Ten years on: Wayne Trakas-Lawlor, as civic Mayor, represented the borough through a traumatic period for Croydon after the tram derailment
As we approach the 10th anniversary of the terrible tragedy of the Sandilands tram crash, WAYNE TRAKAS-LAWLOR, who was Croydon’s civic Mayor at the time, remembers that devastating time
November 9, 2016, is a day that I will never forget. It is hard to believe that 10 years have almost passed.
I had spent much of the night watching the results of the United States Presidential election coming in, which, frankly, concerned me. But by the following morning, something far closer to home would put everything else into perspective.
At around 7am, as I was having breakfast, I received a call from my husband, Michael. His voice was trembling, which immediately frightened me. Michael never called me on his way to work. I knew he had bad news. Continue reading
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?: Six years after he was forced to quit the Town Hall and was then suspended by the Labour Party, one of those at the heart of the council’s financial collapse is back in local government
Nightwatch, one of the borough’s biggest charities, whose volunteers work throughout the year to help Croydon’s homeless, continues its round of 50th anniversary events on Thursday November 12 with a showing of a heartfelt film about homelessness at the David Lean Cinema.
On the north wall of Croydon Minster hangs the parish Roll of Honour from the Great War of 1914 to 1918, what we tend to refer to today as World War I.
Mayor Jason Perry’s omnishambles council could find itself dragged through the small claims court by dozens of angry service providers because a faulty payments system has failed to make payments to around 200 freelance translators and interpreters for three months.
Croydon’s failed Mayor Jason Perry is sitting on £8million of residents’ money that his council ought to have returned.
There will also be a Remembrance ceremony outside the Town Hall at 11am on November 11, Armistice Day.
