​On This Day 1 May 1872 George Doland was born
Lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Doland OBE MP JP (1 May 1872 – 26 November 1946) was a British businessman and Conservative politician.
A resident of Walmer Court, Aldrington Road Streatham and later "Jerviston House", Streatham- a 23 bedroom mansion which sat in 2 and half acres
Doland was a merchant tailor, who established a chain of shops in south-west London. In 1912 he entered local politics, when he was elected as a Municipal Reform Party member of Wandsworth Council for Balham ward.
He served on Wandsworth council for more than a quarter of a century, and was mayor of the borough in 1928-29 and 1933-34. In 1934 he was elected to the London County Council as a Municipal Reform councillor for Balham and Tooting, and retained the seat in 1937. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant for the County of London in 1938.
In June 1936, Sir Alfred Butt, the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Balham and Tooting resigned following a scandal concerning the leak of details of the budget. Doland was elected member of the Commons for nine years. Elections were cancelled on the outbreak of World War II
He died in November 1946, aged 74, from complications following a medical operation. He was cremated at Putney Vale Cemetery
Portrait Norwood News 03 March 1939
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On This Day 30 April 1963 Glyn Peter Hodges was born
A Welsh footballer and manager who was born and raised in Streatham
During his playing career he played for Wimbledon, Newcastle United, Watford, Crystal Palace, Sheffield United, Derby County, Hull City, Nottingham Forest and Scarborough. He also played 18 times for the Welsh national side, scoring twice.
Hodges started his playing career with Wimbledon and made more than 200 appearances for the Crazy Gang during seven years at the club

Plane Crash in Streatham On This Date 29 April 1917
Frank Nelham Clark's plane crashed in Leigham Court Road, Streatham on 29th April 1917 and he was killed.
He clipped some trees and the chimney of his parents house as he was flying low trying to find somewhere to land. The family lived at the "Knowle" which had a 1 acre garden so it was possible he was trying to land in the garden
He was born in Streatham (family lived at "Guestling", Thornlaw Road,) and he is buried at West Norwood Cemetery in a CWGC plot.

​On This Day 28 April 1840 the painter and and writer John Southward was born, the son of Jackson Southward, printer, of Liverpool. He is recorded living at 153 Gleneagle Road in 1901
Southward became recognized as the leading authority on the history and processes of printing. His Dictionary of Typography and its Accessory Arts, after being issued as monthly supplements to the Printers' Register, was published as a book in 1872
Southward also published Authorship and Publication, a technical guide for authors, in 1881, and Artistic Printing: a Supplement to Practical Printing
Southward was active in philanthropic work and in 1888 founded, and for a short time edited, a monthly paper called Charity. During his later years he lived at Streatham, and died at St Thomas's Hospital, London, after an operation, on 9 July 1902. He was buried in Norwood cemetery.

Cromwell Stores on Danbrook Road, #Streatham c1910 with a Mann, Crossman & Paulin's Brewers van outside. #Lambeth @markbery31

(Lambeth Archives on Twitter)

​On this Day 27 April 1908 the 1908 Olympics started in London at Shepherds Bush (later called White City)
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Joe Deakin (6 February 1879 – 30 June 1972) was born in Stoke on Trent and as a young man he lived at Chaucer Road, Herne Hill.


Joe Deakin won a Gold Medal for the 3 Miles team race and lived with his daughter and family at 21 Hitherfield Road, Streatham in his later years

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(Kevin Kelly- Streatham Society. Kevin Kelly in the picture below from 1969 with Joe Deakin - both of the Herne Hill Harriers)

The actor Jack Douglas was born on this day 26 April 1927
He was born Jack Roberton in Newcastle upon Tyne. Part of his childhood was spent in Streatham and he attended St Joseph's college, Beulah Hil.
His stage successes, spread over many years, included tours of Alan Bennett's Habeas Corpus and Michael Frayn's Make and Break (1980). On TV, he was in the film of The Shillingbury Blowers, which became the series The Shillingbury Tales and was followed by a spin-off, Cluffy, in which he co-starred with Bernard Cribbins. He also appeared in the 1983 film The Boys in Blue, in which village policemen foiled international art thieves.
(Source: The Guardian 19 December 2008)

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On This Day 25 April CB (Charles Burgess) Fry was born in Croydon. The family lived at 24 Montrell Road, Streatham and CB Fry played for Streatham Cricket Club and Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire

He represented England at Football and Cricket and played in an FA Cup final. He also held the world record for the long jump
He also made appearances for Blackheath and the Barbarians in Rugby
His brother Walter Burgess Fry attended Dulwich College and the family address given as 24 Montrell Road, Streatham Hill. Walter studied medicine at St Thomas' and died during WW1 from illness.
Stephen Fry the comedian is a relative

​On This Day 24th April 2007 the Post office in the High Road junction with Woodbourne Ave closed
Built in 1910 previously a telephone exchange, a fine example of neo-Georgian building of red brick with stone dressings. The windows facing the High Road have stone surrounds and pronounced keystones, and there is also a gable.
It is within the Streatham High Road and Streatham Hill Conservation Area.
Today the ground floor is a branch of Barclays Bank