“Routes to Roots” exhibition Thursday, 8 March to Friday, 26 April at the Museum of Croydon, Katharine Street @MuseumofCroydon @cnhssprogramme
Click here for more information https://museumofcroydon.com/exhibitions
Category Archives: History
“Roadmap to Apartheid” film 7.30pm Friday, 9 March at Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Road @RuskinCroydon @SaveDavidLean
Click here for more information and to buy tickets https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-screening-roadmap-to-apartheid-tickets-836768556277
Paid opportunity for 14-18 year olds to become Young Archivists, apply by 6pm Wednesday, 21 February @MuseumofCroydon @CroydonLibs @yourcroydon
Click here for more information https://eastcroydon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/545af-youngarchivists.pdf
“Railways in the Morden area talk” 7.30pm Monday, 5 February at St Mary Magdalene, Canning Road @Watercress_line @RailwayCorresp1 @StMMMCroydon
£3 for non-members. Click here for more information https://watercressline.co.uk/croydon_regional_group/
“Davis Theatre Memories” talk 7.30pm Tuesday 6 March at St Mildred’s Church, Bingham Road @milliescroydon @cnhssprogramme @Museum0fCroydon
£4 for non-members. Click here for more information about St Mildred’s Literary Society https://stmildredschurch.org.uk/event/the-lit/2024-02-06/
John Brickwood Esq of Croydon & London (1744 – 1822) @cnhssprogramme @MuseumofCroydon @davidmorgan100 #Croydon
In 1800, John Brickwood owned all the land in the ECCO area outside Croydon Common. Because he was a wealthy man, there are many documents in public record offices that mention […]
Pollocks Toy Museum 11am – 4pm Saturdays at Unit 49 Whitgift Centre Croydon, next to Turf Projects @MuseumofCroydon @cnhssprogramme @Turf_Projects @centralewg @culturecroydon
Including toys made in the A Barton factory (based in New Addington from the 50s-80s) and Tri-ang toys made by the Lines Bros in their Merton Factory. Click here for more information https://www.culturecroydon.com/event/pollocks-toy-museums-croydon-pop-up/?utm_source=emailmarketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=your_croydon_weekly_190124&utm_content=2024-01-20
Postwar architecture of Croydon walks 31 January & 14 February starting from Croydon Clocktower, Katharine Street @yourcroydon @culturecroydon @MuseumofCroydon
The walk on Friday 19 January is fully-booked. Book free tickets for 31 January or 14 February at https://bit.ly/croydonwalk
“Stuart Underdown’s Southern Memories” 7.30pm Tuesday, 12 December at East Croydon Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove @RailwayCorresp1 @Watercress_line
The late Stuart Underdown was an accomplished photographer, who put together a number of presentations, including this one, of his ‘Southern Memories’, of his own photographs covering the period from […]
” A 1950s Croydon Childhood” talk 7.45 pm Monday 11 December at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove @cnhssprogramme @MuseumofCroydon @CroydonLibs
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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