Supporter Stories

Streatham Youth and Community Trust would like to thank the Streatham Society for a generous donation made in memory of Kevin Kelly. Kevin Kelly, a long-standing member of the Streatham Society and a founder member of the Local History Group. Kevin was a congenial Irishman whose warm, friendly, and generous nature endeared him to all who had the good fortune of making his acquaintance.

He had an extensive and encyclopaedic knowledge of all types of sport, particularly athletics, and was not only an expert on local sporting events and personalities, but also on national and international competitions and competitors.

Kevin’s life-long interest in athletics was not just academic, for as a young man he had an impressive record as a triple jumper, representing Ireland in the sport. He also coached thousands of school children at the London County Council’s Sports Grounds in South London, before taking up the post of Athletics Development Officer with Wandsworth Borough Council in 1985, being responsible for the management of Battersea Park and Tooting Bec Athletics tracks. Kevin was a keen and active member of Herne Hill Harriers, both on the track and in administration, and in 2002 he wrote the definitive history of the club Herne Hill Harriers Into The Millennium 1889-2001.