Category Archives: Addington

Croydon’s biggest slave owner was ancestor of the Queen

Posted on June 9, 2020 by

It’s not just in Bristol that there are memorials to slave-owners. Even in a Sanderstead churchyard, there can be found links to the slave trade, and to the modern royal family, as STEPHANIE OFFER discovered The hauling down and dunking … Continue reading →

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Residents call for end to planning meetings for ‘cowboys’

Posted on May 22, 2020 by

One of the borough’s largest organisations representing the interests of residents has called on the council to stop all planning committee meetings until the covid-19 emergency is over – and they have singled out the Brick by Brick proposal to … Continue reading →

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How Elizabeth I’s favourite archbishop became ‘Mr Croydon’

Posted on April 3, 2020 by

Croydon’s history is intertwined with the Archbishops of Canterbury, with six of them buried at Croydon Minster. Here DAVID MORGAN explains how two of the most powerful men in the country managed to survive the turbulent times of Tudor England … Continue reading →

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Police observe Peak practice with car drivers in Shirley Hills

Posted on April 3, 2020 by

Ahead of a springtime weekend with warmer weather forecast, the police and other agencies are warning the public not to treat the coronavirus lockdown as some kind of lengthy holiday period, and certainly not to set off for parks and … Continue reading →

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‘Absolute madness’: council eyes Green Belt for 6,000 homes

Posted on October 16, 2019 by

Remember all those solemn assurances from Alison Butler and Paul Scott that the Labour-run council will protect the borough’s precious green spaces? Guess what… Town Hall papers ahead of next Monday’s cabinet meeting show that the council is seriously considering … Continue reading →

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Newman’s Town Hall power is challenged by residents’ groups

Posted on July 1, 2019 by

EXCLUSIVE: Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on how neighbourhood associations have decided that they won’t any longer accept being ‘contemptuously ignored’ by those in power in the borough Council leader Tony Newman and the troika who control the Town Hall … Continue reading →

Posted in Addington, Addington Residents' Association, Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Mario Creatura, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

How local association member asks for support for Mayor vote

Posted on July 1, 2019 by

Here is the full text of the email distributed at the weekend by Paul Bearman, who has been an RA committee member and who signed himself as “a member of the Addington Residents Association”: Dear All, I am a member … Continue reading →

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Blaze at ex-JLS star’s Spout Hill house treated as ‘suspicious’

Posted on June 5, 2019 by

More than 70 fire crew and 10 fire engines yesterday attended a blaze at a millionaire’s mansion off Shirley Church Road and Spout Hill in the glitzy Addington Hills. The Daily Mirror is this morning reporting that the house is … Continue reading →

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Village fears as council bites into cherished conservation area

Posted on May 19, 2019 by

There is a growing suspicion, and some fear, among residents living in the close-knit community of Addington Village that council plans to alter the boundaries of the long-established conservation area are because of some deep ulterior motive to allow more … Continue reading →

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Council to extend conservation area around Addington Palace

Posted on April 20, 2019 by

The conservation area around Addington Village is to be expanded to include Addington Palace, under proposals unveiled by Croydon Council this week. The Palace was built in the 18th Century, but has historic associations going back to a hunting lodge … Continue reading →

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