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'''Croydon Pride''' has meant two different things over the years: a [[Pride]] frstivalin [[Croydon]] in 1993, and a website from 2002 to 2006.
''This article is about the festival in Croydon in 1993. For the website associated with Croydon LGBT Forum, see [[Croydon Pride (website)]]''


==1993==
'''Croydon Pride''' was a festiival held in [[Croydon]] in June 1993.<ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', page 55</ref> It included events at:
There was a Croydon Pride in June 1993.<ref>''[[Out of the Shadows]]'', page 55</ref> It included events at


*the [[Bird in Hand]]
*the [[Bird in Hand]]
*the [[Hollybush]] (Crystal Palace)
*the [[Hollybush (Crystal Palace)]]
*[[PJs]] (Thornton Heath)
*[[PJs]] ([[Thornton Heath]])
*[[Streets Bar]] (Penge)
*[[Streets Bar]] ([[Penge]])


Buses were laid on to take people to the Pride Parade in central London and then on to the Pride Festival in Brockwell Park.
Buses were laid on to take people to [[London Pride]] (the Pride Parade in central London and then the Pride Festival in [[Brockwell Park]]).


The Croydon Pride brochure listed seven participating groups:
The Croydon Pride brochure listed seven participating groups:
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*the [[Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence]].
*the [[Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence]].


The following year however Croydon Pride was dissolved through lack of support, but the CAGS banner continued to be carried in the Pride Parade.
The following year Croydon Pride was dissolved through lack of support, but the CAGS banner continued to be carried in the Pride Parade.


==2002&ndash;2006==
In 2013 there was a report in the local paper that a New Addington resident, Michael Castle (not gay) was proposing a Croydon Pride to be held in 2014, but nothing came of this.<ref>http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/Time-bring-gay-pride-festival-Croydon/story-19668074-detail/story.html#axzz2c8N5zuyl Andrew Jameson, "Time to bring gay pride festival to Croydon" ''Croydon Advertiser'', 16 August 2013</ref>
Croydon Pride was also the name of a website funded by Croydon Health Promotion as a community resource for the LGBT communities of [[Croydon]]. It was launched in 2002 to coincide with the [[Croydigras]] festival of events promoted by [[Croydon LGBT Forum]].<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20021128083809/http://croydonpride.com/ Croydon Pride website, November 2002, archived via [[Web Archive]]</ref>


The site appears to have disappeared for several years, possibly hacked, but reappeared in 2006, this time clearly branded as the website of [[Croydon LGBT Forum]].<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050307084132/http://www.croydonpride.com/ Croydon Pride website, May 2006, archived via [[Web Archive]]</ref>
A '''[[Croydon PrideFest]]''' is being planned for August 2016.<ref>http://www.lgbt-croydon.org.uk/?q=node/1347</ref>


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Latest revision as of 13:06, 10 July 2026

This article is about the festival in Croydon in 1993. For the website associated with Croydon LGBT Forum, see Croydon Pride (website)

Croydon Pride was a festiival held in Croydon in June 1993.[1] It included events at:

Buses were laid on to take people to London Pride (the Pride Parade in central London and then the Pride Festival in Brockwell Park).

The Croydon Pride brochure listed seven participating groups:

The following year Croydon Pride was dissolved through lack of support, but the CAGS banner continued to be carried in the Pride Parade.

In 2013 there was a report in the local paper that a New Addington resident, Michael Castle (not gay) was proposing a Croydon Pride to be held in 2014, but nothing came of this.[2]

A Croydon PrideFest is being planned for August 2016.[3]

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