Best known for her roles as Wendy Darling in Peter Pan (2003), Corrie McKenzie in Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010), and Sibyl Vane in Dorian Gray (2009)
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Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood, an English actress and model was born on this day 17 August 1990. A former resident of Wellfield Road she attended St Leonard's School. She is the daughter of Phil Hurd-Wood and Sarah Hurd-Wood.
Best known for her roles as Wendy Darling in Peter Pan (2003), Corrie McKenzie in Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010), and Sibyl Vane in Dorian Gray (2009)
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On This Day 16 August 1928 Sheila Lerwill was born. She lived in Streatham Vale (75 Glenister Park Road)
Sheila Lerwill is a British athlete who competed mainly in the high jump and also an International netball player for England. She competed for GB in the high jump at the 1952 summer Olympics in Helsinki where she won a silver medal On This Day 16 August 1914 Ross Parker was born
English pianist, composer, lyricist and actor. He is best known for co-writing the songs "We'll Meet Again" and "There'll Always Be an England", famously sung by Dame Vera Lyn. Ross Parker lived at 76 The High in Streatham High Road. John Brown writes that Ross Parker was also responsible for writing "I won't Tell a Soul", "Blue Skies are around the Corner' and 'It began in Eden". Another of his hits was the song "Girl in the Alice Blue Gown" which was inspired by the time he saw his wife in a blue dress.In 1956 Ross wrote Dame Shirley Bassey's first single "Burn my Candle". In the 1950s Ross wrote songs for the Crazy Gang, a number of members of the group lived in Streatham Walter Crane was born On This Day 15 August 1845,. An English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most influential, and among the most prolific, children's book creators of his generation
He designed the graphic window in Christ Church, Streatham, installed in 1891: The Widow of Nain. Jesus said "Weep Not" James Edgar Leach VC died 15 August 1958. A British Army officer and English recipient of the Victoria Cross.
James Leach lived at 102 Norfolk House Road, Streatham and his son is registered as being born at 118 Norfolk House Road on 1 June 1918 Leach was 22 years old, and a Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, in France during the First World War. The 2nd Manchesters formed part of 5 Division, which had crossed the Béthune–La Bassée canal and then came under heavy attack. On 29 October 1914, near Festubert, the following deed took place for which Leach and Sergeant John Hogan were awarded the VC. The citation reads: For conspicuous bravery near Festubert on 29 October, when, after their trench had been taken by the Germans, and after two attempts at recapture had failed, they voluntarily decided on the afternoon of the same day to recover the trench themselves, and, working from traverse to traverse at close quarters with great bravery, they gradually succeeded in regaining possession, killing eight of the enemy, wounding two, and making sixteen prisoners. Leach later achieved the rank of Captain. After the war, he served in the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary. His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum, London . Further details: https://www.tameside.gov.uk/.../Life-of-the-Month-James... https://redrosecollections.lancashire.gov.uk/view-item... John Peter Labouchere was born On This Day 14 August 1799, the younger son of Pierre César Labouchere (1772-1839), a Hugenot banker who was a partner in the Amsterdam firm Hope & Co, and his wife Dorothy Elizabeth Baring, daughter of the London banker Sir Francis Baring.
John Peter Labouchere (1799-1863) was a partner in Williams, Deacon, Labouchere & Co from 1826 until his death in 1863. He lived at Bedford Hill House, Streatham (now Balham) with his 4 daughters, mother and 14 servants (Census 1841) The house was between Ritherdon and Veronica Roads in Balham At some point before 1831 John Peter Labouchere married Mary Louisa Du Pré, second daughter of the Hugenot James Du Pré of Wilton Park, Buckinghamshire. They had six daughters and three sons together. Their eldest son, Henry du Pré Labouchere (1831-1912), went on to become an MP and journalist, owner of the periodical Truth, and a man described by Queen Victoria as ‘that horrible lying Labouchere’. The family lived at Broome Hall in Capel near Dorking, Surrey. (RBS Heritage Hub) Image: Henry Labouchere, Baron Taunton; John Labouchere by Charles Wentworth Wass, after Sir Thomas Lawrence stipple engraving, (1811) (National Portrait Gallery D40823) On This Day 14th August 1835 Tom King was born
Thomas King (Retired) is recorded in the 1881 census at "Cedars" in Streatham, with his wife Jane, and daughter Emily with three servants. Also known as "The Fighting Sailor" was an English boxer who fought both bare-knuckle and with gloves. Strong, fast, and durable he was a skilled pugilist. One of his quirkier pre-fight rituals was to drink a tot of gin before every bout. He retired from the ring in 1863, as the Heavyweight Champion of England, following his defeat of the boxer Jem Mace. In retirement he became a successful bookmaker, and married the daughter of a wealthy shipping magnate and acquired great wealth. He died in October 1888 at his home Clarence House, Clapham, London aged 53. He is buried at West Norwood Cemetery, London. Five Miles from Hyde Park Corner. The Tatler On This Day 13 August 1930
Hay Harvesting in the grounds of Sir Herbert Parsons at Streatham Common and it might be in the depths of the country Image © Illustrated London News Group On This Day 13 August 1883 Suffragette Leonora Tyson was born. The family lived at 37 Drewstead Road and both Leonora's sister, Diana and mother Helen were also suffragettes
Leonora joined the Women’s Social and Political Union with her mother Helen and sister Diana in 1908. The following year Leonora became Honorary Secretary of the Streatham branch of the WSPU and in 1910, Organising Secretary of the Lambeth branch. As well as attending weekly meetings on Streatham Common, Leonora was an effective fundraiser for the campaign, organising Streatham's contribution to the Women's Exhibition of 1909. Leonora also edited the Anti-Suffrage Alphabet by Laurence Housman. Advertised in 'Votes for Women' on 15 December 1911, it was marketed as a suitable gift for Suffragette supporters. Leonora received book orders at her home address in Streatham, where she printed each edition by hand. In 1911, Suffragettes boycotted the national census, refusing to register their names: “If women do not count, neither shall they be counted.” Leonora took part in the boycott by spending census night, along with other Suffragettes, at her local WSPU branch shop at 5 Shrubbery Road, Streatham. Leonora was bilingual, her father being German. In October 1911 she represented the WSPU at the Women's Congress in Hamburg. The following year she returned to Germany for a speaking tour on female suffrage. In March 1912, Leonora served her only prison sentence for militancy. Sentenced to two months hard labour for breaking windows at Government Offices, she went on hunger strike and was force-fed. From her prison letters in the Museum of London, Leonora indicates that she went on hunger strike from Sunday 14 April at 4pm, and was first force-fed on Wednesday 17 April at 5pm. Leonora was released from prison on 8 May 1912. On 10 May, along with three fellow released Suffragettes, she attended a Prisoners’ Reception at Streatham Town Hall, organised by the Streatham WSPU branch, where she was presented with a specially commissioned medal of valour. (Source Museum of London) Jonas Hanway was born 12 August 1712 . A British philanthropist. He was the first male Londoner to carry an umbrella and was a noted opponent of tea drinking.
He was a founder of the Magdalen Hospital which moved to Drewstead Road |
AuthorMark Bery, Secretary Streatham Society Archives
March 2024
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