Category Archives: Outside Croydon

Has Kate Moss snubbed Croydon’s portrait bench?

Posted on June 18, 2013 by

Mystery surrounds the identity of one of the top three Croydon characters, voted for by the public, who has refused to allow their likeness to be used in a public portrait project. The final portrait for a bench on the … Continue reading →

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Incinerator campaign turns to Miliband family for legal help

Posted on June 7, 2013 by

Barrister Justine Thornton has been engaged by south London’s Stop the Incinerator campaign to provide legal advice and guidance to oppose Viridor’s plans to build a waste incinerator at Beddington Lane. Thornton is married to Ed Miliband, the leader of … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Boris Johnson, Business, Community associations, Croydon Greens, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Croydon Ecology Centre open weekend: June 8-9

Posted on June 5, 2013 by

The Croydon Ecology Centre at Heathfield House is staging its summer open weekend on Saturday and Sunday, June 8-9. Open from 11am to 5pm both days, entry is free. At 3pm each day, there is a guided tour of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Federation of Allotment and Garden Societies, Croydon Greens, Education, Environment, Gardening, Selsdon & Ballards, Walks, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Shabden Park Farm’s open day: June 9

Posted on June 5, 2013 by

Shabden Park Farm, down the Chipstead Valley Road from Coulsdon, is playing its part in Open Farm Sunday this weekend, from 10am to 4pm on June 9. There will be sheep shearing demonstrations, with working sheep dogs being used to … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Federation of Allotment and Garden Societies, Croydon Greens, Croydon Ramblers, Environment, Gardening, Outside Croydon, Walks, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

£30m library deal referred for scrutiny – by report’s author

Posted on May 28, 2013 by

It was past 9pm last night, Bank Holiday Monday, when the official Croydon Council Twitter feed spluttered into life (double time for someone in the press office, perhaps?), offering a link to some new content on the official council website. … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Greenwich Leisure, Jason Cummings, John Laing Integrated Services, Libraries, Michael Neal, Steve Hollands, Terry Lenton, Tim Pollard, URV, Wandsworth Council | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Parish boundary given a thorough beating for tradition’s sake

Posted on May 28, 2013 by

While he’s often in the past been accused of rambling, STEVEN GAUGE found good reason to do so to the south of Croydon over the weekend In an ancient tradition that has gone on for three or possibly four years, … Continue reading →

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Inside Croydon’s Hero of the Week: Ingrid Loyau-Kennett

Posted on May 24, 2013 by

Given the horrific events in south London on Wednesday, there could really only be one hero of this saddening and shockingly tragic week. Ingrid Loyau-Kennett is the mother-of-two, a scout leader who, on seeing the brutal madness on the streets … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity, Community associations, Crime, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Policing | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Cultivating culture is year-round project, not just three weeks

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: In a previous column, DAVID CALLAM argued for a festival celebrating the borough’s heritage. But next month’s Croydon Heritage Festival misses the target in a number of important respects  E viva la fiesta! Time to party in Croydon, … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Art, Care Homes, Cinema, Comedy, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Heritage Festival, David Callam, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Education, Environment, Fairfield Halls, History, Libraries, London Mozart Players, Music, Old Palace, Schools, Theatre, Trinity School, Walks, Warehouse Theatre, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Oi! Could the Town Hall do the Lambeth Walk under Labour?

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Croydon’s Labour party looks like adopting a new approach to offer to the electorate ahead of the 2014 local elections. Labour wants to offer “a council run for the town, not the Town Hall”, according to the deputy leader of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Ashes to ashes: Only Boris can stop Viridor incinerator now

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Did Sutton’s LibDems last night grant planning permission to Viridor for its £1bn incinerator project at Beddington Lane just so that someone else could make the tough decision to block it? Contributing editor ANDREW PELLING says that nothing … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Business, Croydon Greens, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Paul Burstow MP, Planning, Simon Hoar, St Helier Hospital, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Councillor acts as delivery boy for £1bn incinerator company

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

A senior Conservative councillor in Croydon has refused to answer questions about why he spent much of Saturday distributing leaflets in his ward, apparently as an overpaid delivery boy on behalf of multi-billion rubbish burners Viridor. Simon Hoar, councillor in … Continue reading →

Posted in Clare Hilley, Environment, Mike Fisher, Simon Hoar, Sutton Council, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , | 10 Comments

“We will reject having the incinerator imposed upon us”

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

TONY NEWMAN, the leader of the Labour opposition group on Croydon Council, says that he will use every legal power available to stop a £1 billion Viridor incinerator project being developed on the borders of the borough at Beddington Lane … Continue reading →

Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Greens, Environment, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Tories Fisher and Barwell told to get off their “fat arses”

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

Croydon’s Tory leadership, Mike Fisher and Gavin “I’m just a bag man” Barwell, have come in for a withering attack – from their own political party’s high command. Iain Dale, the noted Conservative blogger, used his weekly diary on ConservativeHome.com, … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Environment, Gavin Barwell MP, Mike Fisher, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Take a walk among the bluebells on Bank Holiday Monday

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

There will be a bluebell and spring flower walk around Coulsdon’s Dollypers Hill, including In Wood (a noted ancient woodland area) with Malcolm Jennings, the Surrey Wildlife Trust‘s volunteer warden, and Jane McLauchlin on Bank Holiday Monday, May 6. To … Continue reading →

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UKIP results are “poison” to Conservatives in Croydon

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: If UKIP can gain Godstone in neighbouring Surrey, then what damage might they do to the Tories in Coulsdon or Purley, especially when 2014′s Town Hall elections are held along with European ballots? ANDREW PELLING has been crunching … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Coulsdon East, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell MP, New Addington, Outside Croydon, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon & Ballards, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments