Main Interest
- 1851 Great Exhibition
- 1853 Crystal Palace accident
- 1855 & 1867 Expositions
- 1862 International Exhibition
- 1864 Rammell's pneumatic railway
- 1903 Motor show
- 1904 Motor Show
- 1908 Franco-British Exhibition
- 1908-1914 Great White City
- 1911 Coronation Exhibition
- 1911 Festival of Empire
- 1920 IWM & Great Victory Exhibition
- 1921 Poultry Show
- 1924 British Empire Exhibition
- 1930 Antwerp Exhibition
- 1936 Crystal Palace Fire
- 1937 Exposition Internationale
- 1938 Glasgow Exhibition
- 1951 Festival of Britain
- 1998-1999 anti multiplex protest
- 2000 Millennium Dome
- Aeronautics
- Alexandra Palace
- Anerley and Penge
- Art and architecture
- Beckenham
- Biographies & Works
- Camille Pissarro
- Children's books
- Circus
- Collecting
- Colouring & drawing
- CPF Publications
- Cricket and Bowling
- Croydon and Norbury
- Crystal Palace & area
- Crystal Palace Company & bankruptcy
- Crystal Palace police
- Crystal Palace School of Engineering
- Cycling
- Delamotte images
- Dinosaurs
- Dulwich & Kingswood House
- Edward Milner & gardening
- Emile Zola
- Exhibition history
- Family history
- Fireworks
- Football
- Girl Guides 75th anniversary
- Great North Wood
- Guide Books & Orienteering
- Ideal Home & South London exhibitions
- Infomart, Dallas, USA
- Isambard K. Brunel
- Maps of London
- Motor Sport
- Music & Religion
- North tower lift
- Norwood New Town
- Novels
- Original souvenirs
- Public transport
- Raffaele Monti
- Railways
- Rare & out of print
- Sport - other
- St. Joseph's College, Beulah Hill
- Steampunk collection
- Sydenham & Forest Hill
- Sydenham fire station
- Television history & John Logie Baird
- West Norwood and Cemetery
- World War One
- World War Two
Penge & district history disk 1809-1998 |
We have received a donation of Penge history items and have digitised these as high resolution pdfs or jpgs on a single DVD.
This DVD is ideal for anyone studying residents, trades, types of businesses, municipal information or family history in Penge and district.
The contents of the disc are:
1809-1836 - To Penge by Canal by George West
6 page history of the canal
Also available from us as a single book at: http://www.crystalpalacefoundation.org.uk/shop/anerley-and-penge/to-penge-by-canal
1841 - Almshouses for Poor, Aged, Decayed, and Maimed Free Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames, Penge, Surrey
40 pages. 2 illustrations. An appeal for funds to set up the Penge Almshouses with objects and 20 pages of donors names.
Also available from us as a single book at: http://www.crystalpalacefoundation.org.uk/shop/anerley-and-penge/history-of-penge-almshouses
1893 - A Descriptive Account of Norwood, Forest Hill and Dulwich
65 pages. 19 page history of Norwood, Crystal Palace and Dulwich with photographs and a 46 page trade directory covering various roads in Anerley, Bromley, Beckenham, Forest Hill, Penge, Upper, South & West Norwood, Dulwich and Sydenham
1927 - Brief Notes on the History of the Hamlet of Penge with Anerley
23 pages. History of Penge and Anerley and municipal information
1930 - Detailed street and tram map of Penge
Oakgrove Road - Penge High Street and Crystal Palace Parade - Elmers End Road.
c1931 - Penge and Anerley Guide of the Urban District Council
36 pages and a fold-out map. 25 page history of Penge and Anerley with photographs and municipal information. 11 pages of trade advertisements covering the two areas
1939 - Penge Personalities
Pen-pictures of some Penge notables from the pages of Norwood News
c1939-40 - Penge and Anerley Official Guide
32 pages and a fold-out map. 24 page history of Penge and Anerley with photographs and municipal information. 8 pages of trade advertisements covering the two areas
23 January 1942 - Press cutting from Norwood News discussing books dating from 1827 - 1845 that were found in the eaves of Penge Town Hall during a paper salvage operation
1946 - Your Councillors
Pen pictures of some Penge Urban District (Penge UDC) Councillors from the pages of Norwood News
1951 - Crystal Palace District Festival Handbook
96 pages. 49 page history of Penge and Anerley with photographs and municipal information. 47 pages of trade advertisements covering the two areas
c1963 - Penge Urban District Official Guide
40 pages and a fold-out map. 30 page history of Penge and Anerley with photographs and municipal information. 12 pages of trade advertisements covering the two areas
1964 - Portrait of Penge
Film of Penge by The Rotary Club of Penge
Pre-1965 Penge Street plan
Short description of Penge, fold-out map and trade advertisements
1974 - Penge Festival programme
14 pages. Events and trade advertisements covering the two areas throughout
1977 - The Queen's Silver Jubilee Pageant in Beckenham and Penge
Film by E. F. Spottiswoode
April 1998 - Dieppe comes to Penge Market
Film by E. F. Spottiswoode
See also: http://www.crystalpalacefoundation.org.uk/shop/crystal-palace-area/upper-norwood-triangle-memories