On This Day 11 January 1885 Thomas Cave-Browne-Cave was born
Wing Commander Thomas Reginald Cave-Browne-Cave (1885-1969), 21 Streatham Common North, The "Burnage"

1885 January 11th. Born the son of Sir Thomas Cave-Browne-Cave and his wife Blanche Matilda Mary Ann Milton
1901-13 Dulwich College. Engr. Officer, R.N.
1913 Transferred to Naval Wing R.N.A.S. and to R.A.F. on formation.
1914-20 Airship research, Admiralty and Air Ministry
1918 Married to Marjorie Gwynne Wright
1920 Presented a paper at the British Association meeting on airships
1931-50 Professor of Engineering at Southampton University
1969 Married(2) to Elsie May Ricks
1969 November 26th. Died

• Member, Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and Aeronautical Research Committee; retired 1931.
• Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society Member of Council, I.Mech.E.
• Formerly Lecturer on Airships, Imperial College of Sc. Chairman, Technical Committee, Noise Abatement League.
• Author of lectures and papers to the I.Mech.E Royal Aeronautical Soc., I.Automobile E.. the Airship Section of the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" on Airships, C.I. Engines and Cooling, Silencers and other noise reduction problems, Air Raid Precautions.

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1970 Obituary 
Wing-Commander Thomas Reginald Cave-Browne-Cave, CBE, RAF (Fellow), of Basset, Southampton, died recently aged 84.
Wing-Cdr Cave-Browne-Cave received his early training in the Royal Navy, and served as an engineer officer until 1913. In that year he was seconded to the Royal Naval Air Service, later absorbed into the Royal Air Force, and for the next eighteen years devoted himself to the design, construction and operation of aircraft.
He became Professor of Engineering at University College, Southampton in 1931, and the school of engineering grew steadily under his direction. He retired from the post in 1950.
A first-class innovator, he developed a supersonic wind tunnel driven by steam which cost much less than the usual type using compressed air. He also developed a new system of heating and ventilating motor buses, using warm air from behind the radiator.
He contributed a great deal to Institution life, serving on Council and as Chairman of the Southern Branch.
A kind and generous man, Wing-Cdr Cave-Browne-Cave will be deeply missed by his many friends and colleagues. His death is a great loss to this Institution.

On This Day 10 January 1913 this notice of the number 49 extension to Streatham was advertised in the Pall Mall Gazette
London and General Omnibus Co Ltd

On This Day 9th January 1913 Eric Berry was born

Eric George William Berry (9 January 1913 – 2 September 1993) was a British stage and film actor
He lived at 36 Prentis Road Streatham with his wife Anna in the 1950's

Eric Berry was born in London on 9 January 1913 to parents Frederick William Berry and Anna Louisa Danielson. He attended the City of London School and trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Berry was briefly married to actress Constance Carpenter. He died of cancer on 2 September 1993 in Laguna Beach, California
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Eric Berry made his first stage appearance in April 1931 in a production of Spilt Milk at what was then known as the Everyman Theatre, Hampstead. He made his West End theatre debut the following year in a production of The Cathedral at what is now the Noël Coward Theatre, then referred to as the New Theatre. Berry first appeared on Broadway in September 1954 as Percival Browne in a production of The Boy Friend at the Royale Theatre, a production which set a record for the longest-running Broadway production of a British musical. In 1972, Pippin opened at the Imperial Theatre starring Eric Berry as Charles, a part he would perform for the show's six-year Broadway run. Berry performed in a number of other productions on Broadway, including The Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1958, The Great God Brown in 1959, and Gideon in 1961