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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Making muddy art – free family workshop at Turf Gallery, Aug 6
Turf Gallery is staging a free, fun family art workshop for all ages from five years old upwards next Saturday, August 6. from noon to 2pm. Using mud, leaves and plants around us as art materials, this artist-led workshop will … Continue reading
Old Coulsdon Art Society annual exhibition and sale, Nov 25-27
The Old Coulsdon Art Society exhibition and sale takes place from November 25 to 27. Held at the Old Coulsdon Bowling Club, Coulsdon Road, Old Coulsdion CR5 2LD, the exhibition will showcase the work of some very talented local artists. … Continue reading
Former reporter in bitter attack against ‘clickbait’ Advertiser
STEVEN DOWNES on an extraordinary Twitter outburst from a “heart broken” local newspaper journalist who says that redundancies and cut-backs at his old workplace have made things “really shit” The Croydon Sadvertiser is dead. It’s ceased to be. It’s pushing … Continue reading
Latest air quality proposals are not to be sniffed at
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, wants to introduce a set of wide-ranging policies to improve the city’s air quality, including extra charges for older vehicles and an ultra-low emissions zone,and PETER UNDERWOOD says it is none too … Continue reading
‘Desperate’ Reed resorts to data-scraping to get desired result
First, he refused to speak to the members about the Labour leadership at his constituency party’s annual meeting. Then, he took part in a visit to central Croydon with Owen Smith, the challenger to Jeremy Corbyn, but didn’t bother to … Continue reading
A Dream performance in the grounds of Coulsdon Manor
“On the eve of a royal wedding, two lovers elope and find themselves in a mysterious moonlit forest” Theatre Workshop Coulsdon is performing A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the open air at Coulsdon Manor Hotel every evening (except Sunday and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Coulsdon, Theatre, Theatre Workshop Coulsdon
Tagged Coulsdon, Coulsdon Manor, Theatre Workshop Coulsdon
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Croydon GPs criticised for failure to return vital diabetes data
Croydon’s NHS GPs have an “unacceptably low” number of practices collecting and supplying data about patents’ diabetes checks, according to a national charity. The charity, Diabetes UK, is urging Croydon’s NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), to ensure that they all … Continue reading
The art of the River Wandle on display in Croydon, Aug 5-13
An exhibition of new works inspired by the River Wandle opens in a Croydon gallery next week. Charlie Reed’s work goes on display at the Turf Projects gallery with an opening night next Friday. The artist has explored the river, … Continue reading
Pruning masterclass at Heathfield Ecology Centre, Jul 30
Posted in Activities, Croydon parks, Education, Environment, Gardening, Heathfield House
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Ecology Centre, Heathfield House
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Alas Smith and Jones: Labour members get behind Corbyn
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest embarrassing set-back for the Croydon clique which yearns for a return to the “good old days” of Tony Bliar The ordinary members of a Croydon Constituency Labour Party, when given a chance last night … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Rendle, Carole Bonner, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Maddie Henson, Mark Watson, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Stephen Mann, Steve Reed MP, Stuart Collins, Toni Letts, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
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Park performers catch the eye in this twilight Shakespeare
Our arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK (Miss), braved the elements for what is becoming a welcome feature of Croydon’s summers There’s no need to go to Regent’s Park for your open air theatre entertainment, with a top-class performance of Much Ado … Continue reading
Posted in Art, CODA, Theatre, Wandle Park
Tagged CODA, Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, Shakespeare, Wandle Park
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Plodding councillor behind police cuts wants Pokémon patrols
Steve O’Connell, the Tory London Assembly Member from Croydon who has stood by while there has been a cut of 20 per cent in the number of uniformed policemen on the streets of London, now wants what is left of … Continue reading
Conservation group offers skills training to volunteers
TCV – The Conservation Volunteers – are seeking volunteer project leaders to plan, lead and deliver projects and help expand to take on new projects in and around Croydon and Surrey. “We run project days every week, taking groups of … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Education, Environment, Peter Underwood
Tagged Croydon, Surrey, TCV, The Conservation Volunteers
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MP Reed’s local party in climbdown over nomination meeting
Officials in Croydon North Constituency Labour Party have been forced to make a humiliating climbdown over their attempts to stage a leadership nomination meeting which sought to exclude the vast majority of the area’s members. Ann O’Connor, who was recently … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Blairite, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Owen Smith, Progress, Steve Reed OBE
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Sshhh! Smith visits Croydon, but Reed forgets to tell anyone
Sssshhhh! Keep it quiet, but Steve Reed OBE’s secret campaign to undermine and unseat the democratically elected leader of the Labour Party came to central Croydon this morning with a visit of the challenger, Owen Smith. Not that Reed, vice-chairman … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, John Wentworth, Norbury, Sarah Jones MP, Shafi Khan, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon North, John Wentworth, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE
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‘Irreplaceable’ sculptures stolen from Somme exhibition
Two “irreplaceable” sculptures designed as part of an art installation exhibit commemorating the centenary of the Battle of the Somme have been stolen from the Honeywood Museum in Carshalton. The theft was reported by Sutton Council today, though they were … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Crime, History, Sutton Council
Tagged Battle of the Somme, Carshalton, Honeywood Museum, Sutton Council
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MP Reed moves to exclude Labour members from meeting
Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Croydon North/Lambeth South [delete to taste] has been accused of “riding roughshod” over local Labour Party members, after supportive officials at his Constituency Labour Party have manoeuvred to stage a leadership nomination meeting at short … Continue reading
It’s murder most foul when Dr Crippen comes to Croydon
Murder by Gaslight sees the welcome the return of the Victrian theatrical company, ‘Don’t Go into the Cellar’ to the Spread Eagle Theatre in the town centre, even if it does mean that infamous doctors Crippen and Palmer are let … Continue reading
Posted in Pubs, Spread Eagle Theatre, Theatre
Tagged spread eagle, Spread Eagle Theatre
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There’s Much Ado about Shakespeare in Wandle Park this week
CODA – the Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association – stages its third annual outdoor production in Wandle Park as part of the Croydon Comedy Festival this week, Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, with performances from Wednesday July 27 to Saturday … Continue reading
Posted in CODA, Theatre, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, CODA, Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, Shakespeare, Waddon, Wandle Park
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Swedish imports help Scream Lounge to rock South Croydon
BELLA BARTOCK joined the rock chicks at South Croydon’s long-running music venue I was told beforehand to expect a larger crowd than usual at the Scream Lounge on Saturday. Apparently, the venue just off South End is a Pokestop, whatever … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Scream Lounge
Tagged Pokemon, Pokestop, Scream Lounge, South Croydon
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‘Don’t mention the arrest!’ LibDems mislead by omission
Ballot-weary voters in Carshalton are being expected to go to their polling stations once more this week, for a local council ward by-election. Though the party running Sutton Council is trying its utmost to avoid telling them why. The LibDems’ … Continue reading
Posted in London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Carshalton, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Sutton, Tom Brake MP, Tory
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Missing: BBC’s One Show takes up the cause of #FindRobbie
Six weeks after Robbie Gibson went missing from his south London home, the appeal to find him continues with national television coverage on Monday. Upper Norwood Library, which Gibson has campaigned tirelessly for years to keep open, is the setting … Continue reading
