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Category Archives: History

” A 1950s Croydon Childhood” talk 7.45 pm Monday 11 December at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove @cnhssprogramme @MuseumofCroydon @CroydonLibs

Dec 10, 2023by eastcroydon Leave a comment

Peter Saunders was born in Croydon’s Old Town (near where the flyover now stands) in 1950. The family later moved to a maisonette in New Addington, then to Waddon, and […]

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Little Manhattan exhibition and activities 6 December – 23 February at Croydon Clocktower, Katharine Street @MuseumofCroydon @cnhssprogramme @CroydonLibs

Dec 4, 2023by eastcroydon Leave a comment

Click here for more information https://www.culturecroydon.com/event/little-manhattan/?utm_source=emailmarketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=231201_thisiscroydon_lboc&utm_content=2023-12-02

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Family & Education, History, Sport & Leisure

Watch “Tantura” 7.30pm Friday, 1 December at Ruskin House, Coombe Road @RuskinCroydon @SaveDavidLean

Nov 30, 2023by eastcroydon Leave a comment

Film by the Israeli director Alon Schwartz investigating a massacre in the Palestinian village of Tantura in 1948. Based on research conducted by Theodore Katz for a thesis at Haifa […]

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History, Uncategorized

The history of the Oval Schools @ArkSchools @cnhssprogramme @MuseumofCroydon

Nov 28, 2023by eastcroydon Leave a comment

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Oval Schools, ECCO has published an account of their history written in 1973 by Lilian Thornhill https://eastcroydon.org.uk/the-history-of-east-croydon/a-short-history-of-oval-schools-by-lilian-thornhill/. Many thanks to Tony Skrzypczyk for […]

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Family & Education, History, Uncategorized

The Leslie Arms listed on the Heritage at Risk Register @yourcroydon @cnhssprogramme @MuseumofCroydon @Turf_Projects

Nov 24, 2023by eastcroydon 1 Comment

The condition of the building is described as “poor”. It is referred to as a “Public house circa 1900 in Arts and Crafts style. The ground floor of the building […]

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Environment & Recycling, History

“Little Manhattan” history talk 2.30pm Monday, 20 November at Ashburton Library, Shirley Road @CroydonLibs @MuseumofCroydon @cnhssprogramme

Nov 17, 2023by eastcroydon Leave a comment
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History, Sport & Leisure, Uncategorized

“Commonwealth War Graves Commission Architecture & Conservation” talk 7.45pm Wednesday, 8 November at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove @CNHSSprogramme @MuseumofCroydon

Nov 5, 2023by eastcroydon Leave a comment

Click here for information about the new CNHSS programme https://cnhss.co.uk/our-event-programme-for-2023-4/

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History, Sport & Leisure, Uncategorized

“British Rail: a new history” talk with Christian Wolmar 7.30 Monday, 6 November at St Mary Magdalen Church, Canning Road @Watercress_line @RailwayCorresp1 @STMMMCroydon

Nov 4, 2023by eastcroydon Leave a comment

£3. Click here for more information https://watercressline.co.uk/croydon_regional_group/

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History, Sport & Leisure

HMS Empire Windrush book talk 2.30pm Saturday, 4 November at Central Library, Katharine Street @CroydonLibs @MuseumofCroydon @CroydonBMEforum @CSEP8

Oct 31, 2023by eastcroydon Leave a comment

Tony Fairweather will be talking about his book Twenty-Eight Pounds Ten Shillings. It is 1948 and a call has gone out to the British Empire for volunteers to help rebuild the […]

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History, Sport & Leisure

Save the Glamorgan AGM 7.30pm Wednesday, 25 October Croydon Town Hall, Katharine Street @SaveTheGlam @Addiscombe_West @yourcroydon @TheOvalTavern

Oct 20, 2023by eastcroydon Leave a comment

The building dates from at least 1835, when the Horse and Groom public house is recorded on the site. At the time, most of the people in the ECCO area […]

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  • Activities for 5 to 17 year olds 10am-2pm, Monday 22 to Wednesday, 24 December at the Sir Philip Game Centre, 38 Morland Avenue #croydon Dec 20, 2025
  • Breakfast with Santa 11am Sunday, 21 December at The Porter & Sorter, Billinton Hill #croydon Dec 20, 2025
  • Children’s nativity service 11am & candlelight service 7pm on Sunday, 21 December at Croydon Church of the Nazarene, 55 Lower Addiscombe Road #croydon Dec 19, 2025
  • Drop-in toy making workshop for the over 6s 11.30am-3.30pm Saturday, 20 December at Pollocks Toy Museum, unit 49 Whitgift C#croydon Dec 19, 2025
  • Carols round the Christmas tree 4.30pm Saturday, 20 December & other services at St Mary Magdalene, Canning Road #croydon Dec 18, 2025

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