Print Archive: June 2014 News Magazine – Who do we think we are?
It remains a massive surprise to many that Croydon’s history is both rich and varied. For those that know even a little of it, it is no surprise at all. Far from being the new town it is often mistaken...
View ArticleA workshop with Hale Man,Whitgift’s artist-in-residence
I work as the Activities Organiser at Whitgift House, part of The Whitgift Foundation, in South Croydon. I had read about the work of Hale Man, who has been appointed artist-in-residence at the...
View ArticleGirl power since 1927: how Croydon Soroptimists work to transform the lives...
The Croydon Heritage Festival 2014 seemed the perfect place to promote Soroptimist International Croydon and District. The club after all has been going since 1927 when it first met in Grants...
View ArticleBefriending Church Alley
After several hours of hard work we stood admiring the results of our efforts: Church Alley was clear of rubbish along its whole length. We had been taking part in the latest Friends of Church Alley...
View ArticleWhy does the Whitgift Centre have an artist-in-residence?
In June 2014 Hale Man set up shop in an empty shop on the ground floor of Croydon’s Whitgift Shopping Centre. She’s using this pop-up space to create art with the people of Croydon, young and old,...
View ArticleEvent preview: African History+@Croydon, Saturday 22nd November at Matthews Yard
One of the events of this year’s Croydon Heritage Festival was the ‘Look How Far We’ve Come’ community talk, co-organised by Croydon Radical History Network (CRHN) and African Histories Revisited...
View ArticleHappy Chinese New Year, Croydon! Love from Hale Man, artist-in-residence
The Whitgift Centre‘s artist-in-residence, Hale Man, hosted her artistic celebration of Chinese New Year on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd February, with workshops and guided tours in her ground floor...
View ArticleOpen buildings revealed for 2015 Croydon Heritage Festival
The Whitgift Foundation, organiser of the Croydon Heritage Festival which returns from Saturday 20 June to Sunday 28 June 2015, has revealed the highlights of this year’s Open Building tours. Release...
View Article20 reasons why Croydon isn’t boring
There’s been a bit of dissent recently. Disgruntled rumblings around the esteemed – albeit virtual – corridors of the Croydon Citizen. Croydon is boring, they say. Dull. With boring people. Well. I beg...
View ArticleCroydon’s summer of festivals 2015
Whether you’re a music lover, comedy enthusiast, culture vulture, heritage fan or someone who likes to keep it local, there’s a festival this summer to encourage you to take the plunge. Some of the...
View ArticleEvent 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...
View ArticleJune in brief
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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