Workmen constructing Foxley Lane in 1895. The small, horse-drawn railway wagons carried materials to the site and removed excavated earth.

Built to serve cottages on the old Lewes Road over Riddlesdown, by the end of the 19th century the Rose and Crown was a popular spot for picnics. The original building survived until1929.

Purley library has taken 13 images from its extensive collection of photographs in publishing its calendar for 2004.

The earliest view, from 1895, shows workmen building Foxley Lane, using a small, horse-drawn railway to carry material from the site and the age of the tram car, and nostalgic cameos from the 50s. 

A spokesman from Purley library said: "Besides being a collectors' item for local residents, the calendars would make an ideal Christmas gift have moved away from the area, but would like to remember it as it was."

Trees shade Sanderstead Hill and a solitary lady cyclist in this sylvan view from 1920.