Tag Archives: Purley Way

Schoolboys have fund-raising in the bag on Purley Way

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

RUGBY ROUND-UP: Customers at Sainsbury’s, Purley Way, this weekend have the chance to take advantage of some extra special service when it comes to packing up the weekly shop. Dozens of pupils from Wallington County Grammar School will be helping … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Old Mid-Whitgiftians RFC, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Schools, Sport, Warlingham RFC | Tagged , , , , , , ,

In to the Valley: Croydon’s wrong turn on road to future

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: So a massive retail-based regeneration scheme in the centre of town will go ahead. DAVID CALLAM says it may yet prove to be yesterday’s solution for tomorrow’s problems Behold Boris Johnson, Croydon’s saviour, appearing in person at the … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Ikea, Valley Park, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

Boris takes us for a ride but not by tram to Crystal Palace

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

Transport for London is about to publish a seven-year investment plan that includes not a penny for the tram extensions promised in the London election campaign earlier this year by Mayor Boris Johnson and Steve O’Connell, the Assembly Member for … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Commuting, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Tramlink, Transport, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

The end of Allders: a timeline to oblivion

Posted on September 14, 2012 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The decline of Allders is partly a story of Croydon itself. ANDREW PELLING looks at the council’s role in the final days and asks if more could have been done by the Town Hall to save the near-1,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in Richard Ottaway MP, Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, Transport, Property, London-wide issues, Business, Croydon Council, Ken Livingstone, Purley Way, Whitgift Centre, Mike Fisher, Purley, Parking, History, Centrale, Andrew Pelling, Fairfield, Ruskin Square, URV, Coulsdon, Croydon 8/8, East Croydon, Policing, Ikea, Allders, Surrey Street, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Hammerson: Handsome half-year figures and takeover talk

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

As previously suggested by Inside Croydon, Hammerson, the owner of Centrale and potential developers of the Whitgift Centre, is a takeover target for other developers – including their Whitgift rivals, Westfield. The takeover talk emerged from Australia in May, according … Continue reading →

Posted in Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Planning, Property, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Making Croydon bike safe will help rebuild community spirit

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Croydon’s cyclists will be watching London’s bicycling mayor with interest over the next four years, to see whether Boris Johnson does more than merely pay lip-service to the wearers of bicycle clips than he did in his first term. Despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Cycling, Environment, Kenley, London-wide issues, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Victory for pedestrians as Waddon crossing is saved

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

Inside Croydon can claim another campaigning victory, with the decision announced this week by Transport for London to retain the pedestrian crossing on the busy Purley Way by Waddon Park Avenue and Alton Road. Proposals to remove the crossing by … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Simon Hoar, Tom Brake MP, Transport, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Councillor Hilley backs Inside Croydon crossing campaign

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

Croydon Conservatives back Inside Croydon‘s campaigns on rubbish and pedestrian crossings – with TfL now trying to remove two crossings in Coulsdon Some of Croydon’s leading political figures have this week endorsed Inside Croydon‘s stance on a couple of important … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Clare Hilley, Coulsdon, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Simon Hoar, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , ,

You’re dung for! Coulsdon and Waddon on sludge lorry route

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

There will be only five more years of stink for north Croydon residents and Purley Way shoppers to suffer when the malodorous winds blow from Beddington sewage farm. That’s the hope that Thames Water officials imparted to two public meetings … Continue reading →

Posted in Clare Hilley, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Purley Way, Richard Ottaway MP, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Croydon pedestrians risk death on unsafe crossings

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

Crossing the road in London has always been a hazardous undertaking, but some recent research suggests that getting from one pavement to another can be deadly even if you use a pedestrian crossing. The survey showed that 347 pedestrian crossings … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Croydon South, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Wanton destruction of trees on the new banks of the Wandle

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

A Croydon resident who daily walks to work through Wandle Park has been in touch, concerned at the destruction of several mature trees to make way for the council scheme to “recreate” the course of the River Wandle. The resident’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, History, Planning, Waddon, Walks, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Allders could hold key to Westfield’s Croydon development

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

It is beginning to look as if Croydon Council leader Mike “barbed wire and attack dogs” Fisher and his Tory mate on the London Assembly, Steve O’Connell, Britain’s most overpaid local councillor, may have jumped the gun in proclaiming a … Continue reading →

Posted in Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, London-wide issues, Mike Fisher, Planning, Steve O'Connell, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Online magazine offers another perspective on Shirley Life

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

The latest edition of Shirley Life, the online community magazine, is now available, with a range of fascinating articles and local news that should be of interest for the broader Croydon public, and not just Shirley residents. This month’s contents … Continue reading →

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Rioters “wanted to kill a police officer” claims Commander

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

ANDREW PELLING has spent the past week visiting distraught residents, attending meetings and speaking to the people who run Croydon. He finds there’s still many unsettling questions to answer about the Croydon riots Nearly two weeks on, the smouldering embers … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Broad Green, Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell MP, Jon Rouse, Malcolm Wicks MP, Mike Fisher, Richard Ottaway MP, Simon Hoar, Steve O'Connell | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Croydon police chief says her force was overstretched

Posted on August 13, 2011 by

In an extended interview with Inside Croydon columnist ANDREW PELLING, fitted in between a command meeting and maintaining high profile policing, Croydon’s Acting Borough Commander Jo Oakley defends the police’s performance in Monday’s riots With an ICM poll in The … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Coulsdon, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Malcolm Wicks MP, Upper Norwood | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment