I can't see/hear the name Streatham without thinking of...

ive been heartened by the pictures, people trying to tell us naarterners we,re missing out ,getting left behind, but their on the laandaan high street Iceland,greggs,wimpy

One O'Clock Jump
Where is Margie living now?
Reg: I can't remember. Saint something.
Gary: Saint. Er...St Leonards? St Ives? St. Louis, Missouri?
Reg: Got it! St Reatham.
Gary: St Re-...you mean Streatham, you pillock!

Streatham to me growing up meant going to the swimming pool, watching the Streatham Redskins play ice hockey and later in life going to "The Cat's Whiskers" nightclub. I never go anywhere near it now though and haven't for 20 odd years, it's a bit of a cruddy place to be honest.

Same here Slippy. How's everything going with you?

And don't forget the choice of two cinemas about 200 yards from each other - Odeon and ABC. My parents met each other in the Cat's Whiskers.

I'm very well J_M, thank you for asking, all is grand with me and mine and hope you are in good form also.

I had my first proper date as a 13 year old in the Streatham Odeon in 1980, it was "Airplane!" that we saw and we were both laughing our heads off throughout and I treated her to a Wimpy meal afterwards which was opposite the cinema, I think it is still there but not certain about. I had my first full on snog that day, happy times! I used to go to The Cat's Whiskers maybe twice a month but I got bored of that environment when I bought my first greyhound and Saturday nights it was always Catford dogs and back to the Crown And Greyhound in the Village for a few couple of last order pints afterwards.

ahh yes,  used to pass there through on my way to St Ansted

streatham ice rink

Back in the day, the worst thing about the place was having to go through Brixton on the bus coming back from taahn.

Oldham also had a cats whiskers I had many happy times there in my younger days