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How to set-up a busy street market in less than 12 months
Compare and contrast. Yesterday, for the second week, a busy and buzzing street market was staged in Crystal Palace, at Haynes Lane, off Westow Street. Around a dozen independent traders, selling locally sourced products, had stalls at the market. More … 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
Wellesley Road scheme offers traffic chaos for years to come
According to a survey published recently, Wellesley Road in central Croydon is the eighth most congested road in the capital. Not satisfied with that, Croydon Council’s cabinet of senior councillors, together with Transport for London, seem intent on getting Wellesley … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addiscombe, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Health, Lansdowne Road RA, Menta Tower, Parking, Planning, Property, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Vision 2020, East Croydon station, Lansdowne Road, London, Wellesley Road, Whitgift Centre
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Kenley road island could cause more deaths, says campaigner
The scene of another road accident, this time a fatal one, on the A22 Godstone Road in the early hours of Saturday, is now a matter of dispute between local residents, cyclists, Mayor Boris Johnson and his cycling “advisor” Andrew … Continue reading
Dear Boris: an open letter on transport to the Mayor of London
Boris Johnson Mayor of London City Hall 14th February 2013 Dear Mr Johnson, I’m a non-driver – I have been all my life – so I have a strong vested interest in public transport. I use trains, trams or buses … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Commuting, Croydon Greens, Croydon Ramblers, Cycling, David Callam, East Croydon, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Parking, Tramlink, Transport, Walks, West Croydon
Tagged Addiscombe, Bus, Croydon, London, London Borough of Croydon, Netherlands, Public transport, River Thames
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Sign of the Times I: the Bridge to Nowhere
Here it is: the admission by the station operators at East Croydon that the £22 million Bridge to Nowhere really does lead to… well, nowhere. The signs appeared in the past fortnight, and are a welcome and belated addition that … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe, Commuting, East Croydon, Transport
Tagged Centrale, Croydon, East Croydon, England, Fairfield Halls, Hammerson, London, Whitgift Centre
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Railway’s timetabled delays to stretch into fifth day
Rail services out of East Croydon, operated by Southern Railways, are to operate on a revised timetable for a fifth day because of the winter weather. The rail franchise announced it would run amended timetables last Thursday, before a flake … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Gatwick Express, London, London Bridge, London Bridge station, Victoria
Get a grit, Croydon: borough’s pavements abandoned to ice
Pavements in central Croydon, along the High Street as far as South Croydon and all the way along George Street, past Allders to East Croydon station, were abandoned by the council’s gritting teams on Friday as the first serious snow … Continue reading
Southern issue the wrong sort of timetable before any snow
Not a flake of snow has fallen in south London today, but train operators Southern are already flying the white flag in front of expected snowfall tomorrow in Croydon, Surrey and Sussex. It’s not the wrong kind of snow that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Brighton, Croydon, Gatwick Express, London, Network Rail, Snow, Victoria
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Bridge to Nowhere opens and offers a Stairway to Heaven
It is seven days now since the £22 million bridge at the north end of the platforms at East Croydon station was opened, at least partially. The video from engineers BAM Nuttall is a terrific view of the impressive work … Continue reading
Is Boris the man to make prefabs sprout in London?
CROYDON COMMENTARY: DAVID CALLAM muses over the mess our council has made of one of its most important community responsibilities Housing in Croydon is in crisis. A combination of lazy politicians and greedy developers has brought us to a parlous … Continue reading
Coombe Road traffic chaos to last for nearly half a year
Residents in Coombe Road living close to the road bridge over the main London to Brighton railway line will not enjoy much peace over Christmas as preparatory work is done for a 20-week closure that will bring traffic chaos to … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Transport
Tagged Bridge, Christmas, Croham Road, London, Network Rail, Rail transport, Selsdon, South Croydon
Council ignored danger warnings over deadly Mitcham Road
Ghost bikes are chilling reminders of often avoidable tragedies on our roads. KRISTIAN GREGORY, of the Croydon Cycling Campaign, outlines one of the borough’s most deadly routes, the A236, which is so dangerous that a local school has banned its pupils … Continue reading
Posted in Archbishop Lanfranc, Bensham Manor, Commuting, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Croydon North, Cycling, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Schools, Thornton Heath, Transport
Tagged Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Neil Turner, Segregated cycle facilities, YouTube
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