02-05-2016, 07:05 PM
03-05-2016, 10:24 AM
According to this, Colfe Road:
http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/64536
http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/64536
03-05-2016, 10:40 AM
Upper Colfe Road is now called Farren Road.
Source: http://www.maps.thehunthouse.com/Streets...hanges.htm
Source: http://www.maps.thehunthouse.com/Streets...hanges.htm
03-05-2016, 01:07 PM
Thanks for that. Interesting resource.
05-05-2016, 01:08 PM
I ended up buying the monograph on her. She lived in various locations in FH, Sydenham and Greenwich. Given Lewisham has so few Blue plaques I think she would be a good candidate.
05-05-2016, 03:41 PM
Should I have heard of her?
05-05-2016, 07:48 PM
Yes.
Posters for the Underground.
Whimsical and odd paintings.
I first encountered her work in the early 70's when the prog rock band Genesis used one of her paintings for the cover of Selling England by the pound'. I had forgotten all about her until the weekend when I decided to look into her career. A lot easier to research someone now than it was then.
Posters for the Underground.
Whimsical and odd paintings.
I first encountered her work in the early 70's when the prog rock band Genesis used one of her paintings for the cover of Selling England by the pound'. I had forgotten all about her until the weekend when I decided to look into her career. A lot easier to research someone now than it was then.
05-05-2016, 08:27 PM
I'm with robin orton on this one - I've only heard of Betty Swallocks.
05-05-2016, 11:08 PM
Not familiar with her.
06-05-2016, 07:50 AM
Quote:
I first encountered her work in the early 70's when the prog rock band Genesis used one of her paintings for the cover of Selling England by the pound'
Ah yes, 'prog rock.' That I have heard of.
06-05-2016, 09:37 AM
Quote:
Not familiar with her [Betty Swallocks]
You will be if the weather forecasters have got it right and we hit 26 degrees over the weekend!
07-05-2016, 10:27 PM
anotherjohn are you trying to make a joke based on her name?
The more I find out about her life and career the more surprised I am that she has vanished from the cultural radar.
The more I find out about her life and career the more surprised I am that she has vanished from the cultural radar.
21-11-2016, 09:50 PM
Results of research are that she also lived at the following addresses locally:
65 Hurstbourne Road
5 Courtside, Dartmouth Road
6 Halifax Street
1 Park Hill, London Road
If you live at any of the above were you aware of the artistic connection?
65 Hurstbourne Road
5 Courtside, Dartmouth Road
6 Halifax Street
1 Park Hill, London Road
If you live at any of the above were you aware of the artistic connection?
22-11-2016, 11:35 AM
Here's a bit more information on Betty Swanwick:
She was the daughter of Henry Gerard Swanwick, born Ada Elizabeth Edith on 22/5/1915 in Colfe Road, Forest Hill. She attended Prendergast School and Goldsmiths College.
She also lived at 65 Hurstbourne Road 1920-1936, 5 Courtside, Dartmouth Road 1937-1941, 1 Park Hill, London Road 1942-1954 and 6 Halifax Street 1955-1959 when she moved to Greenwich and then to Tunbridge Wells, where she died in 1989.
She was the daughter of Henry Gerard Swanwick, born Ada Elizabeth Edith on 22/5/1915 in Colfe Road, Forest Hill. She attended Prendergast School and Goldsmiths College.
She also lived at 65 Hurstbourne Road 1920-1936, 5 Courtside, Dartmouth Road 1937-1941, 1 Park Hill, London Road 1942-1954 and 6 Halifax Street 1955-1959 when she moved to Greenwich and then to Tunbridge Wells, where she died in 1989.
22-11-2016, 02:07 PM
At last someone else who knows who she was.