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Hosted by

East Surrey Family History Society
to celebrate our 30th Anniversary year

Saturday 14th April 2007
United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon
(close to East Croydon Station)
click here for map and travel information with Stop Press item


10.00 am

Doors open

10.30 am

National Monuments Record:
the public archive of English Heritage
Simon Thompson

11.15 am

Coffee

11.45 am

Croydon Local Studies Library
Chris Bennett

12.30 pm

Lunch

2.00 pm

Family History in the future
Paul Blake

3.00 pm 

AGM

3.30 pm 

Tea and celebration cake

4.30 pm

Doors close

 

Admission is free
and non members are welcome to the public part of the day.
Our bookstall will be attending, with
old maps, local history books and our own publications.
There will be help desks, quizzes, displays, and a competition: 

Results from the Records
If you have found a fascinating, unusual source in the archives,
this is your opportunity to share it with us.
Displays should be no more than A3 landscape in size and
the results will be announced after the last talk

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Location and Travel

Click here for a local map which will open in a new window

East Croydon Station is a short walk from the venue.
There is a frequent and rapid service from London and much of Surrey and Sussex.
Croydon Tramlink services stop outside East Croydon Station and
there are numerous bus routes passing nearby.

Stop Press
The transport situation in Croydon has been changing on a daily basis.
Currently, trraffic is one way in Addiscombe Grove from Fairfield Road to Addiscombe Road .
The diversions are signposted and ESFHS will also put up our own signs on the day.

Public transport is currently running normally.
Check this link for details of trams:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/trams/trams-all-weekend.html

and this for any rail problems:

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_bulletins/currentAndFuture.html

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