Located in the centre of Croydon, Croydon Archives is the place to come to research the borough's past, present and future.
Croydon has a long and distinguished history, and our galleries, Research Room and archives hold a wide range of material to help researchers find out about Croydon's people, buildings, events, decisions and landscape.
Address:
Croydon Clocktower
Katharine Street
Croydon
CR9 1ET
Contact: Rosie Vizor, Borough Archivist
Website: www.croydon.gov.uk/libraries-leisure-and-culture/arts-entertainment-and-culture/museums-and-archives/archives-and-local-history-collectionsEmail: archives@croydon.gov.ukPhone: 020 8253 1022
Access: Access to Croydon's archives is free and we endeavour to support you to conduct your own research.
We are open by appointment on Wednesdays and Fridays, 11:00-13:00 and 14:00-16:00.
Walk-ins are welcome for open access resources if there is availability.
To book an appointment, email archives@croydon.gov.uk, providing details of the items you wish to view and preferences for the date and time of your appointment.
For a borough with such a distinguished history, we hold relatively little moving image. We are interested in any form of moving image which illustrates events in the history of Croydon and the various locations within it.
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My favourite film is the views of Croydon in 1943. This was filmed in a lull during the air raids: Croydon had suffered heavy damage in the blitz between Autumn 1940 and Spring 1941, including a hit on the Town Hall. The heavy damage sustained under the 'Doodlebug summer' of 1944 were yet to come. The film shows Croydon attempting to return, as much as possible, to reality.
Chris Bennett, former Borough Archivist
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