Event review: Pappy’s at the Oval Tavern, Thursday 18th June
There is a lot of festivals coming up in Croydon quite soon. We have Purley Festival, South Croydon Food Festival, Croydon Heritage Festival‘s on right now, and in July the ambitious Ambition...
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Storms added to rail chaos Severe and unseasonal storm disruption to rail services was caused on Tuesday 2nd June after a number of fallen trees blocked lines at Forest Hill, south east London,...
View ArticleEvent review: ‘Under the shadow of your wings’, the Cicely Mary Barker play
Croydon artist Cicely Mary Barker’s images of Flower Fairies are famous all over the world and worth millions. The fact that few have heard of their creator and just about no-one would associate her...
View ArticleGood vibrations in the Cronx
London is coming to be viewed as a millionaire playboy’s paradise. Wealthy Russian oligarchs and Saudi princes have flocked to the capital to buy up luxury properties, clubs, restaurants and new...
View ArticleDiscovering Selhurst’s history: a minor appendage?
Selhurst is usually regarded as a minor southern appendage to South Norwood. Croydon Local Studies group has played a part in this, adding only a small section on the area to an information pack about...
View ArticleThe rich stories of Fairfield Halls
A revolver shot reverberates round the new Fairfield Concert Hall just before the start of an audio test concert on 13th October 1962. Then the British pianist Valerie Tyron plays the first movement of...
View ArticleWelcome to Croydon’s festival season 2017
Keep your eye on the weather forecast. A lot depends on it. There’s a long (and let’s hope hot) summer of festivals and open air fun ahead. Of course, not all the events will be outdoors. And even if...
View ArticleEvent review: Never Mind the Boxpark
The fascinating ‘Never Mind the Boxpark’ walk was the brilliantly researched brainchild of Angela Martin and Julia Woollams of the Croydonist. The Facebook description, “a collection of the best bits...
View ArticleEvent review: Croydon’s evolution
The banqueting hall of the Old Palace School was an appropriately historical location for a discussion on the evolution of Croydon. Expertly hosted by James Naylor, who was a combination of both...
View ArticleJune 2017 in brief
Croydon Council responded to Grenfell Tower fire by instigating safety checks The day after the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower, North Kensington, on Wednesday 14th June, Croydon Council issued a...
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