments opens in London
16th August 1885 Born today: Charles Carson, London England, actor (Cry the Beloved Country)
Wandsworths Patriotic Building
The infamous London Reception Centre of World War II.
Location: John Archer Way, Wandsworth, SW18 3SX
Description: The magnificent Royal Victoria Patriotic Building is a massive gothic Victorian building in Wandsworth combining Scottish Baronial and French Chteauesque.
Dating to 1859 it began as the Royal Victoria Patriotic School, an asylum for girls orphaned during the Crimean War. They had it tough, having to pump water up to the tanks in the towers, as well as do all the washing. They also had to wash outside in cold water.
During the Second World War, MI5 used it as the infamous London Reception Centre. Interrogators including 'spycatcher' Colonel Oreste Pinto interviewed over 30,000 immigrants here over a period of four years.
It's a Grade II* Listed Building designed by the architect Major Rohde Hawkins.
Above the entrance is a spendid statue of St George and the Dragon in a niche.
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