Connex
Full name Connex South Eastern. Train operators in the south-east of England, part of a French based company. Its franchise was due to run until 2011, but the Strategic Rail Authority decided to cu...
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Susan Constant
The largest of the three ships which sailed in 1606 to found the Jamestown Settlement. Captained by Christopher Newport, she carried 71 colonists including Captain John Smith. There is some thought...
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Company Quartermaster Serjeant William Arthur Laurie Cooper
William Arthur Laurie Cooper was born on 20 December 1894 the second of the eight children of Arthur Moses Cooper (1867-1934) and Elizabeth Jane Cooper née Sayer (1866-1918). His birth was register...
War dead, WW1
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Croydon airport
Croydon was London's first international airport. The terminal building, 1928 - 1959, was one of the first purpose-built terminal buildings in the world. The air traffic control tower is the first ...
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Croydon Canal
It ran from a junction with the Grand Surrey Canal near New Cross Gate to a basin on a site now occupied by West Croydon station. With 28 locks grouped into two flights, and numerous swing bridges,...
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Croydon Road Recreation Ground
The land was purchased by the Beckenham Local Board to provide a public open space which had been lacking since the loss of the Fair Field for housing in the 1870s. The site was part of open farmla...
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Deptford Creek bridge
From the magnificent Edith Streets: Â The Bridge, with its control tower alongside, was opened in 1954. The first footbridge was built in 1804, and the first road bridge in 1815. The bridge lifts le...
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Deptford Station
The oldest working railway station in London. It is on the North Kent line and is built on a high brick viaduct. A new modern station is planned to open close to the current site in 2012.
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District Railway / Metropolitan District Railway
Formed to complete the 'inner circle' of the tube in London. Â This was effectively the southern section: Mansion House to Earl's Court and beyond. Â The tunnels were formed using the 'cut and cover'...
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