Yes folks! It's time for:Upper Norwood Library: Mock the Week! BBC2's 'Mock the Week' (Thursdays at 10pm) often has a sketch where one comedian - usually pretending to be a government spokesman - gives the official viewpoint while a second - usually Hugh Dennis - says what the government actually mean. The host is...
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By Jerry Green Palace Mag Dec 2007 Photograph looking up Anerley Hill showing areas cleared after bomb damage to the left and right of the road. The area in front of the Paxton Arms pub (54-70 Anerley Hill) being used as a site for advertising hoardings In July 1944 two of Hitler’s V1 rockets...
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By Jerry Green Palace Mag Nov 2007 On April 29 1922 Upper Norwood’s war memorial to those who had died in the Great War was unveiled by Sir William Treloar. The Croydon Advertiser described the memorial as “a lofty stone obelisk” which when originally unveiled stood at the junction of Church Road and Westow...
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Admiral Robert Fitzroy is buried in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Upper Norwood, in South London. On the headstone of his grave are biographical details, plus those of his wife and three quotations from the Bible, but no mention of the fact that he was Captain of the brigantine “The Beagle” during its...
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On March 1st 1872 in a couple of shops on Anerley Hill a new school opened with just two pupils. The premises had been chosen because of their close proximity to the Crystal Palace and the Crystal Palace Orchestra in particular.
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People from London used to ascend the mill to obtain a view of the surrounding country. The mill first appears in the rate books for 1812. In 1816 the premises also comprised a brick dwelling house, stables, pigsties, a barn and other buildings. Built as either a tower type or a post mill with...
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