After the First World War Streatham developed as a location for entertainment, with Streatham Hill Theatre ( now a bingo hall ), three cinemas, the Locarno ballroom ( latterly Caesar's nightclub, which closed in 2010 ) and Streatham Ice Rink all adding to its reputation as " the West End of South London ".

The Streatham Hub project involves the demolition of Streatham Ice Arena, Streatham Leisure Centre and the former Streatham Bus Garage, and their replacement with a new leisure centre and a Tesco store with 250 flats above it.

* Streatham Redskins, a British Ice Hockey team

That year, he decided to bring an end to The Divine David character, performing a farewell show at Streatham Ice Arena entitled The Divine David on Ice.

Streatham Leisure Centre had been closed since November 2009 due to health and safety concerns when part of the pool hall ceiling collapsed.

The station's second entrance on the road overbridge serving Streatham Vale which had been closed and abandoned for many years, was rebuilt and reopened in 2007.

Around 1995 the route was changed completely, with a new route to Sutton via Mitcham Junction continuing on a loop to Wimbledon rejoining itself south of Streatham replacing the West Croydon service.

To the east is Lambeth ; on the south are Camberwell and Streatham, on the south-east is Clapham and on the west Wandsworth.

Streatham means " the hamlet on the street ".

In the 1730s, Streatham Park, a Georgian country mansion, was built by the brewer Ralph Thrale on land he bought from the Lord of the Manor-the fourth Duke of Bedford.

One large house that survives is Park Hill, on the north side of Streatham Common, rebuilt in the early 19th century for the Leaf family.

Development accelerated after the opening of Streatham Hill railway station on the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway in 1856.

More recently Sainsbury's opened smaller ' Local ' branches on High Road and on Streatham Hill, near the site of the Streatham's first Sainsbury's store ( opened in 1895 ).

The poll was a catalyst for Lambeth London Borough Council and Transport for London's Street Management to co-operate on a joint funding arrangement for further streetscape improvements, which benefited The Dip between St Leonard's and Streatham station and the stretch north of the Odeon as far as Woodbourne Avenue.

After several years of delay and controversy over phasing, construction started in the autumn of 2011 on the Streatham Hub-a major redevelopment next to Streatham railway station.

* There is an annual kite fair on Streatham Common

The only official English Heritage blue plaque in central Streatham is on the childhood home of composer Arnold Bax in Pendennis Road.

Just within the modern boundaries of Streatham Hill, although historically it was in Norwood, there is also a blue plaque on the house in Lanercost Road where Arthur Mee the writer of Arthur Mee's Children's Encyclopedia lived.

Dennis Wheatley, author, was born in Streatham, and lived for a time on Valley Road.

Actor Hywel Bennett lived in Streatham and attended Sunnyhill Primary School, and comedian and broadcaster Roy Hudd lived for a time on Hoadly Road.

The band spent their advance on constructing a studio in a house in Streatham.

* October 26 – The first televised ice hockey match, Harringay Racers v Streatham Redskins, shown on the BBC.

The hill formed the nucleus of the vast estate in Lambeth and Streatham which Lord Thurlow acquired during the 18th Century, which was broken up for development on his death.

The nearest mainline railway station to the commercial centre of Mitcham is Mitcham Eastfields located between Mitcham Junction and Streatham which opened on 2 June 2008.

I must give another Trait of his Tranquillity on a different Occasion ; he had built great Casks holding 1000 Hogsheads each, & was much pleased with their Profit & Appearance-One Day however he came down to Streatham as usual to dinner & after hearing & talking of a hundred trifles-but I forgot says he to tell you how one of my great Casks is burst & all the Beer run out.

In 1919 the Cub pack from the 4th Streatham Scout Group, met Princess Marie Louise on her visit to Streatham, South London.

Streatham Hill railway station was opened by the West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway on 1 December 1856, originally simply being named Streatham.

He died in Streatham on 4 December 1885 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.

Cynthia Payne ( born 24 December 1932, in Bognor Regis, West Sussex ) is a retired English party hostess who made the headlines in the 1970s and 1980s when she was accused of being a madam and of running her brothel at 32 Ambleside Avenue, in Streatham, in the south-west of London, England.

In August 2011 Streatham was selected as one of the areas to benefit from Round 1 of the Mayor of London's Outer London Fund.

He was Labour Member of Parliament for Streatham, from 1992 to 2010, having announced on 23 May 2007 that he would be standing down as an MP at the next general election.

The village remained largely unchanged until the 18th century, when the village's natural springs, known as Streatham Wells, were first celebrated for their health-giving properties.

Ken Mackintosh, one of the leading dance band leaders of the 1950s and ' 60s, lived for many years at 26 South Side, Streatham Common.

Leila Berg, author and journalist, lived for many years at 25 South Side, Streatham Common.

TV presenter Sarah Beeny has lived in Streatham for many years.

Aleister Crowley, spent his teenage years during the 1880s in Streatham at a house opposite the present ice rink.

" Johnson mostly lived with the Thrales at his country house Streatham Park or brewery home for the next 15 years until Henry's death in 1781.

Zardad was briefly arrested on 10 May 2003 by officers of the Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist branch and bailed only to be re-arrested on 14 July 2003, by which time he was living in Streatham had been running a pizza parlour in Bexleyheath for three years.

The game was played between the London Ravens and the Streatham Olympians and the low turn-out of 8, 000 spectators meant that the Summerbowl was not repeated in subsequent years.

The Fife Flyers, established in 1938, are one of the oldest ice hockey teams in the United Kingdom, being founded 6 years after Streatham Redskins.

The 1918 boundaries of the Streatham constituency remained unchanged until the 1965 changes to Greater London local government were eventually reflected in the constituency boundaries fought at the February 1974 general election.

The constituency was created for the February 1974 election from the seats of Battersea South, Streatham, and Wandsworth Central.