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THE EVENTS GUIDE croydonheritagefestival.co.uk THE WHITGIFT FOUNDATION As a 400 year old Croydon charity steeped in history, we are delighted to present Croydon Heritage Festival for the third year running. The festival is a celebration of Croydon’s often forgotten but incredible heritage as we look to the future of important redevelopment for our town. We were founded in 1596 by Archbishop John Whitgift with the aim to provide education and care in Croydon. Today, we continue to expand these services in the community: > We grant bursaries totalling £5 million a year to students who attend our three schools, Whitgift, Trinity and Old Palace, representing one of the largest school fee support schemes in the UK. Currently 46% of our students receive financial support towards school fees. > We care for 100 older residents at Whitgift Care, offering a full package of care from respite, day care and sheltered accommodation, to full residential and nursing care across our three homes: the Whitgift Almshouses, Wilhelmina House and Whitgift House. > We provide free support and advice to the borough’s estimated 34,000 carers at the Carers Support Centre in George Street run by our Carers’ Information Service. To fund these charitable activities, we rely on income from our investment and property portfolio around Croydon including our freehold ownership of the Whitgift Centre. For some time we have been working in partnership with Westfield and latterly the Croydon Partnership to bring about a transformational change to Croydon’s town centre. This redevelopment is not only vital to the town but will also enable us to sustain our charitable activities in the local community for years to come. Find out more about our work at whitgiftfoundation.co.uk @1596Whitgift 2 CROYDON HERITAGE 2015 FESTIVAL Now in its third year and back by popular demand, Croydon Heritage Festival continues to go from strength to strength. Through celebrating the diversity and rich culture in Croydon we have brought together over 100 events in a jam-packed programme from Saturday 20 June to Sunday 28 June. New for 2015, Croydon Heritage Festival is celebrating Croydon’s links to famous people and events of the past, present and future – bringing together the community, young and old. From touring behind the scenes of Croydon’s famous buildings, hearing tales of the Flower Fairies, to street dance, art and music, this year’s Heritage Festival is set to be famously delightful for all involved. See you there! The Events Guide Thanks to all of the organisations and individuals who are involved in this year’s festival, the guide is bursting at the seams with enlightening, challenging and enjoyable events. Events listed are correct at the time of going to print and might be subject to change. Some activities are also subject to pre-booking. For the most up toor datecall 020 information 8256 1578 and . to book, please visit www.croydonheritagefestival.co.uk WHAT’S INSIDE? Croydon’s Festival Launch Famous Present 4 Croydon Heritage Day 10 Festival Walking Trail 12 Walks & Trails 13 Open Buildings Croydon’s Famous Past 15 Further Events 6 Heritage Exhibition 7 Flower Fairies Festival 8 Croydon Libraries Talks & Workshops Croydon’s Famous Future 9 Further Talks & Workshops 17 Future Competition 18 Future Day 3 croydonheritagefestival.co.uk Opening Times CROYDON Performances: 12:30 - 17:30 HERITAGE DAY Stalls: 11:00 - 17:30 20 June – North End, Central Croydon The festival will kick off with a bang on Croydon Heritage Day, Saturday 20 June, with a bigger and better programme than ever before. Join us once again in North End, where we will be filling the streets with family orientated performances, music, drama and art while you browse local craft and food stalls. Expect carnival drums and musical performances as well as lively tap, jazz and street dance from some of Croydon’s most inspirational young people. There will be Bollywood, Indian Classical and Tudor dances as well as drama performances from Trinity and the BRIT Schools. Music will be building with contributions including Caribbean Calypso, modern pop, R’n’B songs and arrangements of classical music on Steel Pans, choir pieces from around the world as well as jazz, brass and neo-soul performances. Heritage Day Line-up These are some of the acts that you can expect to see at Heritage Day... Kinetika Bloco The BRIT School Rainbows Singers Across Borders J’s Dance Factory CODA Theatre Company The BRIT School’s Jade Evo Apsara Arts Trinity School Jazz Group Old Palace School Ambition Festival Tudor Dance Old Palace School Steel Pans Trinity School Classic and Contemporary Monologues Jubilate Choir 4 Croydon Heritage Day Croydon Heritage Festival 2015 HERITAGE DAY STALLS Alongside the music, Heritage Day will give you the opportunity to find out more about some of the amazing charities, organisations, societies and history groups working across Croydon. There will be stalls representing... Alive ‘N’ Kicking Croydon Natural Croydon Soroptimists Health Stall History and Scientific Society Friends of Apsara Arts Shirley Windmill Croydon LGBT Ashburton History Handelsbanken Croydon Outdoor Pursuits and Social Broad Green Events Club (COPSE) JAGS Foundation Residents’ Association and Friends of Church Alley Croydon Radical Local Historian, History Network and Raymond Wheeler Samuel Coleridge- Croydon Taylor Network Bowling Club Mott MacDonald Croydon Radio Croydon Crocuses Norbury and Women’s Institute South London Croydon Writers Transport Club Croydon Heritage Jams & Chutneys Crystal Palace Surrey Street Football Club Market Stall Foundation Croydon Memorabilia The Oval Tavern Crystal Palace Croydon Mentors Foundation Purley Festival New for 2015, Heritage Day will also involve a number of delectable street food vendors to satisfy all of your ice cream, cookies, Mott MacDonald is a proud steak baguette and Caribbean food cravings! sponsor of Croydon Heritage Day 5 CROYDON’S FAMOUS PAST Croydon has a rich and vibrant history. From Henry VIII proposing to the first of his six wives at the Old Palace to Marilyn Monroe flying into Croydon Airport, we want to celebrate the famous and interesting of Croydon’s past at this year’s festival. Read on to find out what’s on offer over the next few pages of this year’s festival guide. Croydon Heritage Exhibition Looking into Croydon’s links to the past we have Whitgift Shopping uncovered famous faces and places across the borough Centre Unit, ground floor, (opposite Superdry) which will be celebrated in the Heritage Exhibition. Spot some familiar faces in the heritage video and 13:00 - 17:00 browse a mix of past and future heritage from your Saturday 20 June local area in interactive displays. 12:00 - 16:00 The exhibition will showcase artworks from our Famous Sunday 21 June Wednesday 24 June Future Competition, in which students from Croydon’s Friday 26 June schools have submitted art on how they envision Saturday 27 June Croydon’s future will look, as well as a screening of the Sunday 28 June newly commissioned Croydon Heritage short film. 12:00 - 18:30 Contributors include: Apsara Arts, Croydon Airport Thursday 25 June Society, Croydon Bowling Club, Croydon Writers celebrating their 75th Anniversary, Friends of Church Alley, History of Workers Educational Association, Museum of Croydon, London Tramlink Depot, Regiment 151 with a ‘Then and Now’ display on the Battle of Waterloo and Modern Warfare, an Introduction to Slavery and Croydon and Stanley Halls. Stiles Harold Williams is a proud sponsor of Croydon’s Famous Past 6 Croydon’s Famous Past Croydon Heritage Festival 2015 FLOWER FAIRIES FESTIVAL 28 June 2015 marks the 120th Birthday of world famous All activities artist, author and Croydonian, Cicely Mary Barker, who take place on: created The Flower Fairies, her most famous collection of Park Hill Park works, using the faces of REAL children from Croydon in 11:30 to 17:30 Saturday 20 June the early 20th century. Sunday 21 June In the 21st century the inaugural Flower Fairies Festival will 12:00 – 16:00 th not only celebrate Cicely Mary Barker’s 120 Birthday but also Saturday 27 June use the magical Flower Fairies to enchant today’s 21st century parents and children. 11:30 to 5:30 Sunday 28 June The Flower Fairies Festival has worked in partnership with local *This is a family event schools, The Children’s University, local artists, authors and and children must be experts to offer families the glory of art, imagination, nature accompanied by an adult. and books through outdoor play, hands on dance, art, craft and garden workshops*, interactive performances, exhibitions and storytelling. Presented by the Friends of Park Hill Park, we hope that families coming to the event will not only gain an insight into the different cultural and ethnic backgrounds of 21st century Croydon, but also learn about the similarities between them and our overall need for nature and books. Highlights include: © The Estate of Cicely Mary Barker An official re-launch of the Cecily Mary Barker Garden in Park Reproduced by permission Hill Park’s walled garden on Sunday 28 June; Flower Fairies of Frederick Warne & Co. trails; eco gardening and craft workshops for children; A Park Pavillion Mural created by Rise Gallery to celebrate Croydon; a Pavillion pop-up cinema; Flower Fairies storytelling sessions with local actress and voice over artist, Evette Davis. We hope that you and your family will join us in this journey of imagination at the Flower Fairies Festival 2015. For a full programme of events and to book your place at workshops and screenings, please see the website – croydonheritagefestival.co.uk 7 CROYDON’S FAMOUS PAST Croydon libraries are once again supporting the festival with a full programme of dynamic talks and displays on the famous moments and people that have defined the borough.