CONTENTS Notes from the Editor p2 The Marquardt and Böncker families p3 Crystal Terrace Memories p11 The Dell, Church Road p19 William Turquand p21 Herbert Casson p23 Memories of Rockmount School p26 Air Raid Shelters p35 Planning News p38 The Alma ‘Giant’ Back Cover EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chair: Stuart Hibberd
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[email protected] Secretary & Editor: Stephen Oxford 9 Grangecliffe Gardens, London, SE25 6SY
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[email protected] 5 Rockmount Road, London SE19 3SZ Other committee members: Philip Goddard, Steven Andrews Registered with the Charity Commission: 285547 1 NOTES FROM THE EDITOR Communications from Norwood residents past and present often provide material for this journal, either in the form of memories of Norwood such as the fascinating articles in this edition about Norwood New Town from Beryl Cheeseman and Ray Langridge or as the result of enquiries about a building or former resident. The moving article about the Böncker and Marquardt families was prompted by an email from Raphael Madarang in the Philippines. The article about two past residents of the Dell Church Road, Upper Norwood resulted from an enquiry from Lesley Jensen whose husband once lived in the house. Even the article about air raid shelters was the result of an enquiry about a planning application from a resident of Crown Point Parade.