The Past and Present of Croydon's London Road

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No more articles until 2021

1 August 2020

I’m taking a break from publishing until 2021.

As I’m sure you can all imagine, the Covid-19 pandemic has made it impossible for me to go out and talk to shopkeepers, visit Croydon’s archives, look through planning records at the Council offices, and consult books, journals, and maps at the British Library.

I had a fair bit of information already collected, which I’ve been working through since I last left the house in early March, but I’ve now got to the point where I really do need to put things on hold until it’s safe to go out and do the research activities I can’t do from home. I don’t envisage this happening until 2021 at the earliest.

In the meantime, please enjoy this photo of my breakfast at Opan, 204 London Road, late last year. I’m very much looking forward to being able to go out for a Croydon breakfast and a morning of working-from-cafe again.

Avocado toast and a mug of tea at Opan, 204 London Road, December 2019. Photo (and breakfast): author’s own.

Comments

  1. Tony Skrzypczyk 1 August 2020, 9:32am Quite understand we will just have to wait for the next excellent article. Stay safe and occupied. Kind regards.
  2. Kake 1 August 2020, 9:40am Thanks Tony, much appreciated.
  3. David Felix Frewin 5 March 2021, 6:51am

    Come on! It’s 2021 for the last 3 months! We miss your fascinating articles.
    Hope you are well, though.

    David
  4. Kake 5 March 2021, 3:14pm It’s 2021, yes, but we’re still in the middle of a pandemic, Croydon archives and the British Library are still closed, and the UK is in lockdown. I’d love to be able to research and write some more articles, but it just isn’t possible at the moment.
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