In 1936 the Crystal Palace burned down watched by a young Bill Gunner from his bedroom window in Croydon. In the early 1960 I fondly remember feeding apple to a Toucan in the zoo in the park. Sue, less fondly, remembers getting bit by an orangutan around the same time. Neither of us had been back until this week when we went there to visit a Malaysian streetfood stall. The park hadn't changed. The concrete dinosaurs are still there. As is the bowl concert stage, where Clapton and Bob Marley among others had played,. And a lovely stroll around the foundations of the Crystal Palace itself.
