Daily Archives: July 20, 2010

New Croydon rhyming slang: “Anne Giles” = pain in the …

Posted on July 20, 2010 by insidecroydon

A hat-tip to regular reader “Jo of Brighton”, who has brightened up our Tuesday afternoon by directing us to a blog called the Nether Regions, which spends all its time ridiculing the extraordinarily naffness and parochialism of local papers.

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Wadsworth given top job at Croydon College

Posted on July 20, 2010 by insidecroydon

Frances Wadsworth has been named as the new Principal and Chief Executive of Croydon College, to succeed Mariane Cavalli. Wadsworth has been recruited for the estimated £100,000 a year post from East Surrey College, where in the past six years … Continue reading →

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Now the Standard gets on to Councillor O’Connell’s case

Posted on July 20, 2010 by insidecroydon

The freebie Evening Standard has finally got around to following up Inside Croydon‘s angle on local councillors’ pay and allowances, something which Pippa Creer, the Standard‘s undoubtedly well-paid City Hall Editor, could have read in the Sunday Telegraph. [Note to … Continue reading →

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Croydon misses the starter’s gun for Olympic Weekend

Posted on July 20, 2010 by insidecroydon

Finally, Croydon admits the Olympics really are coming to London. It was 6.30 last night, six months after Boris and London’s Games organisers had set a deadline for local authorities throughout the capital to make submissions, and a month since … Continue reading →

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