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Wandle Park postcard begins trace of a Pitlake family’s history
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: They were the WhatsApp and TikTok of their time, and Edwardian era postcards can provide intriguing beginnings to local history searches, as DAVID MORGAN found out In the early years of the 20th century, the sending of postcards … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, David Morgan, History, Selhurst, Waddon, Wandle Park, West Croydon
Tagged Alice Boddison, Big Ben, Croydon, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Derby Arms, Isaac Boddison, Ontario, Peterborough Ontario, Pitlake, Selhurst, Waddon, Wandle Park, West Croydon, White Star Line
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Tough pioneer spirit took Croydon name to the Great Lakes
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: The global reach of settlers from what was then a market town in Surrey extends more than 3,000 miles to a small farming village in Canada, as DAVID MORGAN explains Jump aboard a flight bound for Toronto Pearson … Continue reading
Posted in David Morgan, History
Tagged Canada, Croydon, Croydon Ontario, David Morgan, Henry Addington, Ontario, Toronto
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