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 On This Day the 2nd August 1936 a fire broke out in the Pratts Depository formerly Bedford House a property of the Duke of Bedford 300 fire-fighters and 30 fire engines attended the fire but most of the building was destroyed 
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 On This Day 1 August 1974 tennis player Cyril Eames died Cyril Gladstone Eames lived at "Beclands", a mansion in Tooting Bec Gardens, Streatham after it was converted to flats on 1929. He also lived at 42 Westwell Road Cyril was a member of the British Davis Cup Team in 1928 and in 1925 he coached the Duke of York. He was a member of the Telford Park Tennis Club.   The Telford Park Tennis Club where tennis first played On This Day 1st August 1880. The Club was officially founded in 1884, the second oldest Tennis Club in London, preceded only by Wimbledon.
A picture of Miss Johnson 50 years later in 1930, winner of the Ladies Championship  Saloman van Abbe was born 31 July 1883
Resident of Thornton and Moyser Roads Streatham . He was the Founder member of The Streatham Art Society and exhibited at the Royal Academy He was particularly well-known for his illustrations for re-issues of classic children’s novels such as Treasure Island, Little Women, Tom Brown’s Schooldays and the Jennings books  Lieutenant Walter Edward Worsdale Cottle killed On This Day 31 July 1917 Walter was the eldest child of an insurance broker, also named Walter Cottle, and his wife Agnes. Spent time working with his father at Lloyd’s of London. Lived "Bernina", Leigham Court Road When war was declared he tried to sign up for military service straight away, but was at first refused on medical grounds, as a result taking up a position with the Royal Automobile Club, driving his own car in service of Lord Salisbury’s Division, Chelmsford. Walter however regularly re-attempted to enter the Army and, in January 1916, was finally given medical clearance to do so, joining the Artists Rifles. He was held in high regard, and less than a month later was sent across to the Grenadier Guards, who had asked the Artists Rifles for two promising young men to be transferred in order to take up commissions. He spent some time at Grantham, training as a Machine Gunner, before going across to France in the autumn of 1916, being promoted to Lieutenant at around the same time. He was killed in action at Pilckem Ridge, near Ypres, on July 31st the following year, whilst manning a machine gun on the Guards’ right flank. (Dulwich College) Active   This image of Sydney Smith appeared in the Tatler On This Day 31 July 1897 Sidney R. J. Smith (1858–1913) was a Late Victorian English architect, best known for the work he undertook in the 1880s and 1890s for the philanthropist Henry Tate including the original Tate Gallery at Millbank. His works includes:
    On This Day 30 July 1938 this picture of Mitcham Lane Baptist Church, Streatham was taken
(Graham Willson)  On This Day 29 July 1962 1890 the statistician Ronald Fisher died Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher FRS (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962), who published as R. A. Fisher, was a British statistician and geneticist. He lived at 56 Kempshott Road, Streatham. Ronald Fisher FRS, born, was "a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science". He also brought together the work of Mendel and Darwin and has been called "the greatest of Darwin’s successors" ( Source Royal Society) Fisher was born in East Finchley in London, England, into a middle class household; his father, George, was a successful partner in Robinson & Fisher, auctioneers and fine art dealers. He was one of twins with the other being still-born and grew up the youngest with three sisters and one brother. From 1896 until 1904 they lived at Inverforth House in London, where English Heritage installed a blue plaque in 2002, before moving to 56 Kempshott Rd, Streatham. His mother, Kate, died from acute peritonitis when he was 14, and his father lost his business 18 months later. He married Eileen Guinness, with whom he had two sons and six daughters. His marriage disintegrated during World War II, and his oldest son George, an aviator, was killed in combat. His daughter Joan, who wrote a biography of her father, married the noted statistician George E. P. Box (Second image © the artist's estate. Photo credit: Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge)   eWalter Hedgcock died 28 July 1932 Resident of 198 Barcombe Ave and Streatham Manor in Leigham Avenue. He was the Musical Director at the Crystal Palac Buried at West Norwood Cemetery  |
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