1. Catford Cat

    Whether you love it or hate it, the Catford Cat is an icon of Catford and stands proudly protecting the entrance to Catford Shopping Centre.

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    • Photo by Kevin Ireland

  2. Photo by Kevin Ireland

    What's Your Opinion of the Catford Cat?

    Oral history of Mark Woodley, Danielle Mosely, Sebastian Constantine, Juliet Wyse, Reverend Canon Charles Pickstone

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    • Photo courtesy of Lewisham Archive

    • Photo courtesy of Lewisham Archive

    • Photo courtesy of Lewisham Archive

    • Photo courtesy of Lewisham Archive

    • Photo courtesy of Lewisham Archive

    • Photo by Kevin Ireland

    Catford has always been well served by public transport. Catford Bridge station opened in 1857 and Catford Station opened shortly after in 1892. Trams came to Catford in 1906.

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    Transport - Connected Catford

    Oral history of Peggy Fitzsimmons

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    • Photo by Kevin Ireland

    • Photo by Kevin Ireland

    Everyone has an opinion of the Catford Cat! LYT asked all their interviewees what they thought about the famous feline figure and these were performed on Winslade Way, just underneath the cat itself.

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    2015 Catford Tales

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