{"id":6576,"date":"2017-08-13T14:31:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T13:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?p=6576"},"modified":"2025-10-17T15:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:03:07","slug":"croydon-purley-way-variant-pillbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/croydon-purley-way-variant-pillbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Croydon, Purley Way. Variant Pillbox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Looking through a packet of photographs, I came across two of a two storey, or elevated, pillbox and one of a ford escort next to a large building. I wasn’t sure if the picture with the Escort in was connected at this stage. I posted the two of the pillbox on Facebook and asked if anyone knew where it might be. The post attracted a few comments but no hint of a location. Having noticed some negatives in another film packet I had a look and saw what appeared to be a third picture of the pillbox (as well as some of the famous Putney Bridge one<\/a>). After much messing around getting my ancient Epson photo scanner to work with one of my computers I examined the third picture only to find it was a double exposure which made it hard to make out what was what. Some more fiddling in image editing software revealed some details and much googling eventually turned up a reference to some chap having gone for an interview in a building on Purley way, Croydon where they made corrugated cases. A quick check on the EDOB overlay for google Earth finally brought up it’s details. Unfortunately a trip down the A23 on streetview revealed the pillbox was no longer there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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