Hands-on Croydon’s market history for families 1pm Friday, 29 May in Central Library, Katharine Street #croydon
More information https://libraries.croydon.gov.uk/events/location/48
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The Leslie Arms has been put up for auction with a guide price of £1,450,000 #croydon
More information https://auctions.savills.co.uk/auctions/9-june-2026-224/former-leslie-arms-public-house-62-lower-addiscombe-road-croydon-cr0-6ab-22909 It is a grade II listed building on the Heritage at Risk register https://eastcroydon.org.uk/2024/12/24/the-leslie-arms-68-lower-addiscombe-road-remains-on-the-heritage-at-risk-register-yourcroydon-cnhssprogramme/
Community archaeology dig 9am Monday, 25 May in Ashburton Park
Archaeological illustration afternoon 12.30pm & “Ask the Archaeologist” talk 6pm, Thursday 28 May at Ashburton Hall, Ashburton Park #croydon
More information and to book– Archaeology illustration afternoon– Ask the Archaeologist
Last few tickets for “When Croydon was the centre of the universe” talk 6.30pm Thursday, 14 May at Croydon Clocktower, Katharine Street #croydon
“Croydon cartes de visites” talk 7.45pm Thursday, 14 May at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove #croydon
The meeting starts with the CNHSS AGM. More information https://cnhss.co.uk/our-event-programme/
FREE guided walks in Old Town, South End and East Croydon from Saturday, 25 April #croydon
The East Croydon walk (5pm Wednesday, 29 April) ends up at The Oval Tavern. More information https://www.culturecroydon.com/event/croydon-neighbourhood-wanderings/?es_c=62DBE54D2B2BEC2113670E1B3D99EA69&es_cl=67B04C2163C24F656B9C2AF1382EEA5B&es_id=p7h£42
Last few FREE tickets for “Turner and the trade in enslaved people” talk 6.15pm Tuesday, 14 April in the Mayor’s Parlour, Croydon Town Hall, Katharine Street #croydon
More information and to book tickets https://www.culturecroydon.com/event/lecture-series-turner-and-the-slave-trade/
Find out about Ivor Cummings, the pioneering gay civil servant of mixed heritage from Addiscombe, 3pm Sunday 12 April at Stanley Arts, 12 South Norwood Hill #croydon
More information https://www.outsavvy.com/event/34923/ivors-compass-a-hidden-croydon-story-a-windrush-hero-forgotten-viewed-in-a-different-light Ivor Gustavus Cummings was born on 10 Dec 1913 to Joanna Hurst Jones Archer, a nurse and Ishmael Cummings, a doctor from Sierra Leone. Ivor was baptised […]
Three more East Croydon buildings have been locally listed #croydon
Three buildings close to the ECCO area have been added to the Local List of Buildings. Locally listed buildings do not require listed building consent for development work, but the […]
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