Croydon
About Croydon
Croydon is a large town in South London, England, 9.5 miles (15 km) south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London; it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensive shopping area. The entire town had a population of 192,064 as of 2011, whilst the wider borough had a population of 384,837.
On the show — 45 mentions total
Amy Johnson flew from Croydon when she flew to Australia in 1930. When she came back, she came back to Croydon Airport and 200,000 people greeted her there.
from No Such Thing As Catherine Of Croydon, 2024-10-31 at 00:05:19 · read transcript
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Ethel Cain lived in the exact same town as Ruth. They were virtually. next door neighbours. Oh, but I bet they never spoke to each other. What a sitcom. What a sitcom there is to be written there. Outskirts of Croydon is where they both lived. Wow. Yeah. God, attention. The tension in that neighbourhood must have been palpable. I do think it's amazing that sort of, just to go back to wristwatches very, very briefly.
No Such Thing As Dinner On A Spider, 2016-06-16 · listen
No one now really knows what that is, unless you know Conan Doyle's bibliography really well, but it was big in the day and it kind of disappeared. That was published while he lived in Croydon. Will Hay, the comedian, in 1932, he is noted as having discovered a great white spot on the planet Saturn from his garden in Croydon. It was like a big new astronomical discovery. Everyone's really excited.
555: No Such Thing As Catherine Of Croydon, 2024-10-31 · listen
Dan, very excitingly, was born in Forest Hill, London, which is about a five-minute walk from where you used to live. He was born there in 1879. Just listen to this sentence. He lived there until 1938 when he moved to Croydon. He died on the 6th of June 1939. A great advert for the Croydon way of life. I was hoping you would say he died when he was murdered in the local Crystal Palace maze.
Little Fish: Not Sponsored By Reba McEntire, 2026-01-18 · listen
There's some good crowbars. The crowbars are strong. Also, it has the world's grumpiest woman, Croydon, in it. Self-professed world's grumpiest woman. This is according to a news article in 2015 about a woman who was completely naked aside from a large sash that read, world's grumpiest woman. This is according to a news article in 2015 about a woman who was completely naked aside from a large sash that read, world's grumpiest woman, who glued her bum to the Croydon Debenham store window.
555: No Such Thing As Catherine Of Croydon, 2024-10-31 · listen
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