Claimed to be the first public building in South Norwood. When it opened there was little else here except for brickworks and farmland.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Jolly Sailor Inn
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Jolly Sailor Inn
Site of the Jolly Sailor Inn, South Norwood's first public building, 1810. Pe...
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Deptford History Group
2012: we can find no information about this group, so possibly it is no longer active.
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Olave Baden-Powell
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Tom Thornton
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