Tag Archives: John Munro

Family counts cost of burglary during Croydon’s Walnut Fair

Posted on August 23, 2026 by insidecroydon

CROYDON CHRONICLES: Archive newspaper reports of a burglary on Church Street in 1861 provide a useful insight into the possessions of a Victorian household, as DAVID MORGAN explains Burglaries are not new crimes. A trawl through the local newspaper archives … Continue reading →

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How sci-fi author John Munro died as a hermit in Croydon

Posted on August 2, 2026 by insidecroydon

CROYDON CHRONICLES: There are times when life, and death, can be stranger than fiction. Archive research by DAVID MORGAN suggests that a ‘Verne-esque’ sci-fi writer died in Croydon 25 years earlier than previously recorded Documents have come to light which … Continue reading →

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