Norwood - Brockwell Park Prior to 1916. And Sarah Brightman.

            The Postcard

A postcard published by Briggs & George of West Norwood bearing a photograph of the bandstand in Brockwell Park.  It looks as though it is fighting a losing battle with the local vegetation.

The card was posted on Monday the 14th. August 1916 to an address in Palmerston Road, Westcliff-on-Sea.

Brockwell Park

Brockwell Park is a 51 hectare (125 acre) park in Herne Hill, and is home to the Lambeth Country Show every July.  

The park commands fine views of The City and of Central London.  

Within the park stands Brockwell Hall, a listed building built between 1811 and 1813 for the glass merchant John Blades Esq.

Sarah Brightman

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Not a lot, but 44 years later to the day, on the 14th. August 1960, Sarah Brightman was born.

Sarah Brightman is an English soprano, actress, musician, songwriter, and dancer.

Brightman has sung in many languages, including English, Spanish, French, Latin, German, Turkish, Italian, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Catalan.

Brightman began her career as a member of the dance troupe Hot Gossip, and released several disco singles as a solo performer. 

In 1981, she made her West End musical theatre debut in Cats and met composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, whom she later married. 

She went on to star in several West End and Broadway musicals, including The Phantom of the Opera, where she originated the role of Christine Daaé.

The original London Cast Album of the musical was released in CD format in 1987 and sold 40 million copies worldwide, making it the biggest-selling cast album of all time.

To read about the first-ever original cast album, please search for the tag 47EVG93

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