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Wilson Barrett died On This Day 22 July 1904. A resident in Angles Road
Born William Henry Barrett an English manager, actor, and playwright. With his company, Barrett is credited with attracting the largest crowds of English theatregoers ever because of his success with melodrama, an instance being his production of The Silver King (1882) at the Princess's Theatre of London. The historical tragedy The Sign of the Cross (1895) was Barrett's most successful play, both in England and in the United States. (Wilson Barrett (William Henry Barrett Image by Alexander Bassano 1882 NPG x96386 © National Portrait Gallery, London) On This Day 21st July 1863 the actor Charles Aubrey Smith was born
Charles Aubrey - Smith (Actor and Cricketer) scoring 59 runs n/o for the Thespians at Streatham 1902 (Colin Hutton) (NPG x185335 ©National Portrait Gallery) Chris Svensson died on this day 21 July 2018. A former resident of The High.
Svensson’s long, impactful career with Ford resulted in designs ranging from the 1996 Ford Ka city car, which looked uncannily like the designer’s final-year thesis project at the Royal College of Art, to the 2017 Ford GT supercar, the development of which Svensson oversaw while serving as Ford’s Design Director of the Americas. He graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1992 with a Masters in Automotive Design, after earning his Bachelors in Automotive Design from Coventry University. After his graduation from RCA in 1992, Svensson was hired on at Ford’s Cologne, Germany design center, and he went on to work for Ford in England, Australia, and the United States. He was appointed to his most recent role – Global Design Director of SUVs, Trucks, and Commercial Vehicles in 2017 Thanks Brian Storey and text from Ford Rabies on Tooting Bec Common
John W Brown writes about rabies on Tooting Bec Common (the manor of Streatham and Tooting Bec) In 1780 an outbreak of rabies generated much concern, especially the possibilty that diseased dogs could run wild on the common. To prevent this the Streatham vestry ordered On This Day 20th July that the parish beadle "do immediately give notice by common crying in ye most publik places of y parish that if any dog be found at large in ye said parish within one month from ye date herof, he will be immediately destroyed" The Beadle was to receive a reward of 2s 6d for every dog he destroyed and the parish indemnified him against lawsuit that may be made against him by the owners of the dogs he killed The book is available to purchase https://www.streathamsociety.org.uk/histories.html Novel writer and poet Jean Ingelow died On This Day 20th July 1897.
She was born in 1820 in Lincolnshire, the daughter of a local banker, her mother originally from Scotland. Brought up initially in Boston, the family moved during her childhood to Ipswich before finally settling in London where Ingelow would spend most of the rest of her life. In London she lived in Kensington but is also recorded at Streatham Place. Her work was influenced by the likes of Wordsworth and, of course, Tennyson- her lifelong friend and the verses show a range of dramatic insights that were often lacking in some of her contemporaries. The collection even made it across the pond to America where it reputedly sold over 200,000 copies in a very short time. (MyPoeticside) Major General Anderson inspecting the 5th County of London Cadet Battalion On This Day 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, 1945. Lambeth Archives : Streatham Antiquarian Society. Brigadier Sir Geoffrey Sylvester Peren died On This Day 19 July 1980.
He was born in Streatham in 1892 at Hitherfield Road and was baptised at St Peter's Leigham Court Road An agricultural scientist, university professor, and agricultural college principal, as well as a soldier in the two world wars, serving in the Canadian, British, and New Zealand armies. He was knighted in 1959 for services to agriculture and as head of Massey Agricultural College NZ Samuel Sutton Rawlinson a silk merchant died On This Day 18 July 1880
He lived at Tudor Cottage, Kings Road. Image window at St Peter's Streatham in memory of Samuel and his wife Anne. (St Peter's Streatham) |
AuthorMark Bery, Secretary Streatham Society Archives
March 2024
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