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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Chubby Brown’s biggest fan gets MBE in New Year’s honours
Congratulations to the deputy leader of Croydon’s Conservatives, Cuddly Dudley Mead, who it was announced today is to receive an MBE for his 31 years of “civic service” in Croydon. The honour might signal that grandfather Dudley, who first joined … Continue reading
Back of the net! Croydon FC offers Athletic fans free entry
By Andrew Pelling Croydon FC is reaching out in solidarity to Croydon Athletic fans to offer free entry to all its home matches in January to anyone wearing Athletic colours. Croydon Athletic looks to be doomed to drop out of … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Isthmian League, Mazhar Majeed, News of the World, Thornton Heath
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From shrink to spin doctor: now Lewis has gone all coy
Confirmation, of sorts, that Hayley Lewis, Croydon’s Head of Customer Strategy and Development, is being lined up for a move to lead the council’s Ministry of Truth (despite an absence of any previous press, media or PR experience) came within … Continue reading
Rouse ready to appoint psychologist as Croydon’s press chief
Sources inside the Town Hall suggest that Croydon’s chief executive, Jon Rouse, has lined up a trained psychologist who has no direct experience in the media to head up the council’s press department Ministry of Truth. This may be especially … Continue reading
Council’s roads deal in doubt as pressure mounts on Mouchel
ANDREW PELLING has kept his eyes on the Bloomberg screens over the past week to see that another of Croydon’s commercial “partners” appears to be on the brink – with Council Tax-payers possibly having to pick up the multi-million pound … Continue reading
Croydon pedestrians risk death on unsafe crossings
Crossing the road in London has always been a hazardous undertaking, but some recent research suggests that getting from one pavement to another can be deadly even if you use a pedestrian crossing. The survey showed that 347 pedestrian crossings … Continue reading
Weekend rambles: Oaks Park and Clockhouse (3 miles; easy)
Looking for an easy, local stroll? WALKER DUNELM has surveyed this ramble near Oaks Park This easy walk is just three miles long, but may not be suitable for very young children as it does involve crossing what can be … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Outside Croydon, Walker Dunelm, Walks
Tagged Carshalton, Ordnance Survey, WALKER DUNELM, Woodmansterne
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Merry Christmas and an Olympic new year to our regular reader
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Inside Croydon
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End of an era sees Streatham Redskins put on ice
Another local amenity closed down last week, after 80 years of delighting the people of Croydon, whether they enjoyed ice skating or seeing what was once Britain’s leading ice hockey team. ANDREW PELLING witnessed a piece of sad history Another … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon North, History, Local media, Outside Croydon
Tagged Croydon, London, London Arena, Streatham, Streatham Redskins, Tesco, Thornton Heath
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Lead thieves strip St Mary’s bare on eve of Christmas
By Andrew Pelling It’s not exactly the Christmas gift that St. Mary’s Church in Addington Village expected. The church is the latest victim of high-value metal thefts that have seen copper wiring disappear from railway lines and an iconic Hepworth … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Charity, Crime, History
Tagged Addington, Canterbury, Christmas, Croydon, Dulwich Park, Mary, St. Mary
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Brothel ads are fine with me, says Croydon councillor
Dudley Mead, the deputy leader of Croydon Council‘s ruling Conservatives, has used public money from a government grant to place ads alongside classifieds for the borough’s brothels. “Cuddly”, who cuts a somewhat Captain Mainwaring figure at the Town Hall, was … Continue reading
Pearson turns pantomime villain over council’s attempted ban
BELLA BARTOCK went to review a community pantomime in New Addington, and was surprised to find the council trying to stop local people’s innocent fun Matt Spencer of the New Addington Salvation Army Community Church says that their production of … Continue reading
Posted in Maria Gatland, New Addington South, Tony Pearson
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Wisdom, tolerance and the riot lessons of Mr Reeves
Last night’s Mr Reeves and the Riots on BBC1 would have been a recommended watch, even were we not a Croydon-themed website.
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8
Tagged August, BBC, BBC iPlayer, Croydon, London, London Road, Reeves, Riot
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£115,000 man O’Connell refuses to support Living Wage
Yesterday, we outlined the contemptuous attitude that some of Croydon’s councillors have towards public accountability. Here, ANDREW RENDLE offers his account of last week’s council meeting Last week, I took my regular seat for another Croydon Council meeting, and once … Continue reading
National award is music to the ears of Myalls
Congratulations to Jonathan Myall Music, the specialist flute and instrument retailers located in the Tudorbethan beamed shop in South End, who have been named Best Specialist Retailer at the Music Industries Association awards. The shop is a treasure trove of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Music
Tagged Aladdin, Croydon, England, London, London Borough of Croydon, Retailing
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Ottaway gets away with yet another accounting investigation
Inside Croydon is looking to speak to members of the Croydon Conservative Association who attended meetings in 2009 at which the status as prospective parliamentary candidate of Richard Ottaway was discussed. Nothing too deep. We would just like to discover … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon South, Richard Ottaway MP
Tagged Bletchingley, Conservative, Croydon, Harrod, Member of parliament, Ottaway, Richard Ottaway, United States
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Council Question Time: exercise in undisguised contempt
If there is any remaining doubt that the people running Croydon Councilhave little if any regard for their public accountability or for the principles of transparency, or that they believe that “consultation” is merely a process to which they only … Continue reading
Sadvertiser flees from Croydon in latest round of cut-backs
The venerable satirical magazine Private Eye has for many years had a “Curse of Gnome” feature, reserved for those occasions when ill-fortune affects any who might have crossed the title, perhaps by stooping to engage Messrs Sue, Grabbit and Runne … Continue reading
Posted in Local media
Tagged Croydon, Ian Carter, Medway News, Newspaper, Northcliffe Media, Sadvertiser, South London Press, Thornton Heath
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Croydon’s £450m Hub scheme needs another cash bail-out
Croydon Council has had to launch a second financial bailout of its £450 million joint venture in the building of Town Hall offices and other possible speculative developments around Croydon. At the end of 2009 when the credit crunch struck … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Planning, Property, URV
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