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West End performers are coming to Waddon for Croydon panto
The production company behind this year’s Croydon panto has just announced the full cast of West End performers who will be joining television performers Jonny Awsum and Paisley Billings in Jack And The Beanstalk at Waddon Leisure Centre from December … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Music, Theatre, Waddon
Tagged Croydon Panto, Croydon pantomime, Jonny Awsum, Q Productions, Waddon, Waddon Lesiure Centre
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£100m black hole in SEND funding is creating ‘perfect storm’
Croydon headteachers fear that they face a “perfect storm” as funding cuts will leave their schools unable to fulfil their responsibilities towards some of the borough’s most vulnerable children, those with special educational needs or disabilities. Sarah Jones, Labour’s new … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Education, Sarah Jones MP, Schools
Tagged Croydon Central, Labour, Sarah Jones, Sarah Jones MP
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Photography Forum member offers his Croydon insights
Next week’s meeting of the Croydon Photography Forum will see one of the group’s own members talking about their lifetime’s work with their cameras. West Croydon resident Jan Podsiadly attended the London College of Printing in the early 1970s – … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Photography Forum
Tagged Croydon Photography Forum, Lee Townsend, West Croydon
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Developers must finish station bridge, residents demand
A former deputy leader of the council is demanding that Croydon’s planning department should withhold permission for Menta Redrow’s latest luxury flats development scheme on Cherry Orchard Road, unless or until they make good on six-year-old promises to allow the … Continue reading
Police now conducting ‘stop and search’ to catch fly-tippers
A multi-agency clampdown against fly-tipping and other offences has this week seen police and council officials make their 31st seizure of a vehicle suspected of being used to illegally store or dump rubbish. More than 30 officers from Croydon Council … Continue reading
We will remember them: Croydon’s Remembrance Day services
Remembrance Day, paying tribute to the sacrifices of military and service personnel in conflicts past and present, will be observed in Croydon on Sunday, at the war memorial outside the Town Hall and at Croydon Minster. Conducted by the Rt … Continue reading
Civic ceremonies and choir to mark tram crash anniversary
Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the Sandilands tram derailment, in which seven Croydon residents died. A civic ceremony to mark the anniversary will take place at Central Parade, New Addington, near the homes of many of those passengers who … Continue reading
Posted in New Addington, Sandilands derailment, Tramlink
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, New Addington, Sandilands, Sandilands derailment, Tram, Tramlink
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Negrini ‘misinformed’ over data security says whistle-blower
STEVEN DOWNES reports on how the council’s chief executive has responded to serious concerns about the management of personal data with threats of legal action against this website The council’s chief executive maintains that there is no risk to the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Graham Cadle, Jo Negrini
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Graham Cadle, Harry Singh, Harwinder Singh, Jo Negrini
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Croydon among worst areas in the country for homelessness
There will be more people sleeping rough on the streets of Croydon tonight than in the city of Birmingham. Those are part of the shocking statistics revealed by Shelter, the homelessness charity, who have used official government data and Freedom … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon Nightwatch, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Tom Copley
Tagged Croydon Council, Homelessness, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Tom Copley
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The Nostradamus of Norwood, and other fascinating tales
The next Norwood Society local history meeting is on Thursday November 16 when the topic will be “The Nostradamus of South Norwood Hill and other fascinating residents”. Stephen Oxford has thoroughly researched the South Norwood Hill area and in this … Continue reading
Councillor challenges Menta over secret viability report
The developers of one of the biggest town centre schemes have been accused by a Labour councillor of only wanting to build homes for the wealthy, and of trying to keep their viability assessment out of the hands of pesky … Continue reading
Waddon councillors’ bumpy ride to being top of the POPs
An initiative by ward councillors working with local police in Croydon South has been declared “top of the pops”, after deadly street racing has been halted through collaborations with businesses off the Purley Way. The loud and rowdy Friday night … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Crime, Jeff Boothe, Joy Prince, Policing, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Joy Prince, Labour, Robert Canning, Waddon
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River Wandle Ghost Walk, Wandle Park, Nov 11
Posted in Broad Green, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Wandle Park, Waddon, Wandle Park
Tagged Waddon, Wandle Park
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New Addington Tories confused about what they stand for
As exclusively revealed by Inside Croydon, the local Tories are putting their ‘B List’ candidates only in less-winnable wards. WALTER CRONXITE reports that it appears that some of those Conservative B-listers don’t seem to understand their own party’s policies When … Continue reading
Movies, moustaches and how to handle a strong leader crisis
“Life has improved,” the strong leader said. “Life has become more joyous.” Croydon 2017? Nope, Moscow, 1950. Those were the words of Josef Stalin who, post-mortem, bestrides the brilliant horror-satire which is the first presentation of the David Lean … Continue reading
Official investigation under way over West Thornton selection
WALTER CRONXITE reports on further delays and dispute in Croydon Labour’s candidate selection process ahead of next May’s local elections Labour Party officials in West Thornton ward face an investigation after what one member described as a “farce” of a … Continue reading
Rare butterfly spotted on New Addington chalkland reserve
Naturalists at Hutchinson’s Bank nature reserve are celebrating the sighting of a rare butterfly. Hutchinson’s Bank is one of the richest remaining chalk grassland habitats in London, and this year it has been just a touch richer with the appearance … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, New Addington, Wildlife
Tagged brown hairstreak butterfly, Hutchinson's Bank, London Wildlife Trust
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