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Monthly Archives: March 2015
Agatha Christie drama brings courtroom to Braithwaite Hall
CODA, the Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, make a proud return to central Croydon next month, when they perform Agatha Christie’s gripping courtroom drama Witness for the Prosecution at the Braithwaite Hall on Katharine Street. CODA’s acclaimed productions have been … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Braithwaite Hall, CODA, Theatre
Tagged Braithwaite Hall, CODA, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Council
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South Croydon school helps pupils fulfil Paralympic dream
A sports team from St Giles School in South Croydon is celebrating after an action-packed day of inclusive sport opportunities at a Primary Sports Camp staged this week. St Giles is a school for pupils, aged from four to 16, … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Education, Sport, St Giles' School
Tagged London 2012, Paralympics, South Croydon, Sport, Waddon
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Trash, ballet and vice: David Lean Cinema’s exotic April mix
As the Save the David Lean Campaign prepares to mark the first anniversary of its re-opening of the Clocktower’s art-house cinema, their April programme, announced today, continues the pattern of innovation – with The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel being … Continue reading
Coulsdon residents elect UKIP figure as new chairman
The Old Coulsdon Residents’ Association has elected a controversial figure from UKIP as its new chairman. Janet Stollery was elected as chair at OCRA’s annual meeting on Wednesday night. Last month, Stollery, together with two other UKIP members, caused disgust … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon South, Gill Hickson, Mario Creatura, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Gill Hickson, Janet Stollery, Liberal Democrats, Mario Creatura, OCRA, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Tory, UKIP
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Boris Flyover to cost more than Mayor’s annual bike spend
Mayor of London Boris Johnson wants to spend more on building a four-/five-/six-lane flyover through a Waddon park than his entire annual spend on cycling in the city for 2014-2015. That’s the conclusion of Darren Johnson, the Green Party Assembly … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Darren Johnson, Environment, Health, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Parking, Transport, Waddon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Darren Johnson AM, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Assembly, Tory, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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This takes this biscuit: cuts start to hit Town Hall tea breaks
The Osborne-Balls austerity consensus is biting, and biting hard where it really matters: councillors’ hob nobs. Angry tweets have been sent from the Town Hall to complain about the lack of sandwiches at recent council meetings. Some outraged councillors cannot … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman, Wayne Lawlor
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Westfield
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Library closure would be ‘disaster’ warns Society chairman
The chairman of the Norwood Society has sent an open letter to the Croydon councillors who represent Upper Norwood, and to the MP for Lambeth South, Steve Reed OBE, to appeal for help in raising more funds for Upper Norwood … Continue reading
Nightmare scenario as O’Connell is lined up as London Mayor
It is a nightmare scenario, probably for Tories as much as the rest of Croydon’s residents, and certainly for all Londoners. But greedy Steve O’Connell, at one time the most overpaid local councillor in Britain (© The Daily Wail), could … Continue reading
Altitude 25 residents off their trolley as water supply is cut-off
Residents in Altitude 25, some of whom paid more than £1 million for their penthouse apartments in one of Croydon’s most prestigious residential developments, have embarked on a fourth day without water supplies, as the tower block management await plumbing … Continue reading
Boris Flyover ‘90% certain to go ahead’ according to TfL
Residents, transport experts and local councillors alike have been strongly critical of Transport for London’s latest half-arsed consultation, on the £87 million road schemes proposed for the Boris Flyover from the Purley Way. Like so many public consultations, the exercise … Continue reading
History talks that explore Norwood’s Dickensian past
The Norwood Society has announced its programme of talks and events for the rest of 2015, beginning this week, on March 19, with a talk about Charles Dickens’s Norwood connections, to be given by Paul Graham of the Dickens Fellowship. … Continue reading
This is what £8,000 of public money buys at MIPIM (Part 3)
It’s been busy, busy, busy for the Croydon delegation at MIPIM, the property developers’ “junket” (© council leader Tony Newman) held in Cannes in the south of France this week. Croydon Council has spent £8,000 of Council Tax-payers’ money in … Continue reading
MP Reed ‘guaranteed’ library’s ‘future’ for just nine months
How long is the “future”? How reliable is a “guarantee”? We only ask because it is barely a year since Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Lambeth South, got together with Tony Newman, the leader of the Labour group on … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, John Wentworth, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Matthew Bennett, Pat Ryan, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Joint Library
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This is what £8,000 of public money buys at MIPIM (Part 2)
Two affluent-looking suits, over their Cannes croissants and cafes au lait pose with the Med in the background for local quango Develop Croydon’s photographer, pretending to read Croydon News, the execrable propaganda freesheet. This touching scene from around the fringes … Continue reading
Council leader misses his Oscar moment with Sue Perkins
Hard to calculate who was the biggest loser on Wednesday night: Stuart Collins, the council deputy leader who’d had to endure his beloved Chelsea being dumped out of the Champions League, or his boss, Tony Newman, who spent the evening … Continue reading
Work underway to get Boxpark to pop-up in summer 2016
Boxpark, the pop-up retail centre built from disused shipping containers, will open alongside East Croydon Station with up to 80 shops, fashionable boutiques and cafes next summer, it was confirmed this morning. Work is to begin immediately, and around 200 … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boxpark, Business, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Tramlink, Transport, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, GLA, Greater London Authority, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Nathan Elvery, Ruskin Square, Schroders, Stanhope, Westfield
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Croydon Harriers sprinter becomes four-try rugby star
Croydon Harriers recently lost one of their biggest talents – physically and metaphorically – to another sport, when British discus record-holder Lawrence Okoye signed up for the San Francisco 49ers American football team. Could they be about to lose another … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Lawrence Okoye, Rugby Union, Sport
Tagged athletics, Croydon Harriers, Lawrence Okoye, rugby, Sport, Track and field, Tyrese Johnson-Fisher
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