A film made by my grandfather during the 1960s, showing various places in Croydon. He filmed the driving sequences by mounting his 8mm cine camera on the dashboard of his Jaguar car you can see the Jaguar emblem at the bottom of the screen in some of the shots. (The driving sequence starts in Radcliffe Road then turns left into Addiscombe Road.)
0:05 Addington Hills. 0:32 View from Addington Hills Viewing Platform. 0:50 Radcliffe Road. 1:09 Addiscombe Road. The white house is all that remains of the old East India Company Military Academy, and was built in 1848 for two professors of the academy. 1:22 'Watch It Come Down' the 'RAV' phone number on the demolition sign represents the old London telephone exchange Ravensbourne, which served Bromley. 1:49 'And Go Up'. 2:10 East Croydon Station. 2:25 George Street. 2:36 Croydon College. 2:44 'Roads Vintage Transport' High Street. 3:40 'Roads Bottle Neck' Windmill Bridge. 3:56 Park Lane Underpass. 4:32 'Sky Line' Queens Gardens. 5:00 Croydon Flyover. 5:53 'Ground Plan' views from the top of Taberner House, which was demolished in 2015. 7:47 St. George's Walk. 8:10 Surrey Street. 8:48 'The Old Canal' in Betts Park, Anerley (the fountains have disappeared now). 9:14 South Norwood Lake.