Early evening view of London from Croydon Airfield (no longer used).
Purley is a place in the London Borough of Croydon. It is a suburban development situated 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south of Charing Cross. The name derives from "pirlea", which means 'Peartree lea'. Purley has a population of about 72,000.
Purley Cross roundabout connects routes leading east to East Grinstead and Eastbourne (the A22), west to Epsom and Kingston, south to Redhill and Brighton (the A23), and north to Croydon and London. The A23 north from Purley forms the Purley Way, which leads to Croydon's trading and industrial hinterland and also to the former Croydon Airport, the predecessor of the present London Heathrow Airport and London Gatwick Airport.The town is on the main London-to-Brighton railway line and is served by Purley and Purley Oaks stations on that line, and Reedham station on the Tattenham Corner Line. There are plans to extend Tramlink to Purley.
On television the town became known in the sitcom, "Terry and June" where Terry and June Medford (Terry Scott and June Whitfield), had moved after the characters' previous series, "Happy Ever After". The sitcom was set on the cusp of Purley and Wallington (on Church Road in a house within sight of St Mark's Church) and the opening credits featured them dancing around the (now unrecognisable) Whitgift Centre – a shopping precinct in central Croydon.
One of the houses used in the Television programe "Footballer's Wives" is in Purley.
Purley is famous for a reference in both the "Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more!" and "Kilimanjaro Expedition" sketches by Monty Python.
Sir Bernard Ingham, Margaret Thatcher's former press secretary, lives in Purley.
Francis Rossi, Lead Singer with Status Quo, lives in Purley.
The cache is a small 300ml, locked top, plastic container with a logbook and pencil. When setup it contained a First to Find Certificate, a Padlock, a yo-yo, a plastic ruler and a Down's syndrome association TB.
This puzzle cache is designed for people who like to solve a puzzle before going out, but do not want to spend hours trying to work it out. The answers to the clues are easily found on the internet, so enjoy - as you do not have to pull any hair out to solve it.
When worked out, the cache should be an easy find as it is inside a small ivy covered rotten tree stump.
The gps reading was a little variable and could get worse when the trees are in leaf, so the clue should help put you in the right position.
The cache coordinates are
N 51 [(A-7)/976] [(B-7)/196] . [(B+33)/200] [(C-2)/383] [(D+1)/232]
W 000 [(B-67)/190] [(D-23)/229] . [E/211] [(F-1)/312] [(G-2)/275]
As usual 10 = 0
A = The Day The Music Died
B = First withdrawal from a cash dispenser (ATM) in Britain
C = Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion, one of the world's largest artificial non-nuclear explosions to date
D = First six London pillar boxes
E = School leaving age in Britain raised to 12 years
F = Barbed wire invented
G = First cooked meals on a scheduled flight introduced by Imperial Airways
You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.
