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On behalf of the Society, our Chair May Johnson wrote in support
of Croydon's Bid for City Status you can find out more
information and other letters of support from http://www.CroydonCity.org
May Johnson
Chairperson
The Croydon Society
I write to support the application of Croydon Borough Council
to become a city.
Croydon nestles in a valley guarded by hills of archaeological
antiquity like Farthing Downs, Addington Hills and Croham Hurst.
Royal Kings and Queens, Bishops, Lords and Ladies have graced
our soil. So, too, have the modern day men and women. They have
left us a wonderful legacy of commercial achievements - Marconi,
Mullard, Lindberg, Amy Johnson, Ruskin, Muggeridge, Jessop, Joseph
Fairbank and Cicely Mary Barker, to name but a few.
We have inherited buildings, some of which today house schools
of excellence, teaching today's youngsters to have pride in themselves
as well as their surroundings. Advertisements for the multicultural
jobs today require many languages and a school has been set up
to cater for multi lingual children and adults, it could teach
as many as 60 languages.
Libraries are centres of learning with IT in use everywhere.
The Fairfield Halls, opened by the Queen Mother, has famous orchestras
and visiting Pop Stars and Ice Shows and pantomime.
Croydon is a busy commercial centre and a bustling shopping
area with a daily market in the open air and caters for every
kind of shopper and is a cosmopolitan town where many many languages
are spoken and a wonderful variety of foods and drinks can be
bought.
With easy access to Europe - Eurostar, Coach to Gatwick - Thameslink
to other places. Banks and Firms with world-wide links have chosen
to have a base here.
We have not forgotten the examples set by Archbishop Whitgift
and other philanthropists to help the less able and there is
a vast network of organisations, (this is mostly a voluntary
area) where they are encouraged to help themselves to become
self-supporting.
Croydon is circled with green areas of parks and open spaces
and one is never very far from a wooded glade or a patch of wild
flowers or the sound of birds. It is this which gives it a pastoral
pleasant countrified atmosphere. There is a feeling of well-being
and with its many many churches, public houses and even a Mosque
which to my mind makes it a city. It has it all.
Yours sincerely
May Johnson
Chairperson
The Croydon Society
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