Croydon in the 1960s and 1970s

12 March 2020

Peter Batty

The March 2020 LHRG meeting will feature a memoire by Peter Batty, Commercial Director of Arriva London, on Growing up in Croydon in the 1960s and 1970s. 

The meeting will be held at 18.00 for 18.30 on Thursday, 12 March 2020 at TfL, Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, SE1 8NJ (opposite Southwark tube station, buses 40, 63). 

We anticipate that the meeting will be in the ground floor meeting room, which is accessible directly from the Reception area and it is not necessary to book in via Reception.  If you arrive early, please wait in the seated area beyond Reception until the room becomes free. 

Please check here prior to the meeting in case of a change in venue.

West Croydon Bus Station in autumn 1965.  Two Country Area routes, to West and East Sussex.

Photo © Fred Ivey