Category Archives: History
“Commonwealth War Graves Commission Architecture & Conservation” talk 7.45pm Wednesday, 8 November at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove @CNHSSprogramme @MuseumofCroydon
Click here for information about the new CNHSS programme https://cnhss.co.uk/our-event-programme-for-2023-4/
“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
£3. Click here for more information https://watercressline.co.uk/croydon_regional_group/
HMS Empire Windrush book talk 2.30pm Saturday, 4 November at Central Library, Katharine Street @CroydonLibs @MuseumofCroydon @CroydonBMEforum @CSEP8
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 […]
Save the Glamorgan AGM 7.30pm Wednesday, 25 October Croydon Town Hall, Katharine Street @SaveTheGlam @Addiscombe_West @yourcroydon @TheOvalTavern
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 […]
“DNA testing and African Caribbean ancestry” talk, 2.30pm Saturday, 28 October at Croydon Central Library, Katharine Street @CroydonLibs @MuseumofCroydon @cnhssprogramme @CSEP8 @BMEForum
Join an enlightening talk by Paul Crooks as he blends Black History and family history to bring the back stories of Caribbean and North American people to life. Find out […]
“Christopher Wren, the English Leonardo” talk 11am Wednesday, 18 October at Central Library, Katharine Street @CroydonLibs @MuseumofCroydon @CroydonAS @cnhssprogramme
Many events are being staged this year to commemorate the tercentenary of Sir Christopher Wren’s death at the age of 90 in 1723 Naturally today Wren is remembered for his incomparable […]
“Robert Keable, Utterly Immoral WW1 chaplain?” talk, 7.45pm Monday, 16 October at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove @cnhssprgramme @MuseumofCroydon @CroydonLibs
Local author Simon Keable-Elliott tells the extraordinary story of the life of his grandfather: the Croydon schoolboy, African missionary, WW1 chaplain and author of the scandalous bestselling war novel – […]
Black history talk 2pm Saturday, 7 October at Central Library, Katharine St @CroydonLibs @Museumof Croydon @CroydonBMEForum @CSEP8
Join Dr Velma McClymont as she discusses the importance of Black History Month; the black presence in London pre-20th century; Windrush children (who joined their parents in the 1960s); and […]
“The Story of Woodside” talk, 7.30pm Tuesday 3 October at St Mildred’s, 30 Bingham Road @milliescroydon
£4 for non-members. Click here for more information about events at St Mildred’s https://stmildredschurch.org.uk/events/
East Croydon Community Organisation 