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Festival opener at Fairfield Halls will be for free, says council
Tickets for the Ambition Festival headline show at the Fairfield Halls are free, in a bid to emphasise Croydon Council’s “investment in culture”, according to officials working in Fisher’s Folly. This cultural freebie follows on from the central Croydon cycle … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fairfield Halls, Music
Tagged Ambition Festival, Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Timothy Godfrey
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David Lean’s favourite film returns in an old-style format
The Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign will celebrate the cinema’s link with Oscar-winning director Sir David Lean by presenting his 1955 film Summer Madness next week using the now rarely seen 35mm format. Adrian Winchester, the campaign director, said: … Continue reading
Hopes go up in smoke as LibDems hold Sutton council seat
Last week’s Sutton Council by-election result was bad news for Labour and worse news for any campaigns to halt the incinerator at Beddington Lane, reports WALTER CRONXITE Candidates who oppose the Beddington Lane incinerator won 55.9 per cent of the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Environment, London Assembly, Nick Mattey, Outside Croydon, Paul Burstow MP, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Conservative, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Assembly, Paul Scully MP, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Tory, UKIP, Waddon
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Sign up here to buy an East Croydon flat for a mere £401,000
Fancy buying a new, two-bed flat, with delightful views over the London-to-Brighton railway line, and all for a little more than £400,000? Then this is your chance. “Vita”, the first residential development at Ruskin Square, right next to East Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Central, East Croydon, ECCO, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, Property, Ruskin Square
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, East Croydon station, Fairfield, Ruskin Square, Tory, Vita
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Performing Arts Festival Choral Workshop, Feb 13
Posted in Art, Croydon Performng Arts Festival, Music
Tagged Choral Workshop, Croydon, Croydon Performing Arts Festival, South Norwood
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Labour go for six of the best to become next London Mayor
Londoners – of all political persuasions, and of none – will have six to choose from this summer when the Labour Party stages its first ever open primary to select its candidate to run for London Mayor in 2016. A … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Boris Johnson, Christian Wolmar, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Environment, Housing, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Sadiq Khan, Steve O'Connell, Val Shawcross
Tagged Boris Johnson, Christian Wolmar, Conservative, Croydon, Labour, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Steve O'Connell, Tessa Jowell, Tory, Wolmar for London
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“I couldn’t live on £6.50 an hour” says millionaire Tory MP
Wonders will never cease. Croydon South’s new Tory MP has declared that the statutory Minimum Wage is not enough to live on in London. Millionaire Chris Philp has written to the Low Pay Commission calling for an enhanced rate for … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South
Tagged Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Philp, Tony Newman, Tory
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Parents’ anger at “immoral” departure of admired school head
Parents at a Croydon primary are angry that they and their children have been treated in a “disrespectful, insensitive and immoral” manner by a interim board of governors, imposed on the school by the Tory Education Secretary, and which then … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Education, Roke Primary, Schools, South Norwood, South Norwood Primary
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon North, Education, Labour, schools, South Norwood, South Norwood Primary, Tory
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Council’s 20mph consultation looking like a political car crash
One of Croydon’s Labour council’s flagship policies appears to have been driven down a dead-end road. The local Labour group’s 20mph proposal for residential streets is in a state of crisis, faced with energetic opposition from the motoring lobby, otherwise … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Environment, Karen Jewitt, Kathy Bee, Matthew Kyeremeh, Pat Clouder, Policing, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Thornton Heath Neighbourhood Association, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman
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Business as usual for ‘local lad’ Philp the parachutist
WALTER CRONXITE has staggered back from the Strangers’ Bar at Westminster, after he saw Croydon’s newest MP making his maiden speech Chris Philp, elected last month as the new MP for Croydon South, finally got around to making his maiden … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Housing
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon South, Member of parliament, Purley, Tory, Waddon
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Howard Primary School Summer Fair, June 20
Posted in Activities, Howard Primary, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Howard Primary School, London Borough of Croydon, South Croydon
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Shock and sadness at the death of contributor David Callam
STEVEN DOWNES on the tragic news of a stalwart of the local press, the borough, and of Inside Croydon We were going to run a self-indulgent feature at the weekend about the fifth anniversary of Inside Croydon. But then we … Continue reading
Historic Croydon town centre walk from Wandle Park, June 21
Posted in Broad Green, Education, Friends of Wandle Park, History, Waddon, Walks, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, London Borough of Croydon, Waddon, Wandle Park
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The Singular Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, June 26
Celebrating one of South Norwood’s most famous residents, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and his creation, Sherlock Holmes, the Stanley People’s Initiative is staging The Singular Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by the Don’t Go Into The Cellar theatre company, at Stanley … Continue reading
Inter-faith bike ride and picnic in the park, June 14
Posted in Church and religions, Community associations, Cycling
Tagged Croydon, Cycling, Park Hill Park
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TfL’s loopy proposals will cut some tram services by 13%
Another week. Another pointless, self-fulfilling “consultation”, this time from Transport for London as they steam-roller through their scheme to sever the tram network in Croydon town centre, all for the benefit of Hammersfield, and mainly at massive public expense. This … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Centrale, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Jo Negrini, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, New Addington, Planning, Steve O'Connell, Tramlink, Transport, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Tory, Tramlink, Trams, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Overwhelming verdict in favour of Twelve Angry Men
DIANA ECCLESTON reviews the stage classic’s latest, riveting production, performed by Jason Merrells and a top cast at the Ashcroft Theatre this week Written in the 1950s. American. You might be forgiven for thinking that Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Diana Eccleston, Fairfield Halls, Theatre
Tagged Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Diana Eccleston, Fairfield Halls, Twelve Angry Men
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David Lean Cinema campaign founder decides to stand down
Adrian Winchester, the founding chairman of the Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign which successfully lobbied for the re-opening of the arthouse venue in the Clocktower last year, is to stand down from his position after more than four years’ … Continue reading
£1bn incinerator deal and £275,000 “gift” back in the spotlight
The Beddington Lane incinerator site, on Croydon’s borough boundary – and the £275,000 “gift” from incinerator operators Viridor to a church much-used by Sutton LibDems – is high on the agenda this week, as Sutton Council stages a ward by-election. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon Guardian, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Nick Mattey, Planning, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Conservative, Green Party, incinerator, John Drage, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Stop The Incinerator Campaign, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Tory, Viridor
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