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Harcourt Road, THORNTON HEATH, CR7 6BY

Thornton Road forms the north end of the A23's route around Croydon town centre, the route created in the 1920s by the building of Purley Way, and carries heavy traffic as a result.

Croydon Cemetery was opened in 1876. These flower beds are near the entrance to the Thornton Heath Extension in Thornton Road (A23).

This road formed the northern section of the Purley Way bypass. This photograph was taken outside the gates of Croydon Crematorium. In the distance can be seen the cooling towers of Croydon power station. These were demolished several years ago.

Now part of the A23, this is generally a very busy road.

Lanfranc Air Crash Memorial. 9th August 1961. Thirty four pupils and two teachers of Lanfranc Secondary Modern School, Croydon, were killed when the Viking airliner they were flying in crashed while making the approach to the Sola Airport near Stavanger, Norway; they had been travelling to a camping holiday. The mass grave contains thirty four of the victims, buried together in Croydon Cemetery.

Croydon Cemetery was opened in 1876. It contains 195 scattered war graves of the First World War, most of them of local men. Some of the 150 Second World War burials form a small war graves plot in the Thornton Heath Extension. This is seen here together with the war memorial. As is so common elsewhere, they are beautifully kept in the manner of the war cemeteries in France and Belgium. Close by is the Archbishop Lanfranc School memorial to the Stavanger Air Crash of 1961 - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3033847

Croydon Cemetery was opened in 1876. It contains 195 scattered war graves of the First World War, most of them of local men. Some of the 150 Second World War burials form a small war graves plot in the Thornton Heath Extension. This is seen here together with the war memorial. As is so common elsewhere, they are beautifully kept in the manner of the war cemeteries in France and Belgium. Close by is the Archbishop Lanfranc School memorial to the Stavanger Air Crash of 1961 - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3033847

Remembering the 34 boys and two teachers who died in an air crash near Stavanger, Norway 09-08-1961 whilst on a school trip.

Lanfranc Air Crash Memorial. 9th August 1961. Thirty four pupils and two teachers of Lanfranc Secondary Modern School, Croydon, were killed when the Viking airliner they were flying in crashed while making the approach to the Sola Airport near Stavanger, Norway; they had been travelling to a camping holiday. The mass grave contains thirty four of the victims, buried together in Croydon Cemetery.