Category Archives: Croydon College

Flawed council plan puts flats too close to Fairfield Halls

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

The public consultation for the latest Croydon Council pipe dream, the “Fair Field Masterplan”, closes today. Extraordinarily, even by Croydon’s standards for bungling, this latest masterplan has managed to antagonise the centrepiece upon which many of the proposals depend: the … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon College, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Housing, Jon Rouse, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Tramlink, Transport, URV, Warehouse Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Croydon’s missing leaders from 8/8 turn up for the Prince

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

And once again, the Croydon Establishment pushed itself to the fore this morning, for handshaking and photographs, as Prince Charles and Camilla visited the borough. It was another Croydon triumph for style over substance, for PR spin instead of real … Continue reading →

Posted in 8/8: London Road stories, Allders, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Business, Croydon 8/8, Croydon College, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Eddy Arram, Jon Rouse, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Surrey Street, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Mugger with the mic? Or taken for mugs in the audience?

Posted on July 13, 2012 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: A 15 per cent fall in turnover in the Croydon retail sector in five years? Solution: Build more shops! Expensive residential tower blocks left unfinished, unbuilt or unsold? Solution: Build more towers! CRO CRUSADER questions the logic of … Continue reading →

Posted in Gavin Barwell MP, Croydon Central, Transport, Education, Property, Croydon College, Crime, Business, Croydon Council, Whitgift Centre, Mike Fisher, Housing, Jon Rouse, Centrale, Planning, Vidhi Mohan, Ruskin Square, Addiscombe, URV, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Jason Perry, Menta Tower, Croydon 8/8, East Croydon, Trinity School, Allders, IYLO, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

“I’m no expert”: Gavin Barwell and his one-man show

Posted on July 13, 2012 by

DIAMOND GEEZER joined the audience in central Croydon for a one-man show that was a song and dance for big business and land owners, but did a soft-shoe shuffle when asked for solutions to the borough’s problems [4.30pm update – … Continue reading →

Posted in Gavin Barwell MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Transport, Commuting, Education, Property, London-wide issues, Croydon College, Schools, Business, Croydon Council, Whitgift Centre, Environment, Housing, Charity, Whitgift School, Centrale, West Croydon, Planning, Ruskin Square, Addiscombe, URV, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Menta Tower, East Croydon, Allders, IYLO, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

College opens itself up for a day with the community

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

ANDREW PELLING has yet another good news story, as Croydon College celebrates its first community day on tomorrow It is time to party and to celebrate what Croydon College can offer. With a self-confident disregard for the recent crisis in … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Andrew Pelling, Bishop of Croydon, Community associations, Croydon College, Education, Fairfield, Planning | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Dear Prime Minister: this is what Croydon really needs

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: In the week when Gavin Barwell wrote to tell David Cameron of Croydon’s plight, ANDREW PELLING suggests we need more Adele genius and fewer high-rise property purchases It’s tough down South. Croydon’s long-term decline is worse than Newcastle … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Business, Cane Hill, Centrale, Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon College, Croydon Council, Education, Environment, Fairfield, Gavin Barwell MP, Mayor of London, Purley, Richard Ottaway MP, Sara Bashford, Tramlink, Transport, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Rats! Barwell’s team risks their health on litter picking duty

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

With one of the important roles of Croydon Central’s MP being to act as an unpaid refuse collector, we hope that Gavin Barwell‘s litter picking team, who tomorrow tackle College Green, are insured and protected against contracting Leptospirosis, or Weil’s … Continue reading →

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Croydon: connected, capable and confident. Unrecognisable?

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

A press release whizzes across the desk here at Inside Croydon Towers. We weren’t sent it directly, but hey ho…. The release was sent apparently on behalf of Develop Croydon, the organisation of big retailers and developers with multi-million pound … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Business, Centrale, Cherry Orchard Gardens, City status, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon College, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, London-wide issues, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Steve O'Connell, URV | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Blurred vision leaves Croydon with empty concrete canyons

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: After all the hand-wringing and wailing, with senior figures at the Town Hall claiming to have “done all that they could” to persuade Nestlé to stay in Croydon, ANDREW PELLING, right, says that the multi-national may not be … Continue reading →

Posted in Gavin Barwell MP, Croydon Central, Croydon South, Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, Property, Art, Croydon College, Business, Croydon Council, Ken Livingstone, Housing, Purley, Jon Rouse, Centrale, Andrew Pelling, Planning, Ruskin Square, Addiscombe, URV, Kenley, Coulsdon, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Menta Tower, Croydon 8/8, Simon Hall, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Croydon students “invited” to secret tuition fees meeting

Posted on November 25, 2010 by

UPDATED 7pm Nov 25: Scroll down for more information Another example of a Croydon Tory organising a secret “public” meeting. Croydon Central MP Gavin Barwell, he of the dodgy election expenses accounts and the  complaints about all those ‘orrible foreigners … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon College, Education, Gavin Barwell MP

Mass protest planned for Monday’s council meeting

Posted on October 16, 2010 by

Monday’s Croydon Council meeting looks like it will have a reception committee waiting outside, protesting the massive cuts planned. Croydon Trades Union Council is lobbying the Tory-controlled Council outside the Town Hall on Katherine Street from 5.30pm on October 18.

Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon College, Croydon Council

Wadsworth given top job at Croydon College

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

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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Croydon College student wins Miss Belly Dance UK

Posted on June 5, 2010 by

[Well that's a headline I never thought I'd write] According to a news release on the Croydon College website, one of its former students, Delia Lewis, has won the national belly dancing title.

Posted in Croydon College, Dance