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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Lions omit Robshaw “unluckiest man in the British Isles”
Chris Robshaw had seen it coming over the past month, but today the Harlequins and England captain had it confirmed: not only would the former Warlingham junior player not be captaining the British Lions on their tour to Australia, but … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Robshaw, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged British & Irish Lions, Chris Robshaw, England, Kelly Brown, Rory Best, Sam Warburton, Wales, Warren Gatland
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Red Deer locals look north for help to rebuff Morrisons
Another landmark Croydon pub is under threat of takeover from a supermarket chain. And our local councillors’ response – where they have bothered to respond – is effectively to shrug their shoulders and say there’s nothing that they can, or … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Maria Gatland, Planning, Property, Pubs, Sanderstead, South Croydon, South Croydon Community Association, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Brighton Road, London, Maria Gatland, Morrison, Red Deer, South Croydon, Steve O'Connell, Tesco
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Plan Bee: things you can do to help local hives thrive
Britain’s bees need your help. And even in built-up Croydon, you can put a buzz into your garden or window box, writes SUSAN OLIVER Spring can be a difficult time for bee-keepers. This is when, for the first time in … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Susan Oliver
Tagged Bee, Beekeeping, Borage, Colony, European Union, Honey, Neonicotinoid, Sarah Raven
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Council announces plans for takeover of Fairfield Halls
Croydon’s Conservative-run Council wants to put professional wrestling and Roy “Chubby” Brown on the rates. At a meeting of the ruling Tory group’s cabinet tonight, proposals to take over the Fairfield Halls and the London Mozart Players will be discussed. … Continue reading
Tory calls for de-selection of “contemptible” councillor Arram
Local Conservatives’ new recruit John Cartwright has called for the de-selection of Croydon Mayor Eddy Arram ahead of next year’s council elections, alleging that the Ashburton councillor bullied a member of the public at last Monday’s Town Hall meeting. Arram’s … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton, Eddy Arram
Tagged Arram, Ashburton, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Minster, Margaret Thatcher, Tory
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Green Dragon offers real ale, good food and all that jazz
Good beer and free music performances continue to make the Green Dragon, on the High Street, probably the best pub in the centre of Croydon. With jazz groups performing at the Green Dragon every Sunday, the pub also has some … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Music, Pubs
Tagged Croydon, England, High Street, Jazz, London, Performance, Sunday
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“Adonis” Okoye signs NFL deal with San Francisco 49ers
From Croydon Arena to Candlestick Park: Waddon’s Olympic discus thrower Lawrence Okoye announced last night that he has been signed as a free agent with the San Francisco 49ers NFL team. “Proud to announce that I will be signing with … Continue reading
Are you Croydon’s Rory McIlroy? Find out at Addington Court
Addington Court is offering a round of golf on its Falconwood course for less than a tenner, in a price-cutting innovation that could help to discover Croydon’s own Rory McIlroy or Tiger Woods, or Laura Davies. The £9.99 offer applies … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Golf, New Addington South, Sport
Tagged England, Falconwood, Golf, Golf course, New Addington, Rory McIlroy, Sport, Tiger Woods
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Council deputy leader has “serious concerns” over Lidl plans
Lidl’s latest scheme to build a steel shed on the site of the old Good Companions at Hamsey Green has been referred to Croydon Council’s planning committee by a senior Croydon councillor who says he has “serious concerns” over the … Continue reading
Posted in Planning, Sanderstead, Tim Pollard
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamsey Green, Lidl, London Borough of Croydon, Morrisons, Red Deer, South Croydon
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Playwriting Festival lives on after Warehouse closure
The International Playwriting Festival which for the past 26 years has been staged at the Warehouse Theatre has found a new producer and a new home. Warehouse Phoenix, a company formed by members and friends of the Warehouse Theatre in … Continue reading
It’s ordinary people who pay for council’s £43m incompetence
The Sage of Waddon, ARFUR TOWCRATE, on the injustices created by Croydon Council as its allows its mountain of uncollected Council Tax to grow ever larger A few years ago I received a court summons from Croydon Council for not … Continue reading
Attention-seeking mayor deserves the Advertiser’s criticism
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Eddy Arram, presiding over a full council meeting for the last time, this week managed to do something which many believed was impossible: getting the editors of Inside Croydon and the Croydon Sadvertiser to agree, at least on … Continue reading
Posted in David Callam, Eddy Arram, Local media
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Eric Pickles, Local government, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Twitter
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Inside Croydon’s Hero of the Week: Marzia Nicodemi-Ehikioya
Marzia Nicodemi-Ehikioya won’t like this. Like that’s ever stopped us in the past. But the Shirley resident is Inside Croydon’s “Hero of the Week”, because she took a stand – or rather a seat – against a jumped-up little tyrant. … Continue reading
Full of the joys of spring: Shabden Park farm open day
This Saturday, April 27, Shabden Park Farm, just outside Chipstead, south of Coulsdon, is staging its spring open day, when frolicking lambs will be the centre of attention. Visitors can talk to farmer Mark, and our sabbatical student Marie, who … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Environment, Health, Outside Croydon, Walks
Tagged Calf, Coulsdon, Croydon, Farm, Food, Sheep, Sussex
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Hamsey Green shops and schools under threat from Lidl plans
To absolutely no one’s surprise – largely because they have paid top-dollar for the landmark site and need to make the £2 million investment work for them commercially – Lidl has submitted a renewed planning application for a supermarket where … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Parking, Planning, Pubs, Sanderstead, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Croydon, Hamsey Green, Lidl, Limpsfield, London Borough of Croydon, Post office, Sanderstead, Surrey
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Council accused of broken promise to disabled children
A father from South Croydon has accused Croydon Council of acting unlawfully and immorally over the decision in 2011 to stop providing transport to disabled children attending the Purley Oaks literacy centre. The centre is run by Croydon Council and … Continue reading
Croydon is officially the worst English borough on Council Tax
It is official, because according to Eric Pickles, the Conservative Cabinet minister in charge of local government, Conservative-run Croydon has the worst record among boroughs in England for managing its own Council Tax. There are 326 local authority councils in … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Mike Fisher, Sara Bashford
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon North, England, Eric Pickles, Labour, Local government, London
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Who has the Balls in the BBC’s The Politician’s Husband?
So who is it supposed to be based on then, tonight’s new BBC drama series The Politician’s Husband, starring David Tennant and Emily Watson? Is it Maggie and Dennis? Or is it Mr and Mrs Speaker Bercow? Could it be … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon South
Tagged Chris Huhne, Croydon, Croydon South, David Miliband, David Tennant, Emily Watson, Paula Milne, Yvette Cooper
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Burnt: incinerator scheme fails to get planning permission
A Sutton Council planning meeting last night refused to approve plans to build a waste incinerator on its border with Croydon, at Beddington Lane, a stunning reversal for the powers of big business. Ahead of the meeting, with the Sutton … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Greens, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Planning, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, England, Labour, LibDem, Liberal Democrats, London Wildlife Trust, Viridor, Worcester Park
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Newman calls on Merton to honour Ken’s incinerator pledge
Tony Newman, the leader of the opposition Labour group on Croydon Council, has called on his counterpart at Merton, Stephen Alambritis, to do the decent thing and get his council to withdraw its approval of the south London incinerator planned … Continue reading
Benched: Council still can’t get borough’s greats’ names right
It is almost a year since Inside Croydon highlighted another botched PR effort by our council, the staging of a “public vote” on leading figures from Croydon’s past (and present), to provide three subjects for a “portrait bench” on a … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Cinema, Comedy, Croydon Council, Cycling, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Environment, Fairfield Halls, History, Jason Perry, Music, Transport, Waddon, Walks
Tagged Arthur Conan-Doyle, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Lean, Fairfield Halls, London Borough of Croydon, Ronnie Corbett, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Roke Primary victim of “overzealous” Gove, says Tory MP
Readers of a nervous disposition should look away now. The following article contains flashing lights and some robust English language and may not be suitable for those under the age of about 12. Or Michael Gove. If further proof were … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon South, Education, Kenley, Richard Ottaway MP, Roke Primary
Tagged Croydon, Department for Education, Harris, Harris Federation, Michael Gove, Richard Ottaway, Roke, Tory
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Coulsdon cues up to get behind Fu’s snooker challenge
Coulsdon might be a strange place to find a source of support for a player from Hong Kong hoping to make a big impact in snooker’s world championships in Sheffield, writes Ian Lamont. But when Marco Fu steps out into … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Sport
Tagged Brighton Road, David Gray, Hong Kong, Marco Fu, Matthew Stevens, Terry Griffiths, Tony Drago, Tony Thompson
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