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Walter Hunt, Streatham Common’s Versatile Sweep - Daily Mirror On This Day 22 May 1905
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Sinclair Frank Ditcham appeared in the Bioscope On This Day 21 May 1925 Became Joint MD of European Motion Pictures. A few years later he became MD of Universal Pictures
Ditcham was a resident of 75 Woodbourne Ave at the time On This Day 21 May 1951 a week long production of Dracula started at the Streatham Hill Theatre starring Bela Lugosi
In 1931, Bela Lugosi became world-famous playing Count Dracula in the now classic film. He became forever linked to his great portrayal, and stereotyped as a movie monster and mad doctor. He would never escape the shadow of Dracula. In 1951, with horror films out of fashion and 68 year-old Lugosi all but out of work, he and his wife Lillian went to England to star in a stage production of Dracula. Their hope was to bring Dracula to London’s West End, in a revival that would propel Lugosi back to stardom. (The Bela Lugosi blog) Garden Fete of the Streatham Depot, Central Hospital Supplies Services, at 45 Leigham Court Road20/5/2023 Garden Fete of the Streatham Depot, Central Hospital Supplies Services, at 45 Leigham Court Road, Streatham.
Canon Salmon, Rector of Streatham, seated at the rear table with the roses. On This Day 20th May 1942 South London Press date On This Day 19th May 1931.
The South Suburban Co-operative Store's women's cricket team from Brixton preparing for a cricket match against the men's team on Tooting Bec Common. Albert William Thomas Hardy known as Bert Hardy was born On This Day 19 May 1913. An English documentary and press photographer who learned his trade working for Streatham's William Davis of Woodbourne and Becmead Avenues at the General Photographic Agency.
Hardy persuaded Davis he could take good photos using a small cameras including a second hand Leica Camera. He earned £5 a week working for Davis. Amongst Bert Hardy's photographs is this one at the Granada Tooting (William Davis Photo courtesy Hannah Andrews) Edward Wates died On This Day 18th May 1944 leaving an estate of £291k.
With his brother Arthur owned E and A Wates in Mitcham Lane Streatham which had 2 further branches in Tooting. In 1897 Edward Wates and his three brothers set up the first Wates Company. During the 1920s and 1930s Edward's sons, Norman, Sir Ronald and Allan, expanded the Company by speculative house building and then extending their activities into general contracting. They built thousands of houses in the area #ThrowbackThursday The “Bandstand” On Streatham Common - Norwood News On This Day 18 May 1934.
(Thanks Angie Boon) The author and journalist Dorothy Miller Richardson was born On This Day 17 May 1873. Author of Pilgrimage she is buried at Streatham Park Cemetery.
A friend of HG Wells they had a brief affair which led to a pregnancy and then miscarriage, in 1907. Wells was married to a former schoolmate of Richardson's. A blue plaque was unveiled, in May 2015, in Woburn Walk, Bloomsbury, where Richardson lived, in 1905 and 1906, opposite WB Yeats. Thanks to Capital Walks in London for bringing her to our attention https://twitter.com/Capital.../status/1646174811578613762... Where to stay in safety in Streatham. Indoor air-raid shelter during the war. The Thrale Hall Hotel in Mitcham Lane.
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AuthorMark Bery, Secretary Streatham Society Archives
March 2024
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