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Records relating to Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Council collected by Trevor Austin, the last surviving Elected Member of C&P UDC, which was amalgamated with the County Borough of Croydon in 1965. Includes:

Councillor's 1964 diary;

The Councillors' Handbook;

Standing Orders of the Council and Contracts of C&P UDC;

Constitution and duties of Council Committees;

Health Report 1963;

Work of the Coulsdon & Purley Public Libraries 1962-4;

Civil Defence Handbook no.10 - Nuclear Attack;

Coulsdon & Purley Official Guide;

'I want to be a Borough Councillor' booklet, and

Official correspondence between the UDC Town Clerk nd persons nominated, standing and elected for and to the UDC.

Includes heads of households only.

Contains name of deceased, cost and details of funeral, name of person by whom the account was settled. The volume includes a name index for the latter.

Each entry gives description of house and price of sale or rent; some entries include copy of printed sale particulars. Properties are mostly in South and Upper Norwood but other locations are also included.

The collection consists of a petition presented to the Corporation of Croydon by the Croham Hurst Preservation Committee in 1899 and reprints of Croydon Advertiser newspaper articles which were evidently used by the Croham Hurst Preservation Committee as publicity material.

A petition of several hundred signatures presented to the Mayor and Corporation of Croydon calling for the purchase of the whole of Croham Hurst. The petitions are in three bundles and are divided into Ratepayers and Non-Rate Payers.

Plan of proposed building land on Croham Hurst. Reprinted from the Croydon Advertiser, 18 February 1899. (2 copies).

Reasons why we should save the Whole of Croham Hurst by Edward A. Martin, Hon Sec, Croham Hurst Preservation Committee. Reprinted from the Croydon Advertiser, 01 April 1899. (2 copies)

Letters from the Croham Hurst Preservation Committee reprinted from the Croydon Advertiser on 19 June 1899 and 21 July 1899. The first letter gives the background to the petition. (1 copy of each).

Photograph album presented to Edward Martin by the Croham Hurst Preservation Society. The collection also contains notes about Mr Martin and the album written by his grandaughter.

The album contains illuminated dedication, list of contributors, portraits of E A Martin and E.A.Martin with H.Keighley Moore as well as photographs of Croham Hurst. The figures in the photographs are probably members of the Martin and Keighley Moore families. The volume also contains four watercolours, probably by Lillian Hannah Martin, wife of Edward. The pages of the album are decorated with ink drawings of leaves.

Four pages of handwritten notes on Edward A. Martin and the photograph album presented to him by the Croham Hurst Preservation Society. The notes were written by his grand daughter Pauline Robinson in 1987.

Croydon Fire Brigade occurrence book for Woodside Fire Station, Monday 23rd October 1961 to Wednesday 11th April 1962.

Two standard abbreviations appear throughout the text:

P = Pump

PE = Pump Escape

Scrapbook including concert, sports day and prizegiving programmes, newspaper cuttings and various other items to do with the school. Undated school prospectus and Old Girls Association publications from 1944, 1960 and 1961 in rear pocket.

Signature book opened 17th September 1932. Evidently used for post war meetings of the Croydon Repertory Association.

Minutes of the various commitees of Norwood Cottage Hospital including the minutes of the first meeting which was held at St. Andrews Hall, Norwood, on 12 June 1882. The minutes also include newspaper reports and other ephemera.

Pamphlet found in Norwood Cottage Hospital Minute Book.

Photographic prints of Waddon Pumping Station, Addington Pumping Station and Park Hill Reservoir and Water Tower taken by Ronald Arthur Huitson together with m/s notes and drawings

27 black and white photographs of Waddon Water Pumping Station made by Ronald and Muriel Huitson of the Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society in 1969 together with two sheets of manuscript notes

Six photographs mounted on orange card.

Exterior view of buildings from SE showing boiler house chimney and main pumping house

Exterior view of the main (south) front of the pumping house

Interior view showing a plan of the station.

Interior view showing the brass plate in the main entrance.

View of east engine

View of east engine

Sheet two:

7-10. Views of east engine