Croydon Collection (page 4)

Carte de visite - young man, Croydon. late 19th century

Scene outside a London railway station - probably Victoria, judging by the destinations of Brighton, Reigate, Croydon, Epsom, St Leonards and Hastings. Date: circa 1860s

Croydon Fire Brigade, South Norwood station
The firefighters of the Croydon Fire Brigade serving at South Norwood station, South Norwood High Street, together with their horse drawn manual fire engine. Date: 1870

Interior in the dinning-hall, female orphan asylum in Beddington, Surrey. Date: 1875

Exterior of the new asylum for girls under the age of twelve, at Beddington near Croydon. The girls were taught how to read, knit and sew and to work in the kitchen

Handley Page HP 42E at Croydon Airport
Date: circa 1930s

New Asylum for Fatherless Children, Reedham 1858
Exterior of the new Asylum for Fatherless Children, at Couisdon, near Croydon. Date: 1858

First regular air mail, England to Australia 1934
First regular air mail from England to Brisbane in Australia, Sir Kingsley Wood making his speech. Leaving from Croydon, London in Imperial Airways liner. Date: 8 December 1934

Air mail leaving Croydon for Karachi, India 1929
The first air mail service between Croydon, England and Karachi, India. Inaugurated by Armstrong-Siddeley Argosy air liner of Imperial Airways, arriving on 6 April. Date: 30 March 1929

NEW CROSS / RAILWAY 1838
New Cross, south-east London, with the London and Croydon railway line Date: 1838

Republic RC-1 Seabee assembly at Croydon Airport, carried out by Rollason Aircraft and Engines. Three Seabees were imported from the production line at Farmingdale, for onward sale in Scandinavia

An Aerial view over Croydon Date: circa 1935

Croydon Airport - Fokker F. XII PH-AIJ
Fokker F.XII PH-AIJ Ijsvogel (msn 5302) of KLM, approaching to land at Croydon Airport. First registered as PH-AIJ on 26.04.32, she was sold in France on 12.10.36. Date: circa 1934

Croydon Airport - Fokker F. VIIb-3m OO-AID
OO-AIDFokker F.VIIb-3mOO-AID (msn 5097) of SABENA, approaching to land at Croydon Airport First registered as PH-AEP on 20.09.29, later transferred to the Belgian register as OO-AID

Croydon Airport - de Havilland DH. 86b Express G-AEJM
de Havilland DH.86b Express G-AEJM (msn 2351) of Wrightways Ltd.. approaching to land at Croydon Airport. G-AEJM was first registered on 06.07.36

Croydon Airport - Fokker F. IX PH-AF
Fokker F.IX PH-AF? of KLM, at Croydon Airport, with a reception committee waiting for passengers to disembark.. Date: circa 1933

Croydon Airport - Douglas-Fokker DC-2-115E PH-AKH
Douglas-Fokker DC-2-115E PH-AKH Haan (msn 1354.14) of KLM, approaching to land at Croydon Airport. PH-AKH was sold in Sweden as SE-AKE on 13 january 1940. Date: circa 1933

Croydon Airport - Fokker F. IX PH-AGA
Fokker F.IX PH-AGA Adelaar (msn 5106) of KLM, approaching to land at Croydon Airport. PH-AGA was sold in France as F-APFA on 26.9.36. Date: circa 1933

Croydon Airport - Junkers Ju52-3m D-AFER
Junkers Ju52/3m D-AFER Franz Buchner (msn 4047), of Deutsche LuftHansa (DLH) on approach to land at Croydon Airport. First registered in April 1934

Mr Wu, Grand Theatre, Croydon, Surrey
Mr Wu, a play by Harry M Vernon and Harold Owen, at the Grand Theatre, Croydon, Surrey. Previously at the Strand and Savoy Theatres, London. 1910s

Spencer Airship in Croydon on 1st May 1908 Date: 1908

de Havilland DH-86 Express
Imperial Airways de Havilland Dh-86 Express Delphinus Parked at Croydon 1930S Date: 1930s

de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito B-35
Spartan Air Servicede Havilland Dh-98 Mosquito B-35 Parked with Hangars Behind Date: 1955

Fokker F-VIIb-3M / 7b-3M
Captain Charles Kingsford-Smith and Crew with Fokker F.Viib-3M Southern Cross at Croydon after a 13.5 Day Flight from Australia to England on 10th July 1929 Date: 1929

de Havilland DH-4A
Instone Air Line de Havilland Dh-4A Parked at Croydon Date: 1920s

Vickers Vimy Commercial FB-28
Instone Air Line Vickers Vimy Commercial Fb-28 with a Cargo of Strawberries Arriving from France at 6.30Pm - These Go Direct to the Jam-Factory of Messrs Crosbies Ltd in the Truck with Crosbies Nap

Avro 652A Anson 1 / I
Avro 652A Anson 1 Crashed into a Hangar During Take-Off from Croydon, UK on 8th March 1949 Date: 1949

Vickers Vimy Commercial
Instone Air Line Vickers Vimy Commercial Parked at Croydon Date: 1920s

Louis Bleriot Arriving at Croydon Airport 27 July 1929, ?
Louis Bleriot Arriving at Croydon Airport 27 July 1929, on the 20th Anniversary after His First Crossing of the English Channel on Sunday 25th July 1909 Date: 1929

The arrival of the aircraft of the American World Fligh?
The arrival of the aircraft of the American World Flight at Croydon, England, in 1924. Alongside Douglas World Cruiser Boston are from left: Lt Lowell Herbert Smith, Lt Leslie P

Shirley Road, Croydon, South London. Date: 1911

Photograph of Blacksmiths Arms, Croydon (New), Surrey. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

High Street, Sutton, Surrey
High Street, Sutton, near Croydon, Surrey, England. Showing the Christmas Show Week Celebrations. Also the shop/premises of Walsh Drapers, The Victoria Wine Company and Freeman Hardy Willis Date: 1908

Man standing in front of plane
A smartly dressed man standing in front of a plane, probably a biplane operated by the French airline, Air Union. Flights operated between Croydon airport in the UK and Le Bourget airport in Paris

de Havilland DH91 Albatross, G-AEDK, Fortuna, of Imperial Airways, in alongside a Bloch 220, F-ADHJ, of Air France, at Croydon

Junkers Ju52 / 3m D-AMYY
Junkers Ju52/3m, D-AMYY, Wilhelm Siegert, of Lufthansa at Croydon

Croydon Fire Brigade, Thornton Heath horse fire engine
Thornton Heath was one of three stations in the Croydon Fire Brigade -- the other two were the main Croydon headquarters station and South Norwood

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