Croydon Millenary Celebrations 1960

This amateur film shows the parade and subsequent events at Ashburton Park to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of establishment of Croydon. It is one of two films at Croydon Local Studies Library & Archives covering these events.
(The full catalogue record for this film, LSA/2584, is available at www. londonsscreenarchives.org.uk.)

[@marmite400]

Wow! My mum and sister lived near there in the 70's and 80's. I'm impressed by the effort and sense of theater the people put into this. The quality of the colour film is exceptional.

[@royjeffs6538]

People were so easily pleased back then 😉