A community group set to take over historic public buildings will hold a meeting to discuss its future.
Stanley Halls, a collection of Edwardian buildings erected in the 1900s by designer William Robinson Ford Stanley as a gift to South Norwood, is set to be given a £750,000 makeover by Croydon Council.
Control of the venue will then be handed to The Stanley People’s Initiative The group is hosting an open event on Saturday February 4 at South Norwood Baptist Church from 10.00 am to 1.30 pm to discuss what do to with the premises.
A questionnaire has also been published for people to express their views.
The open event follows a fundraising evening at the Gold Coast bar, South Norwood on January 26, featuring a talk by local historian John Hickman on the life of William Stanley.
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