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Founder of the Streatham Art Society- Soloman Van Abbe

28/2/2021

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Saloman van Abbe died On This Day 28th Feb 1955. Resident of Thornton and Moyser Roads Streatham. He was the Founder member of The Streatham Art Society

He was born in Amsterdam, as Salomon Van Abbe, on 31 July 1883, the second son of Maurice Van Abbe (1859-1919), a diamond cutter, and his French-born wife Rachel, née Rose (1859-1952).

His earliest-recorded work appeared on the cover of the Amalgamated Press’s The Club Room Magazine in November 1913. In 1914, he contributed to The Strand Magazine and Pearson’s Magazine, and he went on to contribute to many more periodicals until shortly before his death

In 1920, when he was living at 27 Moyser Road, Streatham, he exhibited two works at the Royal Academy.

As a book illustrator, his earliest-known work appeared in Hodder & Stoughton’s The Queen’s Gift Book in 1915. His main body of illustrative work appeared between 1943 and 1955, when he worked with a number of publishers including Blackie & Son (illustrating two books by Percy F. Westerman), Hollis & Carter, the Odhams Press, J.M. Dent & Sons, and William Collins. He was particularly well-known for his illustrations for re-issues of classic children’s novels such as Treasure Island, Little Women and Tom Brown’s Schooldays, published by J.M. Dent & Sons. In 1950 he produced the dustjacket and a coloured frontispiece for Anthony Buckeridge’s Jennings Goes to School, and he went on to do the same for a further four of the next five “Jennings” books, ending with According to Jennings in 1954.

Throughout his career Salomon lived at a variety of addresses. In the late 1920s and early 1930s he lived at 19 Thornton Avenue, Streatham Hill

One his last commissions was from Associated British Pathe in 1953 - a watercolour painting of the Coronation.
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(Source Robert J. Kirkpatrick)
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Jeannette Altwegg at Streatham Ice Rink

27/2/2021

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This appeared in the Sketch 27 February 1952
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Jeannette Altwegg practicing at Streatham Ice Rink. Secured a gold at the winter Olympics.
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Julia Neuberger- South London Liberal Synangogue-Streatham

27/2/2021

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Julia Babette Sarah Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger,DBE (née Schwab was born On This Day 27 February 1950)

She was Rabbi of the South London Liberal Synagogue in Prentis Road, Streatham from 1977 to 1989 
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Small Faces at the Silver Blades Ice Rink Streatham On This Day 26 February 1967

25/2/2021

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Opening of Streatham Ice Rink- 90 year anniversary

25/2/2021

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90 Years ago today
Streatham Ice Rink, Streatham High Road. The opening ceremony on 26th February 1931 by the Mayor of Wandsworth, Lt.Col.A.Bellamy, and the MP for Streatham, Sir William Lane-Mitchell. ( Landmark Lambeth)
Newspaper clip from the Norwood News 1931 Image © Trinity Mirror. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
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Click here for the link to the Ice rink 


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Happy Birthday Naga Munchetty

24/2/2021

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On This Day 25 February 1975 Subha Nagalakshmi Munchetty-Chendriah was born
A British Indian television presenter and journalist.
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Munchetty was born and raised in Streatham and attended Graveney School.
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Our #ThrowbackThursday takes us back to 1860- map of Streatham north of St Leonard's church

24/2/2021

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Charles Frederick Peace executed 25 February 1879

24/2/2021

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On This Day 25 February 1879 the burglar and murderer Charles (Charlie) Frederick Peace was executed
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Until Jack the Ripper he was the most infamous criminal in Victorian times and a known burglar in the Streatham area
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MP and  Gin Distiller Stanley Vickers

24/2/2021

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On This Day 24 February 1872 Stanley Vickers died. He was an MP and a Distiller. His father John Vickers, co-owner of a Vickers Gin and the family lived at Hill House Streatham Common North

Stanley Vickers (31 October 1837 – 24 February 1872) was an English distiller and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons

He was educated at King's College School. and became a distiller and merchant. He was managing partner and half proprietor of J. and J. Vickers and Co. distillery. He was a captain commanding the 5th Kent Artillery Volunteers

At the 1868 general election Vickers was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallingford. He held the seat until his death aged 34 in 1872.
Vickers married Mary Ianthe Dunbar, daughter of William Dunbar, merchant of Aberdeen and London.
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Streatham Worthy Sir Joshua Reynolds

23/2/2021

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On This Day 23 February 1792 Sir Joshua Reynolds died

Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA FRS FRSA (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter, specialising in portraits.

He was noted for his paintings of the "Streatham Worthies"- a collective description for the circle of literary and cultural figures around the wealthy brewer Henry Thrale and his wife Hester.
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Sir Joshua was also a Streatham Worthy
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