The Crystal Palace Fire The Crystal Palace at Sydenham was destroyed by fire on 30 Nov 1936,  The “people’s palace” which had stood dominating the skyline of Upper Norwood for over eighty years as a beacon for culture and enlightenment and an emblem for Victorian invention and engineering was no more. “A dramatic...
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Palace Mag Jan 07 The rise and fall of the Crystal Palace was brought to life on 29th Nov with Palace Dreams, a specially created live spectacle to mark the 70th anniversary of the unique structure being burned to the ground, a historic event that took place on 30 November 1936. (See ‘The Day...
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