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£3m Lottery grant helps to get Stanley’s birthday party going
South Norwood arts venue announces series of senior appointments, as it moves towards “vital” building works ahead of its founder’s 200th anniversary South Norwood’s culture centre Stanley Halls has been awarded “significant” investment from four funders for a programme of … Continue reading
Bricks, ghosts and the Northern line all in the Lit’s new season
Next month sees the start of the latest season of talks and readings at St Mildred’s Literary Society in Addiscombe, continuing a near-century-old tradition. “The Lit” was founded in 1934 and today, from October to March, holds its (non-religious) meetings … Continue reading
Indoor boot sale, St Paul’s Church Hall, South Croydon, Oct 3
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Costs up, volunteers vanished = community festival cancelled
There will be no South Norwood Community Festival in 2027. The announcement of the cancellation was made on social media this week. The reasons given: rising costs and lack of experienced volunteers. Staging costs have more than doubled since 2019, … Continue reading
Amelia Earhart’s final flight: has the mystery been solved?
One of the greatest mysteries of the pioneering era of aviation is coming to Croydon Airport. Historian and researcher Chris Denchfield will be giving an illustrated talk exploring the life and mysterious disappearance of Amelia Earhart, the event being held … Continue reading
Climate Grief Café, Croydon Clocktower Café, Sat Sep 26
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For more details, visit Katy Dye’s website by clicking here
Posted in Activities, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Clocktower Cafe
Tagged Climate Crisis, Climate Grief, Clocktower Cafe, Katy Dye
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Visceral Shadows at Bethlem is Hunter’s first show for 10 years
Visceral Shadows, the first solo exhibition since 2016 by sculptor Emma Hunter, opens today at the Bethlem Gallery in Beckenham. Hunter is “a sculptor interested in the surrealism of everyday life”. Her work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Bethlem Gallery
Tagged Bethlem Gallery, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Emma Hunter, Henry Moore, Henry Moore Foundation
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Music, dance and drama at South Norwood’s Arcadia Festival
Stanley Halls in South Norwood is staging its Arcadia Festival this Saturday, encouraging Londoners “to build a fairer and healthier future – now”. In its second year, the Arcadia Festival is funded by the National Lottery as part of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Acradia Festival, South Norwood, Stanley Halls
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Diver Snode makes a splash with Crystal Palace’s Gallery 56
A new art gallery is to open in the Crystal Palace Triangle, and they are inviting the public to a social evening later this month to mark the occasion. Gallery 56 calls itself “a contemporary art space located in the … Continue reading
Saved for the nation, Selsdon Wood conserved by its Friends
THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR: This year’s annual residents’ fair was where KEN TOWL found out more about the need for volunteers Jim Dunning is the first of the Friends of Selsdon Wood that I meet at one of their … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Selsdon Woods, History, Ken Towl, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Residents' Association, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, South Croydon, Walks
Tagged Friends of Selsdon Wood, Ken Towl, Selsdon, Selsdon Park Hotel, Selsdon Wood, Walks
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Amelia Earhart illustrated talk, Croydon Airport, Wed Sep 30
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Walk and Talk Riddlesdown, weekly every Sunday from 9am
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Shaping Croydon’s light-touch exhibit offers clues to the future
An exhibition, “Shaping Croydon – Architecture and Ambition”, has opened this week at the Museum of Croydon, just in time for this weekend’s celebration of the capital’s architecture with the Open House festival. The exhibition is attractively bright and light-touch. … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Activities, Art, Croydon Council, Environment, History, Museum of Croydon, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged 1956 Croydon Corporation Act, Brutalism, Croydon, Croydon Flyover, London, Mini Manhattan, Museum of Croydon, Shaping Croydon - Architecture and Ambition, TfL, Transport for London
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Stanley Halls’ heritage, history and future on show this Sunday
South Norwood’s Stanley Halls is among the many Croydon venues taking part in this weekend’s London Open House Festival. And as well as two guided tours to look behind the scenes at the heritage and history of the 1903-built Grade … Continue reading
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20th anniversary Apple Day, Addiscombe Railway Park, Sep 12
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Quiz Night: Save The Kenley fundraiser, Smokin’ Grill, Sep 18
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Posted in Activities, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Community associations, KENDRA, Kenley, Pubs, Purley, Restaurants
Tagged KENDRA, Kenley, Kenley Arms, Purley, Save The Kenley
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Up to £1,000 a ticket – make sure you buy an Archers tea towel
A stage homage to the world’s longest-running soap opera was a nostalgia trip for hundreds of people this week, and another reminder of where Croydon is missing out. By STEVEN DOWNES, who survived the experience without buying any ‘merch’ There … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Theatre
Tagged Ambridge, BBC Radio, BBC Radio 4, Borsetshire, Fairfield Halls, The Archers, The Archers at 75 Live!, Wimbledon, Wimbledon New Theatre
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Ice cream sale for World Central Kitchen, Coulsdon, Sep 6
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Tagged Coulsdon, Downs Road, ice cream, World Central Kitchen
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South Croydon Model Railway Show, St Paul’s Church, Sep 12
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Night of Dance on the streets of Addiscombe next Tuesday
The glorious local tradition, the annual Croydon Night of Dance, bobs and jingles across the streets of Addiscombe next Tuesday, September 8. The celebration of Morris dance, maids and men, will be gathering with their bells and instruments outside The … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Dance, Pubs
Tagged Builder's Arms, Morris dance, Morris dancing, Morris Men, North Wood Morris Men, Old Palace Clog, pubs, The Oval Tavern, Wild Hunt Bedlam
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20th anniversary Apple Day, Addiscombe Railway Park, Sep 12
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Quiz Night: Save The Kenley fundraiser, Smokin’ Grill, Sep 18
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Tagged KENDRA, Kenley, Kenley Arms, Purley, Save The Kenley
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Selsdon Community Fair, Old Farleigh Road, Sun Sep 6
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