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The shrine to Croydon’s musical past that is nurturing its future
Over more than half a century, the customers of a London Road guitar shop have included Page, Rossi and Kravitz. As NADIA AZIZUDDIN writes, Croydon’s musical future is to be found in Rockbottom’s basement rehearsal rooms Rockbottom is at the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Broad Green, Business, Music, Nadia Azizuddin, Rockbottom, West Croydon
Tagged Carl Nielsen, Francis Rossi, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Lenny Kravitz, London Road, Nadia Azizuddin, Rockbottom, West Croydon
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Mayor Perry’s ‘£20m income’ remark crucial to LTN legal case
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Careless comments made at a public meeting by the Tory Mayor over LTNs – Low Traffic Neighbourhoods – have already cost the borough’s residents dearly. By our Town Hall reporter, SANDRA STEAD Jason Perry, the failed Mayor … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Association of British Drivers, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Open Our Roads, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Tory, Upper Norwood
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Croydon gets a new booze park as council grants café’s licence
‘Vertical drinking’ to be banned in park’s re-opened venue, which is located in a newly extended no-alcohol zone, as council grants licence to its new tenants. By our Town Hall reporter, SANDRA STEAD Croydon Council has managed to grant a … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Friends of Wandle Park, Mayor Jason Perry, Waddon, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Wandle Park, Glen Patnelli, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Patsy Cummings, Reclaim Croydon, Waddon, Wandle Park, Wandle Park cafe
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Saga of Croydon’s vanished bins and the audit that never was
#BINMAGEDDON: After five years of community campaigning, and following repeated broken promises from Fisher’s Folly, now the council says it has no idea where around 1,000 street bins have gone. By our Town Hall correspondent, SANDRA STEAD “Totally inaccurate nonsense”. … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Karen Agbabiaka, Norbury, Refuse collection, Steve Iles, Veolia
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Karen Agbabiaka, Litter Free Norbury, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, South London Waste Partnership, Steve Iles, Thornton Heath, Tony Hooker, Tory, Veolia
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Broad Green firm Casa Argentina wins national business award
A Croydon businessman, Max Pistone, has been celebrating this week after his firm, Casa Argentina, won the Best Customer Service prize at the 2025 National Entrepreneur Awards, bringing one of the country’s top business accolades home to Croydon. Casa Argentina, … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business
Tagged Broad Green, Casa Argentina, Max Pistone, National Entrepreneur Awards, Sumner Road
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Broad Green primary school names Ofori as new headteacher
Chestnut Park Primary has a new headteacher, with Jason Ofori appointed to lead at the academy-run primary in Broad Green. Ofori replaces Rachel Jacob, who after two years at the school left in August to take up a new position … Continue reading
New managers for public library need crowdfunding to operate
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After a year’s delay, only now are ‘plans’ slowly emerging for the future of four public libraries, with no leases yet agreed on at least two sites. GENE BRODIE, education correspondent, reports It’s been a whole year … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Libraries, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington South, Old Coulsdon, Property, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Residents Association, Shirley North, Shirley South, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Asian Resource Centre of Croydon, Bradmore Green Library, Broad Green, Broad Green Library, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Old Coulsdon, Play Place Innov8, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Rec, Sanderstead Recreation Ground, Sanderstead Residents' Association, Shirley, Shirley Library, Story Sanctuary, The A Collective, Tory
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This is what ‘Zero Tolerance’ looks like in Perry’s Croydon
PERRY’S PILES: For all the Mayor’s grandstanding on local television news, he has been completely ineffectual in getting rubbish contractors Veolia to do their job. By SANDRA STEAD, Town Hall reporter This is what “zero tolerance” looks like in Jason … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Broad Green, Community associations, Crime, Croydon Council, Environment, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Property, Refuse collection, Steve Iles, Thornton Heath, Veolia
Tagged #Binmageddon, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, Big Belly Bins, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon High Street, Enforcement, George Street, Labour, Litter Free Norbury, London Borough of Croydon, London Road, Mayor Jason Perry, Neighbourhood Safety Officers, Norbury, North End, Rubbish contractor, Thornton Heath, Tony Hooker, Tory, Veolia
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‘Busted’: Mayor’s video shows rubbish contractors are failing
PERRY’S PILES: Council bosses accused of making Croydon’s fly-tipping crisis worse with their ‘banded’ collection system. ‘The council has completely lost control,’ says one campaigner. By our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, has given up … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Broad Green, Community associations, Crime, Croydon Council, Environment, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Property, Refuse collection, Steve Iles, Thornton Heath, Veolia
Tagged #Binmageddon, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, Big Belly Bins, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon High Street, Enforcement, George Street, Labour, Litter Free Norbury, London Borough of Croydon, London Road, Mayor Jason Perry, Neighbourhood Safety Officers, Norbury, North End, Rubbish contractor, Thornton Heath, Tony Hooker, Tory, Veolia
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Labour tweaks the rules to make sure members have no say
There might actually be something resembling a council candidate selection meeting for Labour members in Broad Green ward tonight – though most reasonable people will see through it as a thinly disguised foregone conclusion By STEVEN DOWNES Some Labour members … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Ben Taylor, Broad Green, Enid Mollyneaux, Eunice O'Dame, Fairfield, Manju Shahul Hameed, Rowenna Davis, Thornton Heath
Tagged 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Amy Foster, Bensham Manor, Chrisni Reshekaron, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Cllr Stuart King, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, John Wentworth, Julie Setchfield, Labour, Labour National Executive Council, Labour NEC, Maddie Henson, Melanie Felten, Mrs Anonyvoter, Norbury and Pollards Hill, Norbury Park, Patsy Cummings, Sam Attwater, Selhurst, South Norwood, STUART KING, Thornton Heath, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside
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Police rule out using Live Facial Recognition on Surrey Street
The Metropolitan Police has ruled out the possibility of deploying Live Facial Recognition cameras to deter crime and anti-social behaviour on Surrey Street, Croydon’s ancient street market in the town centre. Some traders say that they were told last week … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Crime, Croydon Business Association, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Knife crime, Live Facial Recognition cameras, London-wide issues, Policing, Surrey Street
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon BID, Croydon Business Association, Croydon Business Improvement District, Croydon Council, Dabners, Drug dealing, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, knife crime, Mayor Jason Perry, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, Tory
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Council cover-up over security costs for empty community café
CROYDON IN CRISIS: With no prospect of a business taking over the long-vacant Wandle Park café during the busy summer period, the council is spending thousands of pounds on ‘private security’ EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Despite repeated promises by Croydon’s … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Friends of Wandle Park, Mayor Jason Perry, Waddon, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, Broad Green Library, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Wandle Park, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Perry's PIle, Reclaim Croydon, Waddon, Wandle Park, Wandle Park cafe
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Booked! Mayor Perry deceives over destruction of library stock
More crass mismanagement at the council allowed squatters to occupy the vacated Broad Green Library. But it was council contractors who caused the most startling damage. By KEN LEE, Town Hall reporter Jason Perry, the failed Mayor of Croydon, yesterday … Continue reading
Four black women among six councillors rejected by Labour
Six of Labour’s 34 sitting councillors have been deemed not good enough to be candidates for the party at the 2026 local elections – including a council shadow cabinet member and a 2024 parliamentary candidate. EXCLUSIVE by WALTER CRONXITE, Political … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Alisa Flemming, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Enid Mollyneaux, Eunice O'Dame, Karen Jewitt, Norbury Park, Patsy Cummings, Sherwan Chowdhury, Thornton Heath
Tagged 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Cllr Karen Jewitt, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Cllr Stuart King, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Labour, Labour National Executive Council, Labour NEC, Patsy Cummings, Shirley North, South Croydon, South Norwood, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Woodside
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1,000 FREE Whoppers in giveaway at re-opened Burger King
Burger King at Valley Retail and Leisure Park, off the Purley Way, is giving away 1,000 Whoppers or Chicken Royale burgers today, July 22, to mark the re-opening of the restyled and revamped restaurant. The remodelled Croydon restaurant “brings customer … Continue reading
Labour deputy leaders Young and Collins to stand down in 2026
At least 15% of Croydon’s sitting councillors won’t be seeking election in 2026, while some are doing the ‘chicken run’ to stay on the council gravy train. EXCLUSIVE by WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor Nearly a dozen of Croydon’s current 70 … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe West, Brigitte Graham, Broad Green, Callton Young, Chris Clark, Claire Bonham, Clive Fraser, Coulsdon Town, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Louis Carserides, Maria Gatland, Mario Creatura, Old Coulsdon, Patricia Hay-Justice, Paul Ainscough, Purley, Ria Patel, Richard Chatterjee, Rowenna Davis, Shirley North, Simon Brew, Simon Fox, South Croydon, South Norwood, Stuart Collins, Sue Bennett, Thornton Heath, Waddon, Woodside
Tagged 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Brigitte Graham, Broad Green, Callton Young, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Coulsdon Town, Croham, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Green Party, Labour, Labour National Executive Council, Labour NEC, LibDems, Liberal Democrats, Louis Carserides, Maria Gatland, Mario Creatura, Patricia Hay-Justice, Purley and Woodcote, Richard Chatterjee, Shirley North, Simon Brew, South Croydon, South Norwood, Stuart Collins, Sue Bennett, Thornton Heath, Tory, Woodside
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Humiliated Perry gets police to evict Wandle Park squatters
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES and AUSTEN COOPER Officers from the Metropolitan Police moved in on the squatters at the Wandle Park café this morning – without any prior notice as is usually required to secure an eviction. It is suggested … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Friends of Wandle Park, Mayor Jason Perry, Waddon, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Wandle Park, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Reclaim Croydon, Waddon, Wandle Park, Wandle Park cafe
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Where Mayor Perry has failed, squatters have opened park café
Squatters have taken over the café in Wandle Park. And they have been making a better job of serving the community than the council has managed in more than five years. Mayor Jason Perry first promised to have the café … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Friends of Wandle Park, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Waddon, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Wandle Park, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Waddon, Wandle Park, Wandle Park bandstand, Wandle Park cafe
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Be Different365 Foundation celebration, Broad Green, Jun 21
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Perry closes down entire floor of flagship Central Library
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The council’s library closures did not stop with the four public libraries which shut last year, as the Tory Mayor pushes through more service cuts without debate or consultation Mayor Jason Perry, after shutting down the borough’s … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Education, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Sanderstead, Shirley North, Shirley South
Tagged Asset disposals, Bradmore Green Library, Broad Green, Broad Green Library, Central Library, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central Library, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Library, Shirley, Shirley Library, Tory
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Form and Fashion exhibition, The Hub Broad Green, May 23
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Posted in Activities, Art, Broad Green, Community associations
Tagged Arthens, Big Local, Big Local Broad Green, Form and Fashion
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Invitation to tender: a community hub in Broad Green
A D V E R T I S E M E N T Invitation to tender: lease and management of a community hub in Broad Green (West Croydon) Deadline: 12pm 16 May 2025 The Pavilion, London Road On behalf of … Continue reading
82% of Labour members back Davis as 2026 Mayor candidate
The 2026 Croydon Mayoral contest began in earnest today when Labour finally got round to naming their chosen candidate EXCLUSIVE by WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor To the surprise of absolutely nobody – except perhaps Manju Shahul-Hameed – Rowenna Davis has … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Scrutiny and Overview Committee, Scrutiny committee, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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Labour blocks members from questioning mayoral candidates
Our Political Editor, WALTER CRONXITE, sneaked in at the back of Labour’s Zoom room last night to discover what the party’s 2026 mayoral candidates might have to offer to the people of Croydon, and found himself in a dystopian bonus … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Anonyvoter, Broad Green, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Evans, Keir Starmer, Labour, Labour London Region, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Severance, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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