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Izzy! Wizzy! It’s not just Town Hall that has sock puppets
We gave our arts correspondent BELLA BARTOCK a second class rail ticket to Tunbridge Wells to see The Sooty Show before it arrives at the Fairfield Halls next month Children’s entertainment built around scatological remarks, gratuitous violence and spraying the audience … Continue reading
Posted in Ashcroft Theatre, Fairfield Halls, Theatre
Tagged Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Fairfield Halls
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Labour MP gets his wish with a free school for South Norwood
Sometimes, you need to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. Thus calls by the Labour MP for Lambeth South, Steve Reed OBE, for the site of the former South Norwood police station to be … Continue reading
Men of Addington World War I exhibition, Aug 4
Posted in Addington, Church and religions, Community associations, Education, History
Tagged Addington, History, World War I
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Surrey Street Market Summer Fayre, July 12
Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Business, Fairfield, Surrey Street, Waddon
Tagged Broad Green, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, Waddon
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Ker-ching! Viridor makes billions from burning recyclables
A parody poster based on Croydon Council’s latest recycling campaign had to be withdrawn and re-drafted over fears of legal action. The Stop The Incinerator Campaign’s Dave Pettener, a wag as well as a dab-hand with PhotoShop, had taken Croydon’s … Continue reading
Shirley Windmill open day this Sunday, July 6
This Sunday sees one of the handful of open days this year at Shirley Windmill, the 150-year-old working mill and piece of living history. Shirley Windmill is one of only four remaining working windmills in the Great London area. Shirley … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Friends of Shirley Windmill
Tagged Croydon, History, Shirley, Shirley Windmill
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Now Pickles axes Croydon’s ‘over-zealous’ spy cars
More good news, as those ludicrous little spy cars, the bounty hunters of the kerbside, are to be banned. This will please those who are increasingly exasperated by how the CCTV spy cars – driven by the council Traffic Enforcement … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commuting, Crime, Croydon Council, Environment, Parking, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Parking, Waddon
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How Bertrand Russell squared the benefits equation
Fancy getting something for nothing? That’s the stigma-free concept behind the Citizen’s Income, an unconditional payment granted to every individual as a right of citizenship, replacing the complex benefits system. Under the proposal, which is to be discussed at an … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Greens
Tagged benefits, Bertrand Russell, Citizen's Income, Green Party, Ruskin House
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Waddon councillors’ monthly surgeries underway this Saturday
Residents in Waddon who wish to take up issues with their local councillors can do so at regular monthly surgeries. The surgeries are to be held in the church hall at St George’s, Barrow Road, on the first Saturday of … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Joy Prince, Robert Canning, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Joy Prince, Labour, Robert Canning, Waddon
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Jubilate Choir’s opera singing workshop, July 12
Croydon’s Jubilate Choir is staging a workshop on Saturday, July 12, at St Matthew’s Church, Chichester Road, East Croydon, CR0 5NQ Registration: 10am Performance: 5pm, including Famous Opera Choruses, including Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves – (Nabucco) and Anvil Chorus – (Il Trovatore)
Posted in Art, Community associations, Music
Tagged church, Croydon, Jubilate Choir, opera, singing
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Kevin Day, WG Grace and Sherlock Holmes headline SNAF
Kevin Day, comedy writer, stand-up and Palace fan, will get the two-week-long South Norwood Arts Festival under way in earnest next Monday, July 7. Day, who has written for the likes of Dave Allen and Jo Brand and been a … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, Comedy, Community associations, Music, People for Portland Road, South Norwood, South Norwood Tourist Board, Stanley Halls
Tagged Comedy, Croydon, Kevin Day, People of Portland Road, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, SNAF, South Norwood, South Norwood Arts Festival, Stanley Halls
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Lights! Action! Candid cameras switched on at the Town Hall
STEVEN DOWNES found himself watching the first live webcast meeting of the new Croydon Council. He watched it so you didn’t have to… I nearly missed it, because I was listening to the first in the new series of I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Bishop of Croydon, Capita, Croydon Council, Local media, Maggie Mansell, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Kathy Bee, Labour, Maggie Mansell, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman, Tory, Vidhi Mohan
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Aimless opposition could make for an extended honeymoon
THE VIEW FROM THE BACK BENCHES: Last night’s first council cabinet meeting of the new Labour administration was full of interesting announcements for Waddon councillor ANDREW PELLING So that’s what my Labour colleagues have been up to over the last … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Bernard Weatherill House, Bishop of Croydon, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Environment, Fly tipping, Housing, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Refuse collection, Steve Reed MP, Taberner House, Tony Newman, URV, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Labour, Mike Fisher, Steve Reed OBE, Stuart Collins, Taberner House, Tony Newman, Tory
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UKIP carnival’s Winston McKenzie wants to stand again
There are lies, damned lies and statistics. So when do two people constitute “40 per cent”? When it is UKIP in Croydon trying (just a bit too hard, it seems) to portray itself as being “diverse”. And when you factor … Continue reading
Bottom’s up to no good, as CODA takes the Bard outdoors
Apparently, it all began when someone in CODA, the Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, misheard one of their colleagues say, “Michael Hall has got a lovely bottom.” Now, a few months later, Hall is to play a lovely Bottom in CODA’s … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, CODA, Environment, Theatre, Waddon, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, CODA, Croydon, Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, drama, Theatre, Waddon, Wandle Park, William Shakespeare
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Met to appoint armed police chief as Borough Commander
A senior police officer who has served in the unit at the centre of the Plebgate row and which was also involved in the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan that led to the 2011 London riots will be the next … Continue reading
Ruskin Square serves up another vacuous ‘installation’
Entirely unprompted by Big Eric Pickles, our loyal reader has been in touch, and attached a heart-warming picture from one of the iconic venues of Croydon heritage. The picture above was taken yesterday. “Seeing as our council’s glorious website appears … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addiscombe West, Art, Business, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, Ruskin Square, Warehouse Theatre, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Addiscombe West, Bridge to Nowhere, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Minster, East Croydon station, Labour
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Pickles to order Croydon to return to weekly collections
Tory Eric Pickles and his ConDem government could be about to hand a significant political present to Croydon’s new Labour-run council, by forcing them to bring back weekly bin collections. Labour won control of Croydon Town Hall a month ago … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Refuse collection
Tagged ConDem Government, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Eric Pickles, Labour, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman
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Parade-ground generals fail to lead on council’s Front Line
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The lack of true, front-line service experience among some of our council’s executive officials creates fundamental problems in the management culture at the Town Hall, writes ROD DAVIES If we are to change the nature of the council, then … Continue reading
Posted in Capita, Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, Refuse collection, Street lighting
Tagged Bernard Weatherill House, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Nathan Elvery, Taberner House, Tony Newman, Tory
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Charity reports growing numbers need soup kitchen help
On Thursday night, around 170 of Croydon’s not-so-great-and-good sat down in the Fairfield Halls to indulge themselves in some free nosh and a few glasses of cheap wine at the Mayor’s Banquet. Meanwhile, across the road in Queen’s Gardens, another … Continue reading
Croydon Folk and Blues Festival, Ruskin House: July 12
Why go all the way to Glastonbury when there’s a music festival on your doorstep in the centre of Croydon? The Croydon Folk and Blues Festival will be staged for the 24th year on Saturday, July 12, from noon to … Continue reading
Civil war, cycling and Calvary head David Lean’s July line-up
Following a month that included sell-out screenings of 20 Feet from Stardom and The Lunchbox, the Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign has announced a July programme of six films at the cinema. At a time of year associated with … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, David Lean Cinema Campaign
Tagged Arts, David Lean, David Lean Cinema, Nigeria, Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign
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Osborne named Warlingham captain for new season
Warlingham RFC has named Jon Osborne, their 26-year-old wing, as their first XV captain for the coming season, the Hamsey Green club’s 93rd year. Osborne is a sports coach at Purley’s John Fisher School. He succeeds back-row forward Zack King, … Continue reading
Posted in Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Ron Head, rugby, Sport, Warlingham
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