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What a sad sight to see the void left where AK garage once stood. Seen from the top deck of Arriva DLA 183 at the temporary bus stand behind the old Ice Rink.
Nice weather on this day. A man presents himself into field-of-view, providing a cool gesture for the camera in an otherwise busy street scene on Streatham High Road, south west London.
View of Streatham Hill looking south towards Croydon with the Gaumont Palace to the right. The cinema opened in 1932. (Collection)
Southern Class 377 unit No. 377307 departs Streatham Common at the rear of the 2J18 09:50 East Croydon to London Bridge service
Streatham bus station 02/08/15 with Arriva London DW25 on route 60 towards Old Coulsdon and E87 on route 133 and DW249 on route 159 towards Lambeth North .
A refurbished pub near the Common. It was listed as a brewpub in the 1989 Good Beer Guide. Renamed as The Rabbit Hole in 2017, then closed in 2024.
Address: 151-153 Greyhound Lane.
Former Name(s): The Greyhound Brewery; The Greyhound Hotel; The Greyhound.
Owner: Barclay Perkins (former).
Links:
London Pubology (The Rabbit Hole)
Streatham Cemetery is a large cemetery with a notable number of interesting and historic monuments to find in the large area it's spread over. A good way to spend an hour or two as part of a day exploring here and several other cemeteries in the area.
Striking pub at the top of Brixton Hill, where it becomes Streatham. As of 2019, it's no longer run by Wetherspoons. (It was in the 1992/93 Good Beer Guide as JJ Moon's.)
Address: 2a Streatham Hill.
Former Name(s): JJ Moon's.
Owner: JD Wetherspoon (former); Truman Hanbury Buxton (former).
Links:
Pubs History (history)
Arriva London VLA's 149 and 155 on route 159 towards Marble Arch are seen waiting at Streatham bus station 30/03/15.
The Safeway supermarket chain was bought by Morrisons in 2005. Many stores were rebranded as Morrisons or were sold to rival supermarket chains such as Somerfield. The store in Streatham, which is extremely close to the railway station, closed in early 2006 and the site has been derelict ever since. There are plans to develop the site but what they entail is unclear.
A cropped version of this photo once featured in the Guess Where UK Group. Hence the comments. The original posting is here.
This landmark Grade I listed building on the South Circular Road was designed by James Wild and Owen Jones. Its modern appearance belies its age – it was completed in 1841! The building's style stands in sharp contrast to the classical style of the early 19th century and the English Gothic revival popular later in that century. In fact it's thought that, after architects had exhausted those two styles, they turned for inspiration to a simpler style most notably exemplified by Christ Church, Streatham.
There are (at least) two other unusual things about the church. The first is the prominent Star of David above the entrance. Nobody knows why it's there but, apparently, the symbol was not so strongly associated with the Jewish faith at the time the church was built. The second novel aspect is the incorporation of bricks of contrasting colours. This feature was down to Owen and was widely used later in the 19th century in more ornate buildings by architects such as Alfred Waterhouse and George Gilbert Scott.
It was Wild who was was chiefly responsible for the structure of the church. He had travelled widely in Europe during his formative period and had seen many examples of Romanesque, Byzantine and Islamic architecture, including the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain. He must surely also have visited the Basilica of St Zeno in Verona – see the first comment below.
For more about the church, visit its website at www.christchurchstreatham.org.uk and the Southwark Diocese website at www.southwark.anglican.org/thebridge/0009/page02.htm. Note the rounded apse – more associated in my mind with Roman Catholic churches. Father Steven Tricklebank replaced Father Chris Ivory as parish priest about ten years ago and (as at August 2012) is still in post.
There's more about Wild and Jones in Empire building: Orientalism and Victorian Architecture by Mark Crinson starting at page 97.
Robert Cutts
This is the view from Streatham Ice-Rink showing in the far left Streatham bus garage (Go Cart track) & in the foreground the space where the church hall stood, this complete area including the ice rink is to be redeveloped as part of the Streatham hub development including a Tesco superstore.
How this are will cope with the influx of even more cars is a mystery to me as is already congested most days from morning till night.
Sainsbury's have a large superstore just 3 mins walk from this site, so why does the area need yet another Supermarket is beyond me.
November 2011.
RM2217 emerges from Brixton Garage to take up another duty on the 137 while enthusiasts get another photo.
Streatham TARDIS, painted by Emma Harrison based on a design by Beep Studio, in honour of Peter Davison who was born in Streatham in 1951.
Click here to view my Doctor Who collection
Network Southeast carriage cleaning fluid unit Class 931 No. 062 'The Sprinkler' stands on display at the Streatham Hill Depot Gala Day.
This unit was formed of coaches from former 2-EPB Class 416 units Nos. 6283 and 6290.
Opposite Streatham Common, the War Memorial commemorates those who lost their lives in the World Wars, with a soldier statue on top.
This landmark Grade I listed building on the South Circular Road was designed by James Wild and Owen Jones. Its modern appearance belies its age – it was completed in 1841! The building's style stands in sharp contrast to the classical style of the early 19th century and the English Gothic revival popular later in that century. In fact it's thought that , after architects had exhausted those two styles, they turned for inspiration to a simpler style most notably exemplified by Christ Church, Streatham.
There are (at least) two other unusual things about the church. The first is the prominent Star of David above the entrance. Nobody knows why it's there but, apparently, the symbol was not so strongly associated with the Jewish faith at the time the church was built. The second novel aspect is the incorporation of bricks of contrasting colours. This feature was down to Owen and was widely used later in the century by architects such as Alfred Waterhouse and George Gilbert Scott.
It was Wild who was was chiefly responsible for the structure of the church. He had travelled widely in Europe during his formative period and had seen many examples of Romanesque, Byzantine and Islamic architecture, including the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain. Surely he must also have visited the Basilica of St Zeno in Verona – see the first comment below.
For more about the church, visit its website at www.christchurchstreatham.org.uk and the Southwark Diocese website at www.southwark.anglican.org/thebridge/0009/page02.htm. Note the rounded apse – more associated in my mind with Roman Catholic churches. Note also that the webpage dates from 2000. Since then Father Steven Tricklebank has replaced Chris Ivory as parish priest.
There's more about Wild and Jones in Empire building: Orientalism and Victorian Architecture by Mark Crinson starting at page 97.
Robert Cutts