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The
County of London was formed in 1889 from parts of the ancient counties
of Middlesex, Kent and Surrey, with
the City of London remaining an independent body. In 1965 Greater
London was formed, taking in the rest of Middlesex (which no
longer existed as a county) together with parts of Essex and Hertfordshire
and further areas of Kent and Surrey.
Greater
London is made up of 13 Inner and 19 Outer London boroughs together
with the City of London.
Croydon
once lay in Surrey and is today one of the 19 boroughs making up Outer
London. It lies on the southeast edge of the capital.
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Actors and Directors |
The
director
David Lean was born in Croydon (then in Surrey) in 1908.
He made some of British cinema's greatest films ranging from Brief
Encounter in 1945 to A Passage to India in 1984. In the
intervening decades he directed his epic masterpieces: The Bridge
on the River Kwai in 1957, Lawrence of Arabia in 1962 -
both winning Academy Awards - and in 1965 Doctor Zhivago.
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Famous People |
The
philosopher Karl Popper died in Croydon
in 1994. He had been born in Vienna in 1902.
Karl
Popper We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure. The Open Society and its Enemies (1945)
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Writer and Poets |
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crime writer and creator of the Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe,
Raymond Chandler lived in Upper
Norwood from 1900 to 1905. Born in Chicago in 1888 Chandler's
Irish mother moved to England with her son in 1900 for his schooling
(he attended Dulwich College). He became a British citizen and although
his first job was working in the Civil Service he soon left and became
a reporter in London. In 1912 he returned to the USA, first to San
Francisco and then the following year to Los Angeles. In 1939 The
Big Sleep was published.
Raymond
Chandler It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window. Farewell, My Lovely (1940) A big hard-boiled city with no more personality than a paper cup. On Los Angeles - The Little Sister (1949)
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