Will Streets

John William Streets, better known as Will Streets (24 March 1886 – 1 July 1916) was an English soldier and poet of the First World War.

Streets was born in Whitwell, Derbyshire, the son of William and Clara Streets, and was one of twelve children. Although academically and artistically gifted, he began work as a miner at the age of fourteen, continuing to educate himself in his spare time.

In August 1914, Streets joined the Sheffield City Battalion (Sheffield Pals). In late 1915 and early 1916 he served in Egypt. The battalion was subsequently transferred to the Western Front. Streets, by this time a sergeant, was wounded on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, and subsequently went missing. His body was eventually recovered exactly ten months later, on 1 May 1917, and he is buried at Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, France. His poems were posthumously published in the same year under the title The Undying Splendour.

References

External Links

Works by Will Streets at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

Streets

Streets are the plural of street, a type of road.

Streets or The Streets may also refer to:

See also

Streets...

Streets... is an album by British folk musician Ralph McTell. It was McTell's most successful album, entering the UK album chart on 15 February, 1975 and remaining there for twelve weeks. It opens with McTell's hit single, "Streets of London".

Track listing

All titles by Ralph McTell except * Trad. arr. Ralph McTell.

Personnel

Streets (film)

Streets is an American dramatic film starring Christina Applegate and David Mendenhall and directed by Katt Shea.

Plot

Dawn, a drug-addicted teen prostitute living on the streets of Los Angeles, and Sy, a teenager with dreams of becoming a rock star, become friends after Sy rescues Dawn from a violent john. Dawn takes Sy under her wing and gives him a guided tour of the seedy underworld of Hollywood.

Production

Katt Shea later recalled:

The movie led to Shea being offered to direct Poison Ivy.

Home media

Streets was released on VHS in mid 1990 through MGM/UA Home Entertainment. A double feature DVD edition was released in 2011 as part of the Roger Corman's Cult Classics collection, through Shout! Factory.

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