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Looks up Croydon railway park...it didn't exist when I lived in Croydon and I was born minutes away from where I see it is

 

[Puddy_Tat]

On other railway news, I passed my old house this morning. A bank of 10 workers cottages by the old Croydon canal.
Probably built for lock workers on the canal (or builders?).
Old maps show that there was nothing but fields around and this small bank of ten houses, but it's now a bit of an oddity, surrounded by big industrial buildings.
The date on the wall of my old house says 1875

i'm not seeing the picture.

unlikely to be canal related if they were built in 1875 (could be a re-building date, though) - the canal shut in 1836 and most of the course was used for the london and croydon railway.

railway companies built cottages for their workers, so may be railway.

if you want to tell me where you mean, i might be able to dig up some information.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

i'm not seeing the picture.

unlikely to be canal related if they were built in 1875 (could be a re-building date, though) - the canal shut in 1836 and most of the course was used for the london and croydon railway.

railway companies built cottages for their workers, so may be railway.

if you want to tell me where you mean, i might be able to dig up some information.

Humm. Maybe I read the date wrong. . . But the only other date would be 1673.

I thought I had looked up the history before when I lived there, or maybe a neighbour told me. I remember looking at maps. . . But that was 20 years ago. Ulp.

 

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Dear Waterstones person; do you have a copy of croydonopolis I Ask.
No, came the reply, I'll check which stores have a copy for you.....yes, Croydon has some copies and also Plymouth.
PLYMOUTH...wow.

 

[Elpenor]

Both great examples of brutalist architecture

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Humm. Maybe I read the date wrong. . . But the only other date would be 1673.

I thought I had looked up the history before when I lived there, or maybe a neighbour told me. I remember looking at maps. . . But that was 20 years ago. Ulp.

the ones (now) on Spencer Place, just off Gloucester Road?

Would go with 1875.

Not there on 1871 map




but there by 1897.



some 'railway cottages' marked (not there any more)

so no obvious clues as to why or where - or who Spencer was.

reference on a family tree thing of someone living there in 1901 who was a 'painter and paper-hanger' so not obviously a railway employee.

dunno.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

the ones (now) on Spencer Place, just off Gloucester Road?

Would go with 1875.

Not there on 1871 map

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but there by 1897.

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some 'railway cottages' marked (not there any more)

so no obvious clues as to why or where - or who Spencer was.

reference on a family tree thing of someone living there in 1901 who was a 'painter and paper-hanger' so not obviously a railway employee.

dunno.

That's interesting. Not like the railway cottages in an empty field which I thought I saw. Maybe I saw the railway cottages that are now gone.

So they were always in a weird position.

 

[Guineveretoo]

This Addington is so new it hasn't even been invented yet!

I know a few people enjoy a wassail ... This is a local one in Addiscombe Railway Park which might be an interesting stroll for some people interest in Croydon history and transport

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friendofdorothy I am looking at you!

We (the Woodcraft Folk) had our own wassail at the orchard at South Norwood Lake on Monday

Although there wasn't any cider at ours (although we did have mulled apple juice...)

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I live a couple of minutes from the old Addiscombe terminal station and am often around many of the areas in this video, so I probably find it a bit more exciting than most.

i got slightly confused by this when it got mentioned a while back - what's now Addiscombe tramlink stop / station is (almost) on the site of Bingham Road station, which closed in 1983, not the old Addiscombe station that closed in 1997.

don't think i travelled on the last day of the Elmers End - Selsdon line, as it only ran peak hours, and mid May would have been school term, but must have travelled on it during the easter holidays that year. not sure i ever travelled in to Addiscombe station - I was away from London in 1997.

 

[GarveyLives]

The trial continues.

Earlier today, the Elianne Andam murder trial reached its almost inevitable conclusion:

Teenage murder suspect caught with ‘blood on thumb’ as Elianne Andam, 15, begged stabbing to stop

'Do you want to end up like her, 6 feet under?' Hassan Sentamu told prisoner after killing Elianne Andam

Croydon teen Hassan Sentamu guilty of murder of Elianne Andam

'She was a miracle baby': Elianne had dreams of law career, aunt tells BBC

Elianne Andam's parents vow to fight against 'the violence that took her from us'

Hassan Sentamu will receive a life sentence and face the consequences of his actions at the Old Bailey on 13 March 2025.​

 

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