Bodies rise from crowded graves in 1870s scandal

7:10am Monday 16th March 2009

The cemetery at All Saints church in Upper Norwood might seem peaceful in the spring sunshine but in the 1870s it was the site of a great scandal, with bodies rising from overpopulated graves.

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Heritage reader remembers passion for flight

8:30am Saturday 21st February 2009

Our report on the first postal flights to India prompted Monica Stanyard to remember her uncle’s flights to Lisbon. She spoke to Kirsty Whalley about Crilly Airways and her passion for flying.

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Local author gets close to Holmes

11:13am Wednesday 11th February 2009

In 1893 one of the most famous murders in literary history took place in South Norwood when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created a national outcry by killing off Sherlock Holmes.

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Week long flights to India all the rage 80 years ago

9:06am Wednesday 4th February 2009

Almost 80 years ago, the first flight to India took off from Croydon Airport.

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Secrets of gold bullion heist revealed

8:09am Monday 26th January 2009

Documents recently released from the national archives have shed light on a gold bullion heist at Croydon Airport that happened 75 years ago.

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Ex-soldier honours fallen comrades

9:09am Wednesday 21st January 2009

An ex-soldier is attempting to right an injustice by putting together a Roll of Honour for the 11th Hussars who fought in the Second World War.

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'I never knew my dad died in jungle plane crash'

6:30am Friday 16th January 2009

The daughter of an RAF pilot who was killed when his plane crashed in the Malaysian jungle knew nothing about his death.

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The children were very poorly clad

5:51pm Friday 5th December 2008

The housing ‘estates’ which were the foundation of what became the slums of Newland, were only a few yards from the prosperous shopkeepers in White Hart Street.

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Escape artist’s inspiring exploits

8:30am Monday 10th November 2008

Joining the legion of Croydon’s heroes is the mastermind of the famous Great Escape, Big X.

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Wide load in High Wycombe

12:04pm Tuesday 28th October 2008

THIS photograph shows a wide-load from Airtech Ltd negotiating the tight corner between Church Street and High Street, High Wycombe.

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Riding through High Wycombe in 1957

12:01pm Tuesday 28th October 2008

BYSTANDERS seem perplexed by the unusual sight of a jockey and racehorse in the town centre in this photograph.

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Fascinating Bucks pictures discovered

1:56pm Tuesday 14th October 2008

FOUR mysterious boxes of glass plates – the forerunner of film photographs – have appeared at the Midweek offices.

An excited news team opened the boxes labelled Ancient Victorian Plates to find scores of images, some of apparent family groups, portraits and scenes recording sites which may have disappeared forever under new developments.

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Apartheid protest

10:03am Tuesday 14th October 2008

THIS photograph, taken in February 1960, shows protestors in Frogmoor, High Wycombe, taking a stand against the South African policy of apartheid.

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