Join us for Open Mic Poetry workshop for kids aged 4-11.
Come along & read either your favourite poem or one you have written yourself!
Get inspired & also enjoy some fun poetry inspired games with our very own Mike!
Please note this event will place in the Braithwaite Hall
Carole Roberts, President of the Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, will talk us through tales of trade, tricksters, and rich local traditions.
Croydon’s first fairs were authorised from the year 1276 when the Archbishop of Canterbury granted a charter to Croydon. The Walnut Fair which started on 2 October and lasted three days was authorised by a charter in the 14th century. It was a trade fair but from early days it was also an opportunity for a pleasure fair with stalls and entertainment. The last Croydon pleasure fair took place in 1868.
Curiosities were popular at the Fair! One of them was Learned pigs. There were also peep shows, theatre performances, menageries – one year an elephant managed to escape the fair compound and ended up in a baker’s shop stealing buns.
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Staff from Barclays Bank and Croydon Council's Trading Standards Team will give a presentation and will be able to answer your questions in this helpful, free talk.
