Fairfield Halls, ready to receive Tony Hadley and Cindarella on Ice

Fairfield Halls is an arts centre in Croydon, London and opened in 1962. It contains a concert hall, the Ashcroft Theatre (named for local Peggy Ashcroft), the Arnhem Gallery civic hall and an art gallery. Croydon Fairfield Halls taken 5 Feb 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: London Borough of Croydon Fairfield Halls Wikipedia:List of images/Places/Europe/United Kingdom/Cities/London/Croydon Categories: GFDL images ... Croydon Fairfield Halls taken 5 Feb 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: London Borough of Croydon Fairfield Halls Wikipedia:List of images/Places/Europe/United Kingdom/Cities/London/Croydon Categories: GFDL images ... For other Croydons see Croydon (disambiguation) Croydon is a large suburban town and commercial centre to the south of London and forms part of the Greater London conurbation. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dame Peggy Ashcroft (December 22, 1907–June 14, 1991) was an English actress. ... Arnhem is a municipality and a city in the east of the Netherlands, located on the Lower Rhine, and the capital of the Gelderland province. ...

The large concert hall is frequently used for BBC recordings. The Halls are the home of the London Mozart Players, whose Principal Guest Conductor is flautist, Sir James Galway. Many famous faces have appeared at the Fairfield Halls, from the Beatles, through Bucks Fizz to Coolio. Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... James Galway Sir James Galway (born August 12th, 1939) is an Irish flute player from Belfast, often called The Man With the Golden Flute. ... The Beatles (L-R, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon), in 1964, performing on The Ed Sullivan Show promoting their first U.S. hit song, I Want To Hold Your Hand, and ushering in the British Invasion of American popular music. ... For the cocktail of the same name see the article Bucks fizz (cocktail). ... Coolio (born Artis Ivey, Jr. ...

The halls are built on the site of Croydon's historic fair field, and above disused railway cuttings which used to link the main London to Brighton railway to Croydon Central Station in what is now Queen's Gardens Queens Gardens is a set of gardens in the centre of Kingston upon Hull, England. ...

Adjacent to Fairfield Halls is a small green patch of garden - designed to be aesthetically pleasing to the average croydoner's eye (as Croydon possesses very little green space). However, this small patch of land became a frequent hangout for underage drinkers in Croydon. These underage drinkers were of the "grunger" variety (See Whitgift Centre Article) and got inebriated on cheap vodka purchased in less-than-savoury off licenses. The drinking thusly led to ranbdom expeditions, skateboarding, stunts and invariably, underage sex. That's why Croydon is a fantastic place to live...

External link

• Official web site