Famous Residents
Political activist Jim Connell (1852–1929), author of 'The Red Flag', lived in Stondon Park Road (which is on the border of Crofton Park and Honor Oak). He wrote the anthem while on a train journey to his home in December 1889.
Actor William Henry Pratt (1887-1969), better known as Boris Karloff was born at 36 Forest Hill Road.
The comedian Spike Milligan (1918–2002), lived at 22 Gabriel Street, Honor Oak, and 50 Riseldine Road (which is on the border of Crofton Park and Honor Oak) after coming to England from India in the 1930s.
Other famous residents include actor Timothy Spall and singer Gabrielle.
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Of high renoun, riches, and royaltie;
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—William Dunbar (c. 1465–c. 1530)
“In most nineteenth-century cities, both large and small, more than 50 percent—and often up to 75 percent—of the residents in any given year were no longer there ten years later. People born in the twentieth century are much more likely to live near their birthplace than were people born in the nineteenth century.”
—Stephanie Coontz (20th century)