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 Chris Svensson died On This Day 21 July 2018 aged 53. He was a former resident "The High"
Christopher Svensson (1965 – 21 July 2018) was a British automobile designer, notable for innovative Ford cars of the 1990s (Streatham-resident Brian Storey)
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 On This Day 20th July 1953 "A Woman of No Importance" was on at the Streatham Hill Theatre starring Athene Seyler   Our very grateful thanks to Barbara Wright for the wonderful talk yesterday evening: London: "Rus in Urbe" Bringing the Countryside to the City.
A recording is available on our YouTube channel youtu.be/NYqzMEDQYcE  Notice advertising a suffragette demonstration to be held at Streatham Common on July 20th, 1912. Miss Pankhurst was unable to attend the event in person, however, other important members of the suffragette movement were there, including Leonora Tyson, who lived in Drewstead Road, Streatham, and was secretary of the Streatham branch of the WSPU at the time  "Mrs Godfrey Tearle at the Streatham Hill Theatre in "The Flashing Stream" in the Bystander On This Day 19 July 1939. Her maiden name is Barbara Palmer a RADA trained actor who was the daughter of the chairman of Huntley and Palmer. Image © Illustrated London News Group The production was also advertised in the Norwood News with a picture of Godfrey Tearle Image © Reach PLC. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.   Major General Anderson inspecting the 5th County of London Cadet Battalion on 19th July 1942. The new Streatham Company of the Army Cadet Force was started in March 1942 and grew rapidly. The cadets were given training in drill, rifle and automatic weapons, map reading and field intelligence. Photograph from 'To, For , and About You - The People of Streatham', published by St.Leonard's Church, Streatham
 Photo taken On This Day 18th July 2009 Clinton House, No. 1 Palace Road, Streatham Hill, the former childhood home of the author Dennis Wheatley. The Queen Anne Revival house is photographed here dilapidated and boarded-up, awaiting demolition for redevelopment. Digital image dated 18th July 2009 (Lambeth Archives)  On this day Friday 18th July 1919 around 7,000 Streatham school children gathered on Tooting Bec Common for a "Great Peace Fete" to celebrate the official end of the First World War. The children were presented with the Streatham Peace Medal, suspended on a red white and blue ribbon, as a memento of the occasion. The children then sang the National Anthem accompanied by the local Fire Brigade band, and there were sports and entertainments including Punch and Judy; a musical clown; a conjurer, a ventriloquist, a picnic lunch and numerous other attractions. The Fete concluded with a prize-giving and three cheers for Streatham's MP, Mr William Lane Mitchell, who had generously donated the Peace medals the children were all proudly wearing. (John W Brown for Heart Streatham)    On This Day 17 July 1952 the Queen Mother visited Mrs Lena Anderson's pre-fab at the junction of Sternhold Avenue and Thornton Road (the site subsequently redeveloped as Goodman Crescent by a housing association in the 1970s)
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