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David Lean Cinema in October: Coyote, Dog Stars and Dracula
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Free David Lean Cinema tickets to see 24 Hour Party People
The David Lean Cinema in the Croydon Clocktower will be among around 100 venues around the country, mostly independent and art house cinemas, that next month will be staging free screenings of the acclaimed British film, 24 Hour Party People. … Continue reading
Misanthrope, Odyssey and Obsession at David Lean Cinema
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Misanthrope, Odyssey and Obsession at David Lean Cinema
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WIN!!! Five sets of family tickets for Harry Potter movie up for grabs at Vue Croydon in our latest exclusive competition
Inside Croydon subscribers can win a set of four tickets for a Harry Potter screening of their choice at Vue Croydon on Purley Way, as the cinema celebrates the 25th anniversary of the schoolboy wizard’s big screen debut. See below … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Cinema, Inside Croydon, Purley Way
Tagged 25th anniversary, Harry Potter, Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 1, Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2, Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter & The Order of The Phoenix, Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban, Magic, Prize competition, Purley Way, Vue Cinemas, Vue Purley Way
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Hollywood superstar Chaplin takes his place on Coulsdon trail
Charlie Chaplin, one of the greatest movie stars of all time, is featured in the latest finial on the Coulsdon Art Trail. Chaplin’s association with Coulsdon is, perhaps typically of his screen persona, a poignant one: his mother, Hannah, was … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, Comedy, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, History, Transport
Tagged Cane Hill, Charles King, Charlie Chaplin, Comrades Club, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Club, Coulsdon History Trail, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Farthing Downs, Finials, Hannah Chaplin, Happy Valley, Mammoth, Merstham Tunnel, Navvies, Stoats Nest Farm
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£2.49 for kids’ cinema tickets is definitely one for the album
With tickets for children from as little as £2.49 at the Vue cinema on the Purley Way this summer, families will have plenty of opportunities to spend quality time together as all-time favourites and animated adventures are heading to the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Business, Cinema, Purley Way, Valley Park
Tagged cinema, Croydon, Grants, Minions, Purley Way, Spider-Man, Toy Story, Vue Purley Way
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Talks with the movies in August at the David Lean Cinema
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Talks with the movies in August at the David Lean Cinema
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Family Film Club screenings at David Lean Cinema in July
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Stormzy film company to make movie of Ian Wright’s life story
‘There are hard-hitting moments but in the end I want it to give people hope and joy’ says Palace hero as the story of his growing up in south London is to be made into a biopic Two of Croydon’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, Crystal Palace FC, Football
Tagged Arsenal, Biopic, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Ian Wright, Merky Films, Stormzy
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David Lean Cinema screenings for May at the Clocktower
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David Lean Cinema screenings for May at the Clocktower
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Playground named after Star Wars star to open on May 4
‘My dad was Darth Vader’ No, not a line uttered in the blockbuster movie series by Luke Skywalker, but the intro on a piece in a residents’ association newsletter, as Bingham Park gears up to celebrate the life of resident … Continue reading
A Vue to a killing: Grants landlords to blame for cinema closure
The closure this week of the Vue Cinema in Grants in the town centre was down to the building’s new owners’ greed, in ratcheting up the rents for businesses already struggling for survival in Croydon’s run-down high street. That’s according … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Cinema, Grants, Tokia Square, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon High Street, David Lean Cinema, Grants, Grants Centre, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign, Tory, Vue Cinema, Vue Grants, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Perry makes no formal intervention as Mayor over Vue closure
Tory Mayor fails to act over doomed multiplex cinema, as he uses latest blow to ‘evolving’ town centre as an opportunity for a bit of late-term cosplaying. SANDRA STEAD reports Jason Perry, Croydon’s impotent and out-of-touch Mayor, had no idea … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Cinema, Grants, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tokia Square, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Councillor Rowenna Davis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon High Street, Grants, Grants Centre, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, Tory, Vue Cinema, Vue Grants, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Town centre multiplex cinema to close in latest blow for Perry
KEN LEE, Town Hall reporter, on how Croydon’s failed Mayor has been blindsided, again, by another major loss to the High Street The latest hammerblow to Jason Perry’s bogus election claims that he has Croydon “back on track” and that … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Cinema, Grants, Tokia Square, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon High Street, Grants, Grants Centre, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Sarah Jones MP, Tory, Vue Cinema, Vue Grants, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Enjoy Oscar winners and more at David Lean Cinema in April
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From a few lines in Henry V, actor stood alongside the greats
CROYDON CHRONICLES: An outstanding producer-director at The Old Vic who performed alongside the likes of Sir Henry Irving and Sir Laurence Olivier, and appeared in some of the most notable films of the 1940s and ’50s, Harcourt Williams’ acting talent … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, David Morgan, History, Theatre, Uncategorized
Tagged Around The World In Eighty Days, Audrey Hepburn, Croydon, David Morgan, Gregory Peck, Hamlet, Harcourt Williams, Henry V, John Gelgud, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Roman Holiday, Sir Henry Irving, The Old Vic, Whitgift Grammar Shool, Whitgift School, William Shakespeare
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David Lean Cinema, March 2026 listings: H Is For Hawk special
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David Lean Cinema, March 2026 listings: H Is For Hawk special
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Breathless memories of Godard classic are far from vague
CROYDON COMMENTARY: A recent American movie, a hommage to a French master, has PETER GILLMAN considering the importance of words, and reminiscing about a date in a long-lost South Croydon cinema So who remembers the Croydon Classic? This was the … Continue reading
Hamnet and Marty Supreme among DLC’s February screenings
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Hamnet and Marty Supreme among DLC’s February screenings
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