Tag Archives: Sainsbury

Foodstock music fest rounds off Fairtrade celebrations

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Crystal Palace Transition Town is staging a day’s activities on Saturday, March 2, as the centrepiece of its Fairtrade Fortnight activities. Many of the activities are free, but any money raised will be used to help fund the local food … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Art, Business, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace Community Association, Education, Environment, Gardening, Music, Transition Town, Upper Norwood | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

85% of Croydon respondents wanted a job with Asda

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

In a consultation run by a supermarket chain about opening a new store in the north of Croydon, 85 per cent of respondents included a request about getting a job. The figure – more than 8-in-10 of respondents – was … Continue reading →

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Honeyed platitudes offer little uplift for Surrey Street traders

Posted on July 8, 2012 by

Surrey Street’s 750-year-old market has seen better times. In these days of hypermarkets with vast car parks drawing away customers, a good half of the Surrey Street pitches between the food stalls and Rose’s florist stall outside Millets often stand … Continue reading →

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Use your loaf, Gav: Barwell’s “Let Them Eat Cake” moment

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

The headmaster of Trinity School recently praised his chairman of governors and one of our local MPs, Gavin Barwell, as being “the only principled politician in the country”. That’s quite an endorsement, or quite a commentary on the school’s unusual … Continue reading →

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Purley campaigners fear their pool is “under attack”

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Campaigners supporting Purley Pool are concerned that a council consultation process is laying the groundwork for redevelopment of the pool, car park and the former Sainsbury’s store. The council’s “spatial” planning team has issued a circular inviting submissions from developers … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Health, Leisure services, Parking, Planning, Property, Purley, Purley Pool, Richard Ottaway MP, Sport, Swimming, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Time to talk turkey over Christmas plans in Croydon

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

In spite of the tinsel and holly wreaths going up in parts of Croydon in mid-August, here at Inside Croydon Towers, being arch-traditionalists, we tend not to even start to think about festive season preparations until Bonfire Night and Remembrance … Continue reading →

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