Joseph Paxton was born in Bedfordshire on 3 August 1803 into a farming family. He had a number of gardening jobs until in 1823 he began working at Chiswick Gardens which ...

In July 1944 two of Hitler’s V1 rockets hit Upper Norwood. The first rocket killed eight people, fatally injuring another five and demolishing houses in Palace Square and...

Here is John Greatrex talking about the proposed Crystal Palace scheme and it's effect on the 2012 Olympics. John is a former athelete and local historian for the Crystal...