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Category Archives: Addiscombe East
Gibson is handing over the baton after 27 harmonious years
Ahead of their conductor’s final performance tomorrow, PETER GILLMAN looks at the changing of the guard at one of Croydon’s largest musical organisations The Croydon Philharmonic Choir has an historic event in prospect tomorrow. Its summer concert at St Mark’s … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Art, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Croydon Philharmonic Choir, Fairfield Halls, Music, Purley
Tagged Addiscombe, Andrew Moore, CMVC, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Croydon Philharmonic Choir, David Gibson, Fairfield Halls, Handel, Handel's Messiah, Peter Gillman, Purley, Royal Albert Hall, St Mark's Church, St Mildred's, St Mildred's Church
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Brigade answers 400 calls as thunderstorm hits south London
Croydon’s tram network was closed between Addiscombe and Beckenham Junction for several hours this morning, as flooding blocked the lines following severe and intense thunderstorms just after dawn. The River Wandle was close to breaking its banks near Beddington, and … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Commuting, Environment, London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Addiscombe, Beckenham Junction, Climate change, Climate emergency, Croydon Trams, Elmers End, Flash floods, flooding, LFB, London Fire Brigade, OPertion Willow Beck, River Wandle, Thunderstorm
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Three accused in Croydon vote-rigging case to face trial in 2029
Three Croydon Labour Party activists – Joel Bodmer, his wife Shila Bodmer and former Fieldway councillor Carole Bonner – are to be tried on conspiracy and computer misuse charges, but will be forced to wait almost three years to make … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Carole Bonner, Crime, Croydon East, David Evans, Maddie Henson, Natasha Irons, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Anonyvoter, Bodger Bodmer, Carole Bonner, Crown Prosecution Service, Croydon, Croydon East, Daily Torygraph, David Evans, Joel Bodmer, Labour, Metropolitan Police, Natasha Irons, Pearleen Sangha, Steve Reed OBE
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We Run Croydon, meeting Addiscombe, every Wednesday
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Posted in Addiscombe East, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Athletics, Health
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, We Run Croydon
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We Run Croydon, meeting Addiscombe, every Wednesday
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Posted in Addiscombe East, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Athletics, Health
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, We Run Croydon
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We Run Croydon, meeting Addiscombe, every Wednesday
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Posted in Addiscombe East, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Athletics, Health
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, We Run Croydon
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Vote-rigging accused Bonner tried to shut down this news site
Four Labour activists have been charged over events surrounding the party’s controversial 2023 Croydon East parliamentary selection. Evidence has emerged of how one of them had been part of a concerted campaign to close Inside Croydon Croydon’s “Infamous Four” – … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Addiscombe East, Carole Bonner, Crime, Croydon East, Natasha Irons
Tagged Anonyvoter, Bodger Bodmer, Carole Bonner, Crown Prosecution Service, Croydon, Croydon East, Jack Buck, Joel Bodmer, Labour, Metropolitan Police, Natasha Irons, Paul Scott, Pearleen Sangha, Tony Newman
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Rubbish councillor Roche finally sacked from Mayor’s cabinet
Jason Perry’s ‘top team’ for his second term in charge of the Town Hall sees a belated call-up for a 76-year-old pensioner, and an overdue axing for a work-shy colleague. KEN LEE reports Scott Roche, the Conservative councillor for Shirley … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Andrew Stranack, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fly tipping, Housing, Jason Cummings, Jeet Bains, Luke Shortland, Lynne Hale, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Ola Kolade, Refuse collection, Richard Chatterjee, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Robert Ward, Scott Roche, Selsdon and Addington Village, Shirley South, Simon Brew, Veolia, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Cllr Alasdair Stewart, Cllr Jason Cummings, Cllr Robert Ward, Cllr Scott Roche, Conservative, Council Cabinet, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fly-tipping, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory, Veolia
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Playground named after Star Wars star to open on May 4
‘My dad was Darth Vader’ No, not a line uttered in the blockbuster movie series by Luke Skywalker, but the intro on a piece in a residents’ association newsletter, as Bingham Park gears up to celebrate the life of resident … Continue reading
Four face cybercrime charges over Croydon selection scandal
A former councillor close to Tony Newman and Simon Hall and a friend of cabinet minister Steve Reed are among those due in court next month following a lengthy police investigation. By STEVEN DOWNES Joel “Bodger” Bodmer and former Fieldway … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Addiscombe East, Carole Bonner, Crime, Croydon East, David Evans, Maddie Henson, Natasha Irons, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Anonyvoter, Bodger Bodmer, Carole Bonner, Crown Prosecution Service, Croydon, Croydon East, Daily Torygraph, David Evans, Joel Bodmer, Labour, Melanie Felten, Metropolitan Police, Natasha Irons, Olga Fitzroy, Pearleen Sangha, Steve Reed OBE
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43 days to go and desperation is appearing in election leaflets
After all the calamities inflicted on Croydon by Tory Mayor Jason Perry, from his 33% Council Tax hikes to his unlawful LTN fines, has Labour fallen into their old trap of over-promising before under-delivering? WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, sifts through … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe East, Chris Clark, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Croydon West, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Jeet Bains, London-wide issues, New Addington North, New Addington South, Old Coulsdon, Paul Scott, Ria Patel, Richard Howard, Shirley North, Shirley South, Tony Newman
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Brick by Brick, Claire Bonham, Cllr Esther Sutton, Cllr Ria Patel, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Peter Underwood, Rowenna Davis, Tory
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‘Red v Blue’ at Town Hall elections could suffer a Green-wash
Polling day in Croydon’s local elections, including its second mayoral vote, is on May 7. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, sifts through recent opinion polls and by-election results, but has a warning from history of how ‘challenger parties’ can be swept … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe East, Chris Clark, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Croydon West, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Jeet Bains, London-wide issues, New Addington North, New Addington South, Old Coulsdon, Paul Scott, Peter Underwood, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Shirley North, Shirley South, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Cllr Esther Sutton, Cllr Ria Patel, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Green Party, Hannah Spencer, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Peter Underwood, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, Zack Polanski
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Addiscombe builders’ merchants back charity Hear Us Croydon
Addiscombe-based builders’ merchants Harris and Bailey has pledged its support to local mental health charity, Hear Us Croydon, throughout 2026. Neville Horsfield, managing director of Harris and Bailey, said: “As a business that’s been rooted in the Croydon community for … Continue reading
Addiscombe fly-tip festering on Hermitage Lane for whole year
Is this Croydon’s oldest fly-tip? Residents in Addiscombe certainly seem to think so, as they say that this pile of dumped rubbish has been festering by some garages on Hermitage Lane for more than a year. The fly-tip is another … Continue reading
Perry and Bains claiming credit for TfL’s Addiscombe crossings
KEN LEE reports on how the same local politicians who have opposed 20mph zones, cycle lanes and other road safety measures in the borough are now scrambling to take credit for TfL spending ahead of next May’s local elections The … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe and Shirley Park RA, Addiscombe East, Jeet Bains, Mayor Jason Perry, TfL, Transport
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, A232, Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Bingham Road, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jeet Bains, London Borough of Croydon, Lower Addiscombe Road, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Artisan Craft Market, The Allotments, Glenthorne Ave, Nov 15
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Artisan Craft Market, The Allotments, Glenthorne Ave, Nov 15
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Ghosts that stalk our streets and the history we learn from them
KEN TOWL sets off to find as many ghost signs as he can According to Historic England, ghost signs are “typically historic hand-painted advertising signs or old shop signs preserved on buildings that have since changed use”. They go on … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe East, Business, History, Ken Towl, Kenley, Post Office
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, Croydon High Street, Grants, Grants Department Store, Kenley, Kenley Hotel, MIlletts, Milletts Corner, Purley, Surrey Street
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Genevieve Namazzi Quartet at The Oval Tavern, Thu Oct 9
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Addiscombe’s literary society announces 91st season of talks
Next week will see the start of the 2025-2026 season of talks and readings at the St Mildred’s Literary Society in Addiscombe, a local group that is continuing a near-century-old tradition. “The Lit” (such societies often tend to gravitate towards … Continue reading
The Fraud: Croydon East selection fix case handed to CPS
LABOUR SCANDAL: Senior figures in the local party face an anxious wait to discover whether they will be charged over attempts to fiddle the 2023 parliamentary members’ ballot. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor The Daily Torygraph is reporting this morning … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Addiscombe East, Croydon East, David Evans, Maddie Henson, Natasha Irons, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Anonyvoter, Bodger Bodmer, Carole Bonner, Crown Prosecution Service, Croydon, Croydon East, Daily Torygraph, David Evans, Joel Bodmer, Johnson Situ, Labour, Melanie Felten, Metropolitan Police, Natasha Irons, Olga Fitzroy, Pearleen Sangha, Steve Reed OBE
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Canning and Clyde Residents’ Assoc Charity Quiz, Sat Oct 18
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