South Norwood Tourist Board

This is a neat idea for bringing a street or community together. The South Norwood Tourist Board are currently working with Ryelands primary school  on it but we hope people living in streets all over South Norwood  would like to do it
On one day everyone sticks a blue plaque on the front of their house. The  plaque is a simple paper plate painted blue. On the plaque is written some thing about someone who lived in the house before you e.g. Mary Wills plumber lived here 1943-67  or Fred Smith grandfather lived here 1932 – 45 or whatever you can dig up from chats or censuses or wherever. kids will love finding out stuff about their house. They can add their own descriptions ‘future astronaut lives here’ etc  Then declare the street day open and wander up and down sharing your new knowledge with everyone and having a chance to talk to neighbours you’ve never spoken to before. Simples. Let us know if you want to do a ‘blue plaque day’ in your street.