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- 16 Jan 2010 09:19
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Scudders Row & Willow Way
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Can't help with info unfortunately, other than there was a dairy tucked away in the corner of this road, which was based on the boundary of the old Croydon Canal Reservoir (willow trees at the edge of the reservoir?) However, here are some pictures (photos were taken 2-Feb-1956), and probably includ...
- 1 Jan 2010 16:41
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Suggs and the Crystal Palace
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- 27 Nov 2009 09:15
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Around Steve Grindlay's boundaries...
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- 27 Nov 2009 09:11
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Question about the Roman Court @ Crystal Palace...
- Replies: 13
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- 23 Nov 2009 19:30
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Question about the Roman Court @ Crystal Palace...
- Replies: 13
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- 23 Nov 2009 19:28
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Question about the Roman Court @ Crystal Palace...
- Replies: 13
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Good one, Terry! The Colosseum looks to have been exhibited in a corner of the Roman Court, however, I just spotted it side-by-side with the Pantheon in the view posted above; if only I had a scan from the original card then I would have spotted it since the quality isn't very good in my source: htt...
- 22 Nov 2009 22:51
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Rare Crystal Palace Photos (Part 5)
- Replies: 0
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Rare Crystal Palace Photos (Part 5)
These look rare, but actually came from a sweet shop in Norwood, professionally re-produced from a collection belonging to a certain Pete... http://www.rarekungfumovies.com/sydenham/Untitled-1a.jpg http://www.rarekungfumovies.com/sydenham/Untitled-2a.jpg http://www.rarekungfumovies.com/sydenham/Unti...
- 22 Nov 2009 22:24
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Looking for an old CP thumnail from an Ebay auction...
- Replies: 9
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- 22 Nov 2009 15:44
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Looking for an old CP thumnail from an Ebay auction...
- Replies: 9
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The only Parade Watercolours I know is 1) Baxter 2) one hanging up in the Crystal Palace Museum 3) This one, which appears on Norwood Past front cover: http://www.rarekungfumovies.com/sydenham/83996.JPG Ken Kiss has all the excavation photos from the recent Molas digs if that's what you mean by huge...
- 22 Nov 2009 14:50
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Looking for an old CP thumnail from an Ebay auction...
- Replies: 9
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- 22 Nov 2009 14:44
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Looking for an old CP thumnail from an Ebay auction...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6342
The one above is the same angle as the one you posted before, but the one I saw was looking 90 degrees in 1 dimension towards the North Transept and Wing, but the Aquarium was not visible because of the other dimension looking mainly into the water with a brilliant mirror image of north end of the p...
- 22 Nov 2009 13:38
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: QUIZ: Which shop in Sydenham has a Roman style facade?
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- 22 Nov 2009 13:18
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: QUIZ: Which shop in Sydenham has a Roman style facade?
- Replies: 8
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- 22 Nov 2009 13:17
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Looking for an old CP thumnail from an Ebay auction...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6342
Thanks for your reply Terry. That is a nice picture, but unfortunately isn't the one. The photo was more rough looking, like it had a card backing with a few minor creases. I seem to recall it was either the 1st or 2nd fountain nearest to the north wing, like the fountain in your view above, but was...
- 22 Nov 2009 13:06
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: QUIZ: Which shop in Sydenham has a Roman style facade?
- Replies: 8
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QUIZ: Which shop in Sydenham has a Roman style facade?
You need to be looking for:
1) Roman Brick and Tile (thin)
2) Columns!
1) Roman Brick and Tile (thin)
2) Columns!
- 22 Nov 2009 12:51
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Question about the Roman Court @ Crystal Palace...
- Replies: 13
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Terry, thanks for the info, but please can you confirm where the colosseum was exhibited inside the palace and what was in the Roman Court before the Pantheon? This is the closest I've got to the center of the Roman Court during the heydey of the Crystal Palace (1850s/1860s): http://www.rarekungfumo...
- 22 Nov 2009 12:19
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Question about the Roman Court @ Crystal Palace...
- Replies: 13
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I don't want to sidetrack this tread (I have no answer to your question Falkor), but one thing that strikes me which Falkor said on our walk around the park was that the exhibitions in the Palace were probably better than the British Museum as they show artifacts. The palace gave them context. In t...
- 22 Nov 2009 11:10
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Question about the Roman Court @ Crystal Palace...
- Replies: 13
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Question about the Roman Court @ Crystal Palace...
We know the Crystal Palace had many different models of Greek & Roman monuments... http://www.rarekungfumovies.com/sydenham/rom3.jpg St Peters, Rome, in the Italian Vestibule http://www.rarekungfumovies.com/sydenham/rom4.jpg Parthenon, Greece, at the back of the Greek Court However, does anyone ...
- 22 Nov 2009 10:49
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Looking for an old CP thumnail from an Ebay auction...
- Replies: 9
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Looking for an old CP thumnail from an Ebay auction...
It was probably sold in 2005/2006 with a decent sized thumbnail showing one of the upper series of fountains with a reflection of the Crystal Palace in the water (probably the north transept; cannot remember exactly). I had it, but lost it. :cry: I know its a bit of a long shot, but any help would b...
- 22 Nov 2009 10:45
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Sydenham Road in old photos
- Replies: 20
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The best way of explaining those photos would be to take John Coulter's narrative from Sydenham and Forest Hill Past, and split it up and group the various paragraphs with different parts of the High Street. To everyone's horror you would then discover that less than half of the known historic buldi...