Some Memories Of Croydon In The In 1950s: A memory of Croydon

Some Memories Of Croydon In The In 1950s

A Memory of Croydon.

I was born in Croydon in 1948, and lived there until 1960. Some of my memories are going to the fish & chip shop in Surrey Street and munching on the chips as we walked home to Edridge Road. Also, the Saturday mornings at the Classic Cinema in South Croydon. I used to go to Beulah Infant School, Thornton Heath, Howard Junior School and spent a year at Fairchilds Secondary School, New Addington. Another memory was when Liberace appeared at the Davis Theatre. We didn't see the show but caught a glipse of him as he left the stage door. My grandfather used to have a small cafe in Handcroft Road, Broadgreen. It was known as Bunny's Snack Bar.

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I was born in 1938 and lived in Woodcroft road which was also known formally as Edridge.
United daries was on the corner
Bob Burrows

By bobburrows872 on Fri Aug 25th 2017, at 6:04 pm

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My Mum used to work in the Surrey Street Fish & Chip shop and later in the one near West Croydon Station. Those were days they always seemed to have 'expensive' fish left over at the end of the evening so we would have late night suppers of plaice and ships and even dover sole and chips. Mum preferred a chip butty

By Lynda Warren on Tue Mar 8th 2022, at 6:04 pm

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