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Vase provides another chance of football escapism for Trams
Croydon FC get a second chance to taste cup glory on Saturday when they host the high-flying Horsham YMCA in the FA Vase second qualifying round. Given the non-league team’s dreadful performances in the league so far – P8 W1 … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Football
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Black mark for Morgan as his bogus identity gets found out
Coulsdon’s one-man motoring campaign could soon find it more difficult to use false identities online to pursue his own vested interests, as our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, reports Last night, he was spotted at a public meeting in Lambeth, discussing … Continue reading
Read all about it: from UKIP to refugees, Boxpark to crocuses
These are the stories which most-grabbed the attention of Inside Croydon‘s loyal reader in September 2015… 1, UKIP supporters to face demands for legal costs from council After staging a takeover of the CCC “community” group, local UKIPpers and right-wingers may … Continue reading
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Tagged Boxpark, Conservative, incinerator, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, UKIP, Viridor
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Mayor of Croydon’s charity wine tasting evening, Oct 23
Posted in Charity, Mind in Croydon
Tagged charity, Croydon Council, Mayor of Croydon, Mind in Croydon
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Help fire-up Palace Power at energy meeting, Oct 13
Crystal Palace railway station will soon be home to a community-led Energy Garden, combining plants and flowers with renewable energy sources. Join the local community, Palace Power community energy group and the Crystal Palace Transition Town movement for an evening … Continue reading
Purley Townswomen’s Guild talk on doorstep crime, Oct 6
The next meeting of the Purley and District Townswomen’s Guild will feature a special talk from an official from Croydon Trading Standards on doorstep crime and scams – and, of course, how to avoid them. The meeting will take place … Continue reading
‘I wish I could have gone to the BRIT School’ says Cowell
Simon Cowell took time-off from X Factor yesterday to pay a flying visit to the BRIT School in Croydon. “The second I pulled up I thought, ‘Why didn’t I go to a school like this?’ I would have loved it, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, BRIT School, Dance, Education, Music, Schools, Theatre
Tagged Adele, Brit School, Education, schools, Simon Cowell, X Factor
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Norbury pub scheme blocked by Town Hall planning officials
Local resident PAUL ORGANE wants to know why Croydon Council has blocked the creation of a community hub I use Norbury daily, for the railway station to get to work, the bank, the park and the post office. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Norbury, Planning, Property, Pubs, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon North, Maggie Mansell, Norbury, Planning, pubs, Steve Reed OBE
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Reader offer: 30% off select meals at PizzaExpress Coulsdon
As a special offer for Inside Croydon‘s loyal reader, the management at PizzaExpress Coulsdon is offering 30 per cent off the price of certain meals* at the restaurant between now and October 22. As we reported yesterday, the latest PizzaExpress … Continue reading
Posted in Advertisement features, Coulsdon, PizzaExpress Coulsdon, Restaurants
Tagged Coulsdon, Croydon, PizzaExpress
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Ballet and plane-making comes to Upper Norwood, Oct 3
Upper Norwood Library is being transformed into a Fun Palace this Saturday, October 3. The first weekend of October is Fun Palaces weekend, offering a range of activities to bring out the inner artist and the scientist from among 6- … Continue reading
Whitehorse’s golden shed declared ‘best school in the world’
Suitably reproached, GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, has been set 100 lines: “I must not slag off dodgy-looking modern architecture” Two years ago, an extension to a Thornton Heath primary school had its design described in the Croydon Sadvertiser as … Continue reading
Posted in Schools, Whitehorse Manor
Tagged schools, Selhurst, Thornton Heath, Whitehorse Manor
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Council has no proper benefit analysis on £148,000 cycle race
Transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, crunches some numbers and finds that Croydon Council forked out £148,000 for one night’s cycle racing in the town centre and has absolutely no idea whether they got value for money Here’s a combination of words … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Athletics, Boris Johnson, Boxpark, Business, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Guardian, Croydon Harriers, Cycling, Cycling, Environment, Jo Negrini, Martyn Rooney, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, Sport, Tony Newman, Transport, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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PizzaExpress serves up 25 jobs in Coulsdon restaurant
PizzaExpress opened a new restaurant in Coulsdon at the weekend, creating 25 jobs, including six pizzaiolos – that’s pizza-makers to you and me – and 14 waiters and waitresses. The restaurant, at Trinity Square on Brighton Road in the centre … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, PizzaExpress Coulsdon, Restaurants
Tagged Coulsdon, PizzaExpress
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Owen Harvey at Photography Forum, CVA, Oct 6
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydon Photography Forum
Tagged Croydon Photography Forum, Lee Toownsend
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Snubbed again, McKenzie fails to make UKIP’s first XI
There must be an election coming up: Croydon’s serial political loser, Winston McKenzie, has been on the telly again. Not that his latest incoherent appearance did McKenzie any good, because UKIP managed to snub him over selections as their candidate … Continue reading
Undertones of McDonnell’s speech heard first in Croydon
If Inside Croydon‘s loyal reader thought that parts of the speech given at the Labour Party Conference today by John McDonnell, the new shadow chancellor, sounded familiar, then they really ought not be surprised. Many of the thoughts behind the … Continue reading
First green shoots sighted as work goes on at Saffron Central
Croydon’s going potty for crocuses, with a topping-up session held today at Saffron Central, the pop-up crocus farm on the site of Taberner House, the council’s former office block. More than 16,000 pots were filled with compost and Crocus Sativus … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Environment, Gardening, Taberner House
Tagged crocus farm, Saffron Central
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Darcus Howe adds his voice to Reed’s constituency meetings
Interesting times at Lambeth South/Croydon North [delete to taste] Constituency Labour Party, and for the Progress MP, Steve Reed OBE, who holds the seat. Apparently attending a CLP meeting as a new member was Darcus Howe, the veteran civil liberties … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon North, Darcus Howe, Labour, Lambeth South, Steve Reed OBE
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Mind the Bump: Lawyers offer free advice to new mothers
A firm of solicitors with offices in Croydon is offering free legal advice to new mothers who fear that they might lose their jobs. Martin Searle Solicitors has launched its pregnancy and maternity discrimination campaign “Mind the Bump 2015” in … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Fairfield, Family Justice Centre
Tagged Martin Searle Solicitors, Maternity leave
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Croydon Craft Beer festival, Braithwaite Hall, Oct 16-17
Croydon is to get its first craft beer festival next month. Beers from around 20 breweries in and around London will be on sale at the Braithwaite Hall, next to the Town Hall, on Friday October 16 and Saturday October … Continue reading
Long overdue that councillors take charge at our councils
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Our report last week about a controversial meeting between Sutton Council’s chief executive and one of the borough’s councillors annoyed our loyal reader ARNO RABINOWITZ. But he was not surprised There’s a terrifying tendency, not only in Croydon … Continue reading
