The George Inn was indeed on the corner of George Street, and as has already been stated occupied the site of NatWest, whose address is 1 High Street. It was converted from its use as an Inn a very long time ago indeed. In 1882 John Corbett Anderson* wrote " .and some hostels that were old, such as "The George" which stood at the corner of George Street, opposite Whitgift's Hospital, no longer serve the purposes of an inn, but have been converted into shops or private dwellings." The bank building, which replaced the "shops or private dwellings" was built for a predecessor company of Nat West, the London and County Bank but I cannot remember when it opened, but I believe that it was not long before the First World War - certainly a long time before 1937/38. The Inn that stood diagonally opposite was "The Crown", it seems that royalist sentiments abounded in Croydon when these Inns were named. "The Crown" was on the corner of Crown Hill which is a part of Church Street and a continuum of George Street. Barclay's bank occupy the site of "The Crown" which disappeared far later than "The George". *A Short Chronicle Concerning the Parish of Croydon by John Corbet Anderson, Reeves and Turner, London, 1882. Regards John