Project Purley

The Local History Society for Purley on Thames

Purley Parish News

The first Purley Parish News appeared in 1933 under Revd Ernest Skuse but lasted only a few years until 1938. It was revived by the Rev Harold Hawkins in 1960 and turned into a community magazine by Revd Derek Taylor in 1971. By some miracle, copies of the earlier editions have survived.

For a brief history of the publication Click Here

  Electronic copies of these magazines are organised by decade so click on the start of each deecade below. Note than recent editions will be made available only three months after publication.

1930s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Please note that there is a lot of work involved in preparing copies of magazines for display so you will find a number of editions not yet ready



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