On This Day 21 November 1958 Jane Jackson, a Madame Tussaud's sculptor who had her studio in Telford Ave appeared in the papers
Her model Streatham MP Duncan Sandys
Her model Streatham MP Duncan Sandys
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 Streatham Football Club dinner at the Criterion Restaurant On This Day 21 November 1904
(Streatham and Croydon Rugby Football Club on Instagram)  Timothy James Harvey was born #OTD 20 November 1961
A British racing driver, best known for being the 1992 British Touring Car Champion, and the 2008 and 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain champion. Tim lived at 66 Woodbourne Ave. #StreathamHistory  Richard Shaw was born on this day 19 November 1920. An English actor who lived in Palace Road and remembered for appearing in Quartermass and Dr Who He appeared at the Streatham Hill Theatre in South Pacific in 1955   On This Day 19th November 1953 Dr Edgar Stanley Roper of 41 Thornton Road, Streatham died Edgar Roper was Principal of Trinity College of Music and organist at Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and other Royal Chapels Image Aberdeen Evening Express Image © D.C.Thomson & Co. Ltd. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD and the Sphere 20 April 1929 Image © Illustrated London News Group   Streatham's new star in the papers On This Day 18 November 1935 Charles Herbert Smith, a New Zealand rugby player who joined Streatham and Mitcham.   The Architect Richard Norman Shaw died On This Day 17 November 1912. One of his projects was 'Compton" in Pendennis Road in 1873 which still stands Richard Norman Shaw RA (7 May 1831 – 17 November 1912), sometimes known as Norman Shaw, was a British architect who worked from the 1870s to the 1900s, known for his country houses and for commercial buildings. He is considered to be among the greatest of British architects; his influence on architectural style was strongest in the 1880s and 1890s 'Compton' was owned from 1947-63 by Basil Greenfield, who was the owner of the New Croydon Rubber Company, 36 Mitcham Lane. The house was damaged in World War II and subsequently remodelled.Digital image of watercolour by kind permission of the artist, Barry Dustin, nephew of Mr Greenfield Prior to this "Compton" 5 Pendennis Road was occupied by Albert H Sytner (1863-) a South African Export Merchant with his wife Fannie, daughter May and Stepchildren Dollie and Sydney Stern.( Source: 1911 Census)   Evacuees From St Leonard’s School Streatham Billeted At Knepp Castle Sussex - Norwood News On This Day 17 November 1939
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