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Streatham Park Cemetery opened as the Great Southern Cemetery in 1909. Up to the Second World War Streatham Park Cemetery accounted for one fifth of all burials in South London. It is a strange mixture with colourful gardens of remembrance near the entrance in Rowan Road, large mausolea just inside the entrance as seen here, and a 'street' of even larger mausolea, many to Italians, beyond the war memorial. Much of the rest of the cemetery is quite wild. The cemetery is reasonably attractive on a sunny day but when visiting on a gloomy day, I found the marble mausolea overpowering and extremely depressing as seen at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5299215 A more complete history is given at http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=MER056

Streatham Park Cemetery opened as the Great Southern Cemetery in 1909. Up to the Second World War Streatham Park Cemetery accounted for one fifth of all burials in South London. It is a strange mixture with colourful gardens of remembrance near the entrance in Rowan Road, large mausolea just inside the entrance seen here, and a 'street' of even larger mausolea, many to Italians, beyond the war memorial. Much of the rest of the cemetery is quite wild. The cemetery is reasonably attractive on a sunny day but when visiting on a gloomy day, I found the marble mausolea overpowering and extremely depressing. A more complete history is given at http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=MER056

Streatham Park Cemetery opened as the Great Southern Cemetery in 1909. Up to the Second World War Streatham Park Cemetery accounted for one fifth of all burials in South London. It is a strange mixture with colourful gardens of remembrance near the entrance in Rowan Road, large mausolea just inside the entrance and this 'street' of even larger mausolea, many to Italians, beyond the war memorial. The cemetery is reasonably attractive on a sunny day but when visiting on a gloomy day, I found the marble mausolea overpowering and extremely depressing. A more complete history is given at http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=MER056

Streatham Park Cemetery opened as the Great Southern Cemetery in 1909. Up to the Second World War Streatham Park Cemetery accounted for one fifth of all burials in South London. It is a strange mixture with colourful gardens of remembrance near the entrance in Rowan Road, large mausolea just inside the entrance and this 'street' of even larger mausolea, many to Italians, beyond the war memorial. The cemetery is reasonably attractive on a sunny day but when visiting on a gloomy day, I found the marble mausolea overpowering and extremely depressing. A more complete history is given at http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=MER056

Streatham Park Cemetery opened as the Great Southern Cemetery in 1909. Up to the Second World War Streatham Park Cemetery accounted for one fifth of all burials in South London. It is a strange mixture with colourful gardens of remembrance near the entrance in Rowan Road, large mausolea just inside the entrance and this 'street' of even larger mausolea, many to Italians, beyond the war memorial. The cemetery is reasonably attractive on a sunny day but when visiting on a gloomy day, I found the marble mausolea overpowering and extremely depressing. A more complete history is given at http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=MER056

I had never heard of The Ganjou Brothers and Juanita when I spotted this memorial to them. As they were said to be "The World's Greatest Variety Act" I wanted to find out more. Information can be seen at http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-serge-ganjou-1075413.html (the answer to access the rest of the article is Einstein) and their act can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvPuiY_8VfE Streatham Park Cemetery opened as the Great Southern Cemetery in 1909. Up to the Second World War, Streatham Park Cemetery accounted for one fifth of all burials in South London. It is a strange mixture with colourful gardens of remembrance near the entrance in Rowan Road, large mausolea just inside the entrance and a 'street' of even larger mausolea, many to Italians, beyond the war memorial. The memorial to The Ganjou Brothers and Juanita is on the outside wall of the crematorium on the side nearest to the war memorial. As can be seen from the photograph, it is not the easiest subject to photograph because of the reflection - this was the best of several attempts.

Streatham Park Cemetery opened as the Great Southern Cemetery in 1909. Up to the Second World War Streatham Park Cemetery accounted for one fifth of all burials in South London. It is a strange mixture with colourful gardens of remembrance near the entrance in Rowan Road, large mausolea just inside the entrance and a 'street' of even larger mausolea, many to Italians, beyond the war memorial as seen here. The 'street' has a sign at its entrance saying "The Mausoleum" and "Glade Gardens". A more complete history is given at http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=MER056

Streatham Park Cemetery opened as the Great Southern Cemetery in 1909. Up to the Second World War, Streatham Park Cemetery accounted for one fifth of all burials in South London. It is a strange mixture with colourful gardens of remembrance near the entrance in Rowan Road, large mausolea just inside the entrance and a 'street' of even larger mausolea, many to Italians, beyond the war memorial. Whenever I am there, gardeners are busy in the gardens of remembrance and these look neat and tidy. However Darren Beach in 'London's Cemeteries' describes them thus: " The memorial gardens look pretty, but resemble a cross between the Blue Peter Garden and a suburban attempt at a TV-style garden makeover." Much of the rest of the cemetery is quite wild. This is one of the gardens of remembrance, called the Loggia Garden. A more complete history is given at http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=MER056

Streatham Park Cemetery opened as the Great Southern Cemetery in 1909. Up to the Second World War, Streatham Park Cemetery accounted for one fifth of all burials in South London. It is a strange mixture with colourful gardens of remembrance near the entrance in Rowan Road, large mausolea just inside the entrance and a 'street' of even larger mausolea, many to Italians, beyond the war memorial. Whenever I am there, gardeners are busy in the gardens of remembrance and these look neat and tidy. However Darren Beach in 'London's Cemeteries' describes them thus: " The memorial gardens look pretty, but resemble a cross between the Blue Peter Garden and a suburban attempt at a TV-style garden makeover." Much of the rest of the cemetery is quite wild. This is one of the gardens of remembrance, called the Loggia Garden. A more complete history is given at http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=MER056