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Cuthbert William Johnson

  • P114
  • Person
  • 1799 - 1878

Cuthbert William Johnson, born in Bromley on 21 September 1799, was an agricultural writer largely considered an authority on agricultural matters. He published several works including 'The Use of Crushed Bones as Manure'. He was a key player in the campaign which led to the passing of the Public Health Act in 1848, going on to be Chairman of the Croydon Local Board of Health from it's founding in March 1849 to September 1953 and again from May 1862 to March 1877. He died in Croydon on 8 March 1878.

L. H. Turtle Ltd.

  • CB268
  • Corporate body
  • 1894-2008

L. H. Turtle Ltd. (Turtles or Turtle's) was established in 1894 by Louis Henry Turtle upon the purchase of a tool shop in Crown Hill (Lindsley and Co.). The shop initially sold cutlery and tools before expanding into garden tools and arts and crafts. In 1913 the site had expanded to include the garden and an old malt house at the end of the garden. This extra space was used to accommodate workshops for grinding, sharpening and repairs. In 1964, the shop became subject to a compulsory purchase order and new premises on Park Street were found. As part of this move, it became one of the first hardware stores to offer self-service shopping. At the same time, offices and storage facilites were obtained in Whitehorse Lane before moving to purpose built premises on Tait Road in 1974. The business continued to operate until 2008 when the shop became subject to another compulsory order and the business was closed. Although there were times when the shop was managed by non-family, both Louis Henry’s children, Marion and Clifford, helped in the shop as did Marion’s son, Rupert. When the move to Park Street was necessary, Jeremy, Louis Henry’s great-grandson took over the business until its closure. Company number: 00836538

Turtle Family

  • F027
  • Family

Louis Henry Turtle, born 1861 in Chesterfield, was a travelling salesman for Sheffield cutlery manufacturer Wheatley Brothers. In 1894, whilst visiting Croydon, he purchased a tool shop on Crown Hill that was up for sale. He continued to be head of the firm until his death 4th October 1940, aged 79.

Louis Henry married Kate Hibberson in 1883 and had two children, Clifford and Marion. Clifford worked in the shop until he was called up to fight during the First World War. He was killed in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 at age 23. Marion went on to marry Martin Little whom she later divorced, changing her name back to Turtle by deed poll. They had a son named Rupert.

Rupert, a trained engineer, worked in the shop where he met Marjorie. Her father provided Rupert with a job in his engineering company whilst Marion and Rupert ran the shop. Rupert and Marjorie had 4 children. When the eldest showed no interest in wanting to run the shop, Jeremy took over, helping facilitate a move of premises in 1964. Jeremy Turtle ran the business until its closure in 2008.

Crosfield Nursery School

  • CB267
  • Corporate body
  • 1946

Land had been conveyed on 15 July 1932 to the Trustees of the Croydon Mothers and Infants Welfare Association which had been formed for the purpose of promoting the health and welfare of the expectant and nursing mothers and infants in Croydon. The intention was to erect a Nursery School (with or without payment as the Association might determine), the Trustees being Mrs Helen Grace Crosfield of Eskdale House, Castlemaine Avenue, South Croydon, the widow of Hugh Theodore Crosfield JP, Rosalind Jessie Everett of Yew Tree House, Hartley Old Road, Purley, Surrey widow and Winifred Jane Philpott of 63 Blenheim Park Road, South Croydon. The Secretary of the Association was F.G. Brown, of La Roque, Overton Road, Sutton, Surrey.

Later, Helen Crosfield seems to have been succeeded as a Trustee by Priscilla Crosfield and Rosaline Everett by Barbara Duncan Harris. The land was at about 91 Canterbury Road (i.e. on the south side of the Canterbury Road between Priory Road and Mitcham Road), with a paint factory and a carriers yard on one side and a metal works on the other, but with a gate leading onto Canterbury Road Recreation Ground. The premises were closed in September 1939. In March 1947 the then trustees Winifred Jane Philpott JP, the wife of Alan Philpott, Gentleman, Barbara Duncan Harris JP, the wife of George Percy Harris of 24 Haling Park Road, Croydon, Gentleman and Priscilla Crosfield of 122 Mortlake Road, Kew Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, Spinster, conveyed the property to the Corporation, the declared intention being that it should be used as a Nursery School.

It had, during the war, been used as a Red Cross Centre but had been reopened as a Nursery School on 3 September 1946. In November 1953 the present Nursery School site off Elborough Road was purchased compulsorily by the Corporation from the South Suburban Co-operative Society Limited for 163100, the land having previously been used as tennis courts and having fallen into disuse. The building seems to have been used initially as an annexe to South Norwood Junior School Crosfield Nursery School moved into the premises in September 1962.

Dagnall Park School

  • CB266
  • Corporate body
  • 1889 - 1933

Dagnall Park School was a private school for girls, established in about 1889 at 2 Elgin Villas, Dagnall Park, South Norwood (afterwards renumber 45 Dagnall Park). It was originally run by Miss Beale. In about 1895 it moved to 28 Dagnall Park, where it was run by Miss Florence Tait. She moved the school to 38 Dagnall Park in 1899; and again in 1901 to 199 Selhurst Road, South Norwood. It was taken over by the Misses Strugnell in about 1911, and they moved it once more, in about 1918, to 229 Selhurst Road. The school appears to have closed in about 1933. It may have been loosely associated with Dagnall House School (a boys school).

Fairfield (Croydon) Ltd

  • CB067
  • Corporate body
  • 1993-2016

Fairfield (Croydon) Ltd, a self-financing charity with a board of trustees, ran Fairfield Halls from 1993-2016. It went into administration in July 2016 when the venue was closed by Croydon Council to undertake a major refurbishment.

BH Live

  • CB163
  • Corporate body
  • 2009-present

BH Live is a registered charity and social enterprise based in Bournemouth. It specialises in leisure and events and were appointed as operators of Fairfield Halls in July 2017.

Mollie Isobel Moors

  • P112
  • Person
  • 1919 - 2014

Mollie Isobel Moors was the daughter of Ernest James Moors and Elsie Newton. Her grandparents, Charles John Moors and Martha Duckett ran a drapers business at 71-73 High Street Croydon from 1882 - c. 1925 and their son, Mollie's father joined them in the business. in 1911 he married Elsie and they lived at 82 Edridge Road, Croydon. In 1921 Census, they have three children, Norah Rendall aged 8, Ruth Pattie aged 6 and Mollie Isobel aged 1. At one point he left Croydon for Devon, eventually moving to Littlemeads, South Knighton Devon, where Mollie lived later in her life. Mollie started out in a career in the theatre, training at the Croydon Repertory Theatre school of Acting and performed in this company and others. Her acting career was interrupted by the war during which she drove ambulances during the blitz and then worked in the Women's Land Army Timber Corps. After the war she moved to Devon and became a Chiropodist and became involved in amateur dramatics.

Purley High School for Girls

  • CB022
  • Corporate body
  • 1933 - 1988

The school opened as Purley County School for Girls in Godstone Road in 1933. Moved to the Stoneyfield Road site on 22 February 1939. Single-sex throughout its history and a grammar school, known as Purley County Grammar School for Girls from the mid-1940s, it became comprehensive in September 1971, changing its name to Purley High School for Girls. The school closed 31 August 1988 as a result of falling rolls.

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