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.
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Croydon Airport was London's main airport before Heathrow, drawing about 100,000 visitors a year who came just to see the planes, and the Mayday distress call is said to have been invented there.
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Croydon used to be the summer residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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The name Croydon may mean valley where the wild saffron grows.
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Amy Johnson flew from Croydon to Australia in 1930, and when she returned to Croydon Airport 200,000 people greeted her, with at least 12 run over by the slow-moving procession.
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Britain is home to the little-known White Cliffs of Croydon, though they may actually just be a disused quarry.
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In 2015 a woman glued her bum to a Debenhams window in Croydon, naked apart from a sash reading world's grumpiest woman, in protest at how grumpy she was.
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A headline once ran: Croydon Hospital leaves human teeth embedded in man's leg after bizarre iPad trampoline incident.
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In 1933 the comedian Will Hay discovered a great white spot on Saturn from his garden in Croydon.
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