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Croydon haunting was ghost-hunter Fodor’s biggest ever case
BERNARD WINCHESTER outlines a ghostly tale that includes Conan Doyle and Sigmund Freud, a talking mongoose from the Isle of Man, and the notorious Thornton Heath poltergeist Next Saturday, Croydon’s David Lean Cinema is screening a curious film, a little-known … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Cinema, David Lean Cinema Campaign, History, Thornton Heath
Tagged Bernard Winchester, Beverstone Road, Beverstone Road poltergeist, David Lean Cinema, Ghosts, Nandor Fodor, Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose, On the Trail of the Poltergeist, Paranormal, poltergeists, Sigmund Freud, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thornton Heath
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Film star from Croydon whose career ended in a tawdry scandal
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: He appeared alongside world-famous actors such as Lillie Langtry, Errol Flynn, Bela Lugosi and Basil Rathbone. But Lionel Atwill’s time in Hollywood came to a tough end after a party with some blue movies, as DAVID MORGAN explains … Continue reading
Conan Doyle ghost story to be brought to life in South Norwood
A South Norwood arts centre is to be transformed next month, as it stages an immersive adaptation of a darkly thrilling short story by probably the most famous author to have ever lived in South Norwood – Sir Arthur Conan … Continue reading
From a GP’s on the High Street to hosting dinner for the King
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: An eminent and pioneering surgeon of the Victorian age, who performed operations on European monarchs and could command fees equivalent to £10m in modern-day values, began his medical career as a GP in Croydon. DAVID MORGAN traces the … Continue reading
Annie Besant: ‘I will speak for all the despairing silent ones’
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Last month, the Phoenix Retirement Association in Crystal Palace hosted one of its regular talks, this time about the Victorian radical Annie Besant, a woman who led the matchgirls’ strike, popularised the cause of birth control, was courted … Continue reading
Death on the Thames: Conan Doyle’s writing rises again!
The latest theatre production at the Coulsdon Community Centre was good enough to have been a genuine Conan Doyle. ALLISON MACKENZIE joined an audience that was transfixed by the performers, and by the staging I had to check carefully when … Continue reading
Sherlock’s stake-out of Count Dracula is a damn close-run thing
The game’s afoot in the latest Theatre Workshop Coulsdon production, as seen by our veteran theatre critic, BELLA BARTOCK I had never before seen it written down. But when my frequent companion, Claudia De Boozy, replied to my text inviting … Continue reading
The Singular Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, June 26
Celebrating one of South Norwood’s most famous residents, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and his creation, Sherlock Holmes, the Stanley People’s Initiative is staging The Singular Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by the Don’t Go Into The Cellar theatre company, at Stanley … Continue reading
Conan Doyle’s life in Norwood celebrated at arts festival
The life and works of one of the world’s most celebrated authors, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, feature in two events being staged as part of the South Norwood Arts Festival this week. The screening tomorrow of the classic Hammer version … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, Education, History, South Norwood
Tagged Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, SNAF, South Norwood, South Norwood Arts Festival
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Kevin Day, WG Grace and Sherlock Holmes headline SNAF
Kevin Day, comedy writer, stand-up and Palace fan, will get the two-week-long South Norwood Arts Festival under way in earnest next Monday, July 7. Day, who has written for the likes of Dave Allen and Jo Brand and been a … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, Comedy, Community associations, Music, People for Portland Road, South Norwood, South Norwood Tourist Board, Stanley Halls
Tagged Comedy, Croydon, Kevin Day, People of Portland Road, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, SNAF, South Norwood, South Norwood Arts Festival, Stanley Halls
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Council killjoy tries intimidation to halt Conan Doyle lake event
It appears that Tony Brooks, the “director of environment” at the council, has redoubled his efforts to be cast as the villain of the piece, the evil Professor Moriarty of Croydon if you like, with another letter to the South … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Paul Scott, Phil Thomas, South Norwood, South Norwood Tourist Board
Tagged Conan Doyle, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Lake Conan Doyle, London Borough of Croydon, Moriarty, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, South Norwood, South Norwood Country Park, South Norwood Tourist Board
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94% back staging of Lake Conan Doyle naming ceremony
The ceremony in South Norwood Country Park to rename its lake after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Sherlock Holmes author, will go ahead on February 1 “officially or unofficially”, according to the organisers, in spite of opposition from Croydon Council. … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Comedy, Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Mike Fisher, South Norwood, South Norwood Tourist Board
Tagged Conan Doyle, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Lake Conan Doyle, London Borough of Croydon, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, South Norwood, South Norwood Country Park, South Norwood Tourist Board, Tory
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New Sherlock mystery: will Cumberbatch visit South Norwood?
Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of the BBC’s Sherlock series, has been invited to attend the official naming ceremony for Lake Conan Doyle in South Norwood on February 1. The wags at the South Norwood Tourist Board have issued the invitation, … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Environment, History, Norwood Society, South Norwood Tourist Board, Wildlife
Tagged BBC, Benedict Cumberbatch, Conan Doyle, Croydon, Croydon Canal, Cumberbatch, Lake Conan Doyle, Martin Freeman, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, South Norwood, Surrey, West Croydon station
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