Ruskin House

Ruskin House, situated in its own grounds on Coombe Road, Croydon, South London, has been an important centre of Britain's progressive movements for a century. It is the headquarters of Croydon's Communist, Labour, Trade Union and Co-operative movements and is itself a co-operative with shareholders from organisations across the four movements.

Famous quotes containing the words ruskin and/or house:

    “How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?”
    —John Ruskin (1819–1900)

    “Babies and gin and church
    And women and Sunday
    All mixed with dimes and
    Dollars and clean spittoons
    And house rent to pay.”
    —Langston Hughes (1902–1967)