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| The south London Borough of Croydon has the highest population of all the London Boroughs, and contains the following places: Addington : Addiscombe : Ashburton : Broad Green : Coombe : Coulsdon : Croydon : Crystal Palace (part) : Forestdale : Hamsey Green : Kenley : New Addington : Norbury : Pollards Hill : Purley : Sanderstead : Selhurst : Selsdon : Shirley : South Croydon : South Norwood : Thornton Heath : Upper Norwood : Waddon : West Croydon : Woodside : Whyteleaf. |
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| The postmark is not quite clear on this one of North End, Croydon - it appears to be 1905. |
| A second, later view of North End, Croydon. |
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| High Street, Thornton Heath. |
| The Sutton Tram Terminus in West Croydon. |
| Woodside Green, South Norwood. |
| Did You Also Know.......that in South Croydon in 1928 and 1929, three people were poisoned ? No-one was ever charged with their murder. Follow this link to read more ! |
| Did You Know....that Kate Moss, the model, was born in Addiscombe in 1974 ? |
| And Did You Know....that David Lean, the English filmmaker, producer, screenwriter and editor, was born in Croydon in 1908 ? |
| Crystal Palace FC have their home ground at Selhurst Park in South Norwood. The ground was officially opened by the Lord Mayor of London on 30 August 1924. The FA Cup Final was played on the old Crystal Palace Cup Final ground from 1893 until 1914 - thus the postcard below must date from one of those years. We are grateful to Giancarlo from Italy for these three images - he has an great website of stadiums around the world - click here to visit it. |
| The match appears to have started although there are a lot of people still lining up to get in. |
| A Cup Final on the Crystal Palace Ground - see above. |