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Peter Stone@londonstone.bsky.social · 5d ago

In 1939 Imperial Airways opened a terminal building behind Victoria station, where people could check in for Croydon Aerodrome or a seaplane at Southampton. Their successor was BOAC, taking passengers to Heathrow, then later British Airways. Now the National Audit Office.

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Jo Wheeler@jowheeler.bsky.social · 3d ago

Back in our local woods this afternoon and we were pleased to see ivy just coming into flower. Also, knotgrass and pineapple, both in flower. South Croydon, on greensand.

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Denise Breen 🖖@denisebreen.bsky.social · 2d ago

#OYD in 1896, Mrs Bridget Driscoll of Old Town, Croydon became the first motoring fatality when she was run over by a Roger-Benz car at Crystal Palace, London. Employed by the Anglo-French Motor Co, Arthur Edsell was driving at 4mph/6.44kph when he hit Mrs Driscoll, fracturing her skull.

Bridget Driscoll (circled)
100 years ago news@100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 2d ago

Aug. 17, 1926: The first airplane consignment of gold from the Soviet Union’s Lena fields in Siberia lands at Croydon Aerodrome outside London. The craft survived a midflight accident in which it struck a duck, damaging a propeller.

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Inside Croydon@insidecroydon.bsky.social · 4d ago

Thanks to the magic of Merlin there's more to see in the woods insidecroydon.com/2026/08/16/t... #Croydon #Friends #CrohamHurst @ramblers.org.uk @rspb.bsky.social @cprelondon.bsky.social

Thanks to the magic of Merlin there’s more to see in the woods

THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR: This week, seeking pudding-like rock, a Bronze Age barrow and one of the highest viewpoints in Croydon without taking a lift in a tower block, KEN TOWL has been to Croh…

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