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Stay ‘coul’ at the Coulsdon Club: special air-conditioned offer
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here to visit the Coulsdon Club’s website and find out more
Stay ‘coul’ at the Coulsdon Club: special air-conditioned offer
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here to visit the Coulsdon Club’s website and find out more
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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Supernatural, a Peter Green celebration, Coulsdon Club, July 23
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T
Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Coulsdon, Music
Tagged Comrades Club, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Club, Croydon, Music
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Supernatural, a Peter Green celebration, Coulsdon Club, July 23
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Coulsdon, Music
Tagged Comrades Club, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Club, Croydon, Music
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Coulsdon finial celebrates the navvies who built the railway
With the Brighton main line effectively out of service between Croydon and Gatwick over the next three weekends, our gratitude for the amenity that the railway line provides ought to be a touch improved. You never appreciate what you have … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, History, Transport
Tagged Charles King, Comrades Club, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Club, Coulsdon History Trail, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Farthing Downs, Finials, Happy Valley, Mammoth, Merstham Tunnel, Navvies, Stoats Nest Farm
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Coulsdon trail recalls era when mammoths roamed the hills
There was a time, about 20,000 years ago, when in the area where today a few cattle graze on Farthing Downs and Coulsdon locals take their pet pooches for a daily walk, there roamed across the land 15-foot-tall giants, the … Continue reading
Poignant moment as British Legion branch lays up its standard
The Coulsdon branch of the British Legion has formally closed, 104 years after its foundation. The decision was taken due to declining numbers of members. The occasion was marked with a final parade and the retirement of the branch’s standard … Continue reading
Coulsdon finial gives ‘Puff-puff’ Pirie a proper podium finish
Finally, the lovely people who manage the Croydon Art Trail have managed to get Gordon Pirie across their finishing line. Pirie was one of Britain’s greatest sports stars of the mid-20th Century, the distance runner winning an Olympic silver medal … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Athletics, City Commons, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Croydon parks, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, History, South London Harriers, Sport
Tagged "Gentleman" John Jackson, 1956 Melbourne Olympics, Charles King, Comrades Club, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Club, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Emil Zatopek, Farthing Downs, Gordon Pirie, Happy Valley, Highwayman, James Cooper, KIng George IV, South London Harriers, Vladimir Kuts
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The Afterthoughts show Coulsdon’s got its own school of rock
The pub/club music scene can be discovered in some of the most unexpected places in and around Croydon, and when you do, it can be surprisingly good, too, as JAMES WILLIAMS explains It’s another packed-out night in the Coulsdon Club … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Coulsdon, Music
Tagged Comrades Club, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Club, James Williams, The Afterthoughts
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