Pete Robinson, 1888 - 1921, drummer and leading member of the Southern Syncopated Orchestra, lived here 1915 - 1917.
Nubian Jak Community Trust
Heritage Lottery Fund
Avrasons
SW9, Crewsdon Road, 8
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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Pete Robinson
Jazz band. Founded by Will Marion Cook, the all-black band included performer...
Drummer with the Southern Syncopated Orchestra. Died with several other membe...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Pete Robinson
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (rebranded 2019), formerly the Heritage Lo...
Croydon Palace A former residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury (The Great Hall rebuilt between 1443 - 1452) now the home of Old Palac...
The Listing entry gives: "Artists' studios, now flats. 1885-6 with 1891 Annexe. John C P Higgs and Frank Rudkin, architects. Red Brick wi...
The carving on the plinth is attractive with a snake knotted into a figure of eight above the lettering, art nouveau capitals at each cor...
Appropriately a number of the nearby buildings have notices instructing "no ball games". 2023: We were contacted by Jim's daughter, Rach...
Charles Walter Stansby Williams, 1886 - 1945, writer, was born here.
