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Competition: Win a copy of acclaimed Great North Wood book
Inside Croydon is delighted to offer our loyal readers the chance of winning a copy of the critically acclaimed and important new social history, The Wood That Built London, by CJ Schüler. The book, as reviewed here yesterday, is “A … Continue reading
Storms ahead after Great North Wood fuelled the industrial age
There are reminders all around us of what our ancestors have destroyed, and a new book about the Great North Wood reminds us that it is future generations who will have to deal with its effects. By STEVEN DOWNES Could … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, History, Wildlife
Tagged CJ Schüler, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Great North Wood, John Ruskin, London, Selhurst, South London, South Norwood, The Great North Wood, Thornton Heath
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Bird sketches out bewitching account of The Great North Wood
We live in a part of London that is ‘a forest remembered in place names’. JOHN GRINDROD has found a book which illustrates the point wonderfully well Sometimes before you’ve even opened a book, you know you’re going to love … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged John Grindrod, The Great North Wood, Tim Bird
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