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2 unusual facts about F. R. Crawley


F. R. Crawley

Together they owned the Crawley Films company which produced numerous short films, feature films, television commercials, animated cartoons and other productions from its formation in 1939 until its sale to Atkinson Film Arts in 1982.

The Man Who Skied Down Everest won the 1975 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, becoming the first Canadian-produced film to win an Oscar in this category.


Broadfield House, Crawley

Discovery New School (also known as Discovery Free School) is a Montessori free school which opened in September 2011 at Broadfield House in Crawley, West Sussex.

Broadfield House was restored in 2011, and was purchased and converted for use by Discovery New School at a cost of £1.9 milion.

Catherine Walters

Catherine Walters died of a cerebral haemorrhage at her home at 15 South Street, Mayfair, and was buried in the graveyard of the Franciscan Monastery in Crawley, West Sussex.

George A. Crawley

Because Crawley was not formally trained as an architect, the Phipps family contracted with Grosvenor Atterbury to work with Crawley on technical aspects of designing the new home, which was named Westbury House (now Old Westbury Gardens).

He is best known for the design of John Shaffer Phipps' (the heir to a U.S. Steel Magnate fortune) home, Westbury House (built 1904–10; additions constructed in 1915–16), at Old Westbury Gardens, in Long Island, New York.

Littlehaven railway station

However, the stations at Littlehaven, Roffey Road Halt and nearby Ifield were not opened until 1907; Littlehaven opened as Rusper Road Halt and subsequently changed to Littlehaven Crossing Halt and then Littlehaven Halt all within the first year of service.

Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

President Edward F. Crawley also gave a review of Skoltech’s activities for the 9 months since its founding.

Tree House, Crawley

It is owned by Crawley Borough Council, and was used most recently as a venue for various Council-run services and voluntary-sector organisations such as a Citizens Advice Bureau and a bereavement counselling service.


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