Little Manhattan is a project exploring Croydon's urban heritage. Digital Drama has been awarded a grant by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to celebrate Croydon’s magnificent skyline and capture the memories of those who lived through the regeneration of the town’s urban environment after the 1950s.

The project works on capturing and preserving stories from the local community focusing on the area’s urban landscape and in particular, the skyline that rose above the town in the post-war period between the 1950s and 1970s. This regenerative building boom transformed Croydon from being a town made up of traditional brick buildings to an architecturally modern urban space rivalling the design, skyline and environment of major cities, earning it the nickname ‘Little Manhattan’.

Find out more on the Little Manhattan website.