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Category Archives: Addington
Is an answer to the housing crisis near New Addington?
STEVEN DOWNES reviews the latest book from an author with his roots firmly in the Green Belt outside Croydon Patrick Abercrombie could be credited as the man who shaped modern Croydon. It was Abercrombie who, in that wave of optimism … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Art, Environment, Housing, New Addington South, Planning
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, John Grindrod, London Assembly, New Addington
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Croydon Family Fun Days, various venues, Apr 3-15
Posted in Activities, Addington, Shirley North, Waddon
Tagged Addington Park, Purley Way, Shirley, Waddon
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Victorian toys by Renia Jenkins, St Mary’s Addington, Oct 28
Posted in Activities, Addington, Art, History
Tagged Addington, Addington Village, St Mary's Church
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London Fire Brigade 150th anniversary open day, Sep 10
Addington Fire Station Saturday, September 10 11am–4pm Come and celebrate 150 years of London Fire Brigade at our family open day.
Residents say that Selsdon Bog in the Box is taking the pee
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a Tardis? No! It’s the Bog in the Box! This chronic eye-sore appeared last weekend, as if by magic, plonked right in the middle of a residential area, on Court … Continue reading
Howzat! Girls open a new innings at Addington cricket club
One of the country’s oldest cricket clubs is opening a new chapter in its history next week with the start of a two-year project with backing from The Oval, the Lord’s Taverners and Croydon Council to offer free introductory sessions … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Addington (1743) CC, Addiscombe West, Cricket, New Addington South, Sport
Tagged Addington, Addiscombe West, cricket, New Addington, Sport
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August 4 – A hundred years on: Croydon remembers
Hundreds of local people in communities across the borough, have been attending services and wreath-laying ceremonies at churches and war memorials yesterday and today, the 100th anniversary of Britain entering the First World War. In Old Coulsdon, after a service … 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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Plan for 300 homes on Green Belt angers Addington
A packed residents’ meeting in Addington this week heard of developer plans to build 300 homes on Green Belt land at the bottom of Gravel Hill. Conservative councillor Jason Cummings told an audience of more than 100 people at the … Continue reading
Council could face £3m tax bill for unlawful Riesco sale
The diminishing returns from Croydon Council’s auctioning of part of the borough’s Riesco Collection of ancient Chinese porcelain look to be diminishing by the day, with a hefty tax bill now in the offing. After tax, auctioneers’ commissions and other costs, … Continue reading
Sold-out performances ensure this is no Cinderella service
The hectic social whirl that is Christmas has seen BELLA BARTOCK out twice in a week. Last night in New Addington, she was one of the lucky ones to get the hottest ticket in town, for the Salvation Army’s annual … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Church and religions, Comedy, Music, New Addington South, Theatre
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Forestdale parents’ objections ignored over expansion plan
Croydon’s desperate lack of school places has led to a clash between the council and residents and parents in Forestdale. It is nothing short of a borough-wide crisis, as birth rates in the north of the borough have seen demand … Continue reading
Four Croydon police stations to close as Boris’s cuts bite
Four of Croydon’s police stations – Addington Village, Kenley, Norbury and South Norwood – are to be closed as London Mayor Boris Johnson wields the axe on the Met’s spending. And according to an internal Metropolitan Police document seen by … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 by-election, Addington, Boris Johnson, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Kenley, Mayor of London, Norbury, Policing, Sean Fitzsimons, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Steve Reed MP, Wayne Lawlor
Tagged Croydon, Croydon North, England, Home Office, London, Metropolitan Police, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell
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Heathfield House staging heritage open weekend, Sep 15-16
There’s no need to travel far this weekend for your traditional English cream tea with no end of scrumptious offerings available at Heathfield House at the Green Heritage Fair on Saturday and Sunday, September 15-16. You can enjoy a baked … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addington, Croydon Ramblers, Environment, Gardening, History, Selsdon & Ballards, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged Addington Hills, Croydon, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Heathfield, London, New Addington
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Bishop pays return visit to Addington’s ancient church
St Mary’s in Addington celebrated its patronal festival on Sunday with a visit from the Bishop of Southwark, Bishop Christopher Chessun, to preside over the Eucharist service. At nearly 1,000 years old, St Mary’s is Croydon’s oldest church and … Continue reading
Lord Bishop makes a return to Croydon’s historic church
Many good things start in Croydon. Michael Perham started on his road to ministry as an assistant curate at Addington Village’s historic church, St Mary’s. Today, Perham returns to the church as the “Lord Bishop of Gloucester, the Right Reverend … Continue reading
Croydon Photoblitz: Addington Hills walk, July 1
Tomorrow, Sunday July 1, sees the latest outing by Croydon Photoblitz, a small group of local enthusiasts who combine walks and photography. This expedition will take in Lloyd Park, Addington Hills and the Shirley Windmill, and with some fair weather … Continue reading
Jubilee pageantry reinforces reasons for the Queen’s reign
DIAMOND GEEZER reports from the banks of the Thames, where he had a prime view of Sunday’s Royal Pageant on the river, and offers his own view after 60 years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II The Jubilee weekend’s … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addington, Charity, Church and religions, History, Outside Croydon
Tagged Britain, Buckingham Palace, Clement Attlee, Elizabeth II, London, Queen, Queen Elizabeth, River Thames
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Youth and history find musical harmony at St Mary’s
BELLA BARTOCK discovers some exciting young musical talent playing at St Mary’s Addington’s spring concert For this concert, what a contrast there was in ages between the young talent on show and the showcase itself, the oldest public building in … Continue reading
Lights! Action! Croydon’s mini-movie maker needs your vote
Inside Croydon avid reader (apparently, there’s more than one) and small-scale movie maker Michael Hall has made it into the top 20 for Empire magazine’s “Done in 60 Seconds” competition – for the third year in succession. The competition requires … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addington, Art, Comedy
Tagged 60 Seconds, Addington Hills, Croydon, Ealing Comedies, Empire, Ladykillers, Towering Inferno, Where Eagles Dare
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Lead thieves strip St Mary’s bare on eve of Christmas
By Andrew Pelling It’s not exactly the Christmas gift that St. Mary’s Church in Addington Village expected. The church is the latest victim of high-value metal thefts that have seen copper wiring disappear from railway lines and an iconic Hepworth … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Charity, Crime, History
Tagged Addington, Canterbury, Christmas, Croydon, Dulwich Park, Mary, St. Mary
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