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Win a £22,000 Lexus at Mayor’s charity golf day, Mar 29
You could win yourself a new car at the Mayor of Croydon’s charity golf day next month. All you have to do is hit a hole in one. Coming towards the end of Councillor Wayne Trakas-Lawlor’s year in office as … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Charity, Croydon Commitment, Golf, Wayne Lawlor
Tagged Croydon Council, Wayne Trakas-Lawlor
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COPSE organises a group ramble into Kent, Feb 19
The next meeting of COPSE, the Croydon Outdoor Pursuits and Social Events group, is a 12-mile country walk in Kent this Sunday, February 19. Meeting at East Croydon Station at 9am to catch a train, the organisers say that the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon Outdoor Pursuits and Social Events, Outside Croydon, Walks
Tagged COPSE
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Free entry for children at WWI exhibition in half-term
Posted in Activities, Education, History, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, Remembering 1916, Whitgift School
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Free weekly dance classes for over-50s at Scratchley Hall
Posted in Activities, Dance, Health, Thornton Heath
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Victorian leisure history talk, Honeywood Museum, Jul 27
Posted in Activities, Education, History, Sutton Council
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Rotherhithe history talk, Honeywood Museum, Feb 23
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Volunteer for the 2017 South Norwood Community Festival
Posted in Activities, Dance, Music, South Norwood
Tagged South Norwood, South Norwood Community Festival
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Run for the hills! Lloyd Park’s the toughest in all London
Lloyd Park in Croydon has the toughest Parkrun course in the whole of London – and that’s official because the Londonist website says so. Their reporter, Geoff Marshall, has surveyed all 47 courses in Greater London’s parks and open spaces … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Croydon parks, Lloyd Park, Sport, Striders of Croydon
Tagged Lloyd Park, Londonist, ParkRun
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Winter Tales free guided walk of Coulsdon Common, Jan 15
Posted in Activities, Coulsdon, Croydon parks, Environment, Walks
Tagged Coulsdon, Coulsdon Common
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Morris dancers welcome recruits to open practice, Jan 10
A group of folk dancers who describe themselves as “Croydon’s scariest Morris side” are recruiting dancers to join in the fun they have at community events, festivals and their dance outs at their favourite pubs and open spaces in 2017. … Continue reading
Croydon Airport open day and collectors’ fair, Jan 8
Historic Croydon Airport is staging an open day and airline and aviation collectors’ fair at the Aerodrome Hotel on Sunday, January 8, from 10.30am to 3.30pm. The collectors’ fair promises some 45 stalls. “Come and bag yourself some aviation memorabilia … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydon Airport, History, Waddon
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RSPB asks for your help with its Christmas goose count
Waddon Ponds is a thriving nature reserve, according to a survey conducted on Christmas Day by Croydon bird-watchers and conservationists. In just one hour before the traditional Christmas lunch, according to a report on the Croydon birders’ website, there was … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Croydon parks, Environment, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged RSPB, Waddon, Waddon Ponds
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Boxing Day guided walk, Riddlesdown Common, Dec 26
Posted in Activities, Croydon parks, Environment, Sanderstead, Walks
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Woolies thinking for Christmas party at TMRW, Dec 14
Help us celebrate our first Christmas, say the people managing TMRW. This Wednesday, December 14, TMRW, the cafe at the council-funded “tech hub” (or what, in the olden days of at the start of the 21st century, was called “offices”) … Continue reading
