Nostalgic memories of Croydon's local history

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

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does any one remember a bar in croydon town centre in the late 60/early 70 called the beir kellor i think it was just past where marks and spencers is now you had to go down some steps to get i used to go there but cant find any reference to it
I worked on the Croydon Advertiser from about 1959 to 1963 and met my wife Frances Dowsett, who was also a reporter there at the office in High Street. We used to lunch most days at Batty's Bar, upstairs in a pub on the corner of George Street opposite the Advertiser. We often ate in the evening if we had a late job at a cafe run by Ben Glazer in George St opposite the Town Hall. He was a major player in the ...see more
I can remember many times spending the day at waddon ponds. I would go with a bag of sandwiches and some lemonade and take a jam jar to collect the sticklebacks and newts. These would be carefully transported home to waddon. Such innocent times.
What a memory has been stirred!! The Classic cinema. Every Saturday morning for I think it was a shilling and we spent the whole morning there. I was born in 1953 and went to Howard infants and junior school then to South Croydon secondary modern school
I started work in 1957 for United Dominions Trust whose offices were in George Street above a furriers, can't remember the name, but it later became Westminster Bank. Shirley Ede
I remember walking along the High Street in the 1950’s, the highlight was walking past Kennards towards Crown Hill to the Burtons shop and smelling the aroma of freshly roasted coffee beans. For the life of me, I can’t remember it’s name - can anybody help?
I remember Pat Byfield also Margaret Flynn both prefects,it would be nice to know how they are also if anyone remembers Brenda Varney
Lived at number 11 till 1960.. Went to Elmwood infants then juniors then Tavistock secondary modern. My mum was the lollipop lady at Elmwood for many years .... Every Saturday morning off the the Granada . Happy days
Saw Bill Haley with an old girlfriend Kay. Great show ..the place was jumping 🎸🎸
Remember Evans dairy ?