Thornton Heath - Brigstock Road Prior to 1908

            The Postcard

A Luxusdruck Series postcard that was published by R. & C.

The card was posted in Wandsworth, London SW on Tuesday the 1st. September 1908 to:

Mrs. Hampton,
5, Westbere Road,
Cricklewood,
London N.W.

The pencilled message on the divided back was as follows:

"Dear Mother and All,
Arrived home safely 6-30.
Rain kept off.
Baby was very good.
George & all send love.
Your loving
N. H."

The photograph has been taken looking north-east along the Brigstock Road. The photographer was standing a few yards before Bennington Close on the right, although the close did not exist at the time. The close leads to an urban infill behind the houses in the photograph.

The houses on the right are all still there, although all but one of them have lost their pointed roofs. The main change is that all the front gardens have been buried under concrete, and now serve as hard-standing for cars. Very much a sign of the times.

Also of course vintage trams no longer run along the road.

K. N. Singh

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

Well, the 1st. September 1908 marked the birth in Dehradun, British India (present-day Uttarkhand) of K. N. Singh.

Krishan Niranjan, known as K. N. Singh in Indian cinema, was a prominent villain and character actor. 

He appeared in over 200 Hindi films over a long career stretching from 1936 to the late 1980's.

K. N. Singh died at the age of 91 on the 31st. January 2000 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
   

Taken on: August 2, 2022

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