A television presenter and journalist.
Born and raised in Streatham she attended Graveney School.
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Happy Birthday to Naga Manchetty (Subha Nagalakshmi Munchetty-Chendriah) born On This Day 25th February 1975
A television presenter and journalist. Born and raised in Streatham she attended Graveney School.
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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 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. The ballet Phantasmagoria at the Streatham Ice Rink. Streatham News On This Day 24th February 193324/2/2024 On This Day 23 February 1792 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. Between 1772 and 1781 a set of 13 portraits were painted which were hung in the newly constructed library in Streatham. Sir Joshua Reynolds self portrait, Oil on canvas - Collection of the Tate. Wally Bruton was born On This Day 23 February 1923
Many thanks to Gary Bruton for information about his dad, Wally, who was floor manager and instructor at Streatham Ice Rink. In 1947-8 my dad was ‘Floor Manager & Instructor’ at Streatham ice rink. Group picture- he's with all the instruction staff (6th from the right) in September 1948. Ice hockey was fairly big in those days. The presence of large numbers of players and fans among wartime and post-war allied troops, especially Canadians, had really lifted the game. It’s played in 3 periods of 20 minutes, and entertainments would be laid on between periods. Here my dad’s taking part in a comedy sketch dressed as a copper, with colleagues dressed as Prince Monolulu and a spiv. On This Day 22 February 1935 this article appeared in the Norwood News- AGM and presentation of cups and prizes of the Streatham Golf Club at St Mary's Church Balham
The Streatham Golf Club played on Tooting Bec Common. Source: Golf's Missing Links and Kevin Kelly The theatrical agent Keith Salberg died On This Day 22 February 2017. A resident of 34 Telford Ave.
According to the Stage the "Salberg" name is almost as famous as another Streatham family- the "Grades" He left school in 1948 and worked at the King's Theatre Gainsborough "I used to check the returns in the morning, work in the box office, played small parts and helped with the costumes" He set-up Keith Salberg Vauderville Enterprises at 13 Gerrard Street. " I used to book people people such as Ella Shields and groups such as The Four Ramblers with Val Doonican" He joined Geraldo Agency and the Bunny Baron Organisation before setting-up his own business in Oxford Street. He did one-nighters with Reg Dixon, Tommy Trinder, Leslie Welch, Ben Warris and Adelaide Hall. (Source The Stage) #ThrowbackThursday takes us back to 1933
View of a busy Streatham High Road looking north from a roof-top at the junction with Mitcham Lane c1933. The front entrance to Barclay's Bank at the corner of Gleneldon Road is seen on the right. The building was built in 1893 for the London & South Western Bank.(Lambeth Archives) On This Day 21 February 1913 the Streatham suffragette, Leonora Tyson, is reported to be in a lively debate at Streatham Town Hall.
(She) repudiated the suggestion that a man was better qualified to have a vote and asserted that women did not demand the vote because they wanted to govern men---but in order to co-operate with the men on a footing of equality. Leonora Tyson lived in Drewstead Road Source: "No Stone Unturned" The Story of Leonora Tyson. A Streatham Suffragette by Anne Ward. St Leonard's Choir in Pageant.
Members of the choir of St Leonard's church performing 'The Coming of the Monks to Tooting Bec' at the first Streatham Pageant on 21st & 22nd February 1936. |
AuthorMark Bery, Secretary Streatham Society Archives
March 2024
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