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Archive gold found in British Pathe’s video vault
A massive archive of historic film, going more than a hundred years, and much of it Croydon-related, has just been made available, free online. British Pathe is the historic movie brand famous for the...
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Three words that sum up Croydon: “Offices to let”
Croydon is a soft target for “comedians”, though it is also not the sort of place that you can easily over-romanticise. Thus, we were quietly impressed by the recent BBC radio documentary, The Seven...
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Lanfranc memorial service a chance for healing
Croydon Minster, unwittingly close to the geographic centre of Monday night’s infamous events, on Sunday will stage a memorial service to mark the 50th anniversary of a previous Croydon tragedy, the...
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War-time Spitfire to pay tribute to Kenley airfield
The people of Kenley and surrounding neighbourhoods will have a treat around 3.30pm today, when a World War II Spitfire does a fly past over the former RAF base. From 1940, this part of London was the...
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Airport House Swing Dance free event, June 21
Coming to Croydon Greek Myths: stories and mask-making, May 27 Weenies meet artist Hale Man, Whitgift centre, May 27-28 The Information Project Crystal Palace debate, May 28 Howard Marks: Scholar,...
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Spitfire and two Lancaster bombers in Kenley fly-past, Aug 17
AUG 17 UPDATE: The fly-past today has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. Further information from the Kenley Airfield friends group website here One not to miss this coming Sunday,...
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Get the keys to Fisher’s Folly and No 10 with Open House
Croydon, quite rightly, is taking its place alongside the majority of the capital’s boroughs, throwing open the doors of a number of public buildings for Open House London weekend on September 20-21, a...
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