Digital Drama has been awarded a grant by the National Lottery Heritage Fund for an exciting heritage project, Little Manhattan, in the London Borough of Croydon. Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, the project will capture and preserve 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’.

The Little Manhattan team will reach out to older people in communities to capture memories which are at risk of being forgotten.

For more information and to get involved, visit: www.digitaldrama.org/project/little-manhattan/