Talk by Carole Roberts and Phil Swallow. This story of the former house in Warlingham called Overhill covers the land on which it stood, from its time as part of […]
Croydon’s first central library was moved to the Clocktower buildings when they first opened in May 1896. It was one of the first public libraries with open access shelves and […]
In the 1950s, the International Language Club occupied over 30 houses in the area between Addiscombe Road and Fairfield Road, only to leave hastily in suspicious circumstances in 1966. Read […]
FREE local history walk around the ECCO area (though donations welcome towards ECCO running costs). From The Cricketers to Lower Addiscombe Road, down Cross Road to One Croydon, then back […]
Bryan Cross comes to present a selection of monochrome images, all scanned directly from the Harold Clements collection of original Lantern slides, Glass plates and large format negatives. These were […]
Many of the actives will be presented by David Morgan, the Minster’s Education Officer. More information https://programme.openhouse.org.uk/listings/8724 David also writes regular articles about the history of Croydon for Inside Croydon. […]
Martin Eales will explore the early ideas and evidence for the concepts of continental drift leading to the paradigm of plate tectonics. Early cartographers recognised that the continents across the […]
More Information https://c20society.org.uk/news/second-time-around-new-listing-bid-for-croydons-50p-tower Listing provides some protection to future alterations to the buildings accorded that status. Croydon buildings listed by Heritage England, including The Leslie Arms https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/results/?search=Croydon&searchType=NHLE+Simple
Historic walking tour of East Croydon led by a native. Those who come along are welcome to contribute their memories. Marvel at one of the oldest electricity sub-stations in Croydon. […]
By the 20th century, North End was a major shopping and entertainment centre. Carole Roberts and Andrew Kennedy will look at how this happened and its key buildings past and […]
East Croydon Community Organisation 