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The Black Diamonds at The Oval Tavern, free entry, Sat Jan 17
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The Paul Garner Band, Oval Tavern, free entry, Sun Jan 18
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Florence Joelle at The Oval Tavern, free entry, 6pm, Sun Jan 11
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Beats and Eats at The Oval, live music and DJs, Sat Feb 7
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Blues at The Oval, Addiscombe: free every Sunday, from 6pm
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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
Role of betting firms to be examined at Coroner’s inquest
The role of bookmakers, their shops and inducements to place bets will be considered as part of an inquest into the 2021 death of a 40-year-old man from Addiscombe. The inquest began yesterday at Croydon’s Coroner’s Court in Davis House. … Continue reading
Time for better than Perry’s half-truths on Bridge to Nowhere
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Addiscombe campaigner and former councillor JERRY FITZPATRICK, says that after a 13-year wait, it time for some answers and honesty from Network Rail and the Croydon Mayor about East Croydon Station It was Christmas 2012 when the pedestrian … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Commuting, East Croydon, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Mayor Jason Perry, Menta Tower, Property, Transport
Tagged Cherry Orchard Road, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Menta Tower, Network Rail, The Bridge to Nowhere, Tory
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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
Live music through December at The Oval Tavern, Addiscombe
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Live music through December at The Oval Tavern, Addiscombe
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Intriguing secret societies offer more than conspiracy theories
KEN TOWL delved into the little-known world of local literary societies, the ‘Lits’, where talk is cheap and at least the fruitcakes promise ‘no nuts’ I have discovered a hidden world, a world that exists in the shadows, a world … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Church and religions, Community associations, Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, History, Ken Towl, Norwood Society, Purley, Purley Literary Society, Redhill, Sanderstead
Tagged Addiscombe, CNH&SS, Croydon, Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, East Croydon, Ken Towl, Literary Societies, Margaret Thatcher, Purley, Purley Literary Society, Redhill, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Literary Society, Shaw's Corner Literary Society, St Mildred's Literary Society, The Lit
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People and Landscapes on display at Croydon’s hidden gem
Posted in Addiscombe West, Art, Croydon Art Space
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Artisan Craft Market, The Allotments, Glenthorne Ave, Nov 15
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Millionaire developer Ansari loses appeal on guard dog charges
After having convictions upheld relating to his giant Kangals, controversial Croydon figure now focuses on his planning appeals over the Leslie Arms pub in Addiscombe, a listed building on the ‘heritage at risk’ list Almost a year since he was … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon parks, History, Housing, Leslie Arms, Lloyd Park, Property, Pubs
Tagged AA Homes, Anwar Ansari, Cherry Orchard Road, Coombe Farm, Croydon, Friends of Lloyd Park, Kangal, Labour, Leslie Arms, Lloyd Park, Lower Addiscombe Road, Metropolitan Police, Oaks Road, The Victorian Society, Turkish Kangal
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Glamorgan campaigners make plea for deadline day support
Local campaigners in Addiscombe are hoping that enough people lodge protests before today’s deadline to object to developers’ appeal over the rejection of their plans to demolish a long-closed pub on Cherry Orchard Road and build 24 flats on the … Continue reading
Visit Croydon Art Space to help brighten grey days of winter
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, and the latest Art Space exhibition, People and Landscapes, runs, very conveniently, up to December 18. When I visited recently, I was escorted by curator Paul Hall through the front two rooms … Continue reading
Blues at The Oval, Sundays thru November, Addiscombe
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Artisan Craft Market, The Allotments, Glenthorne Ave, Nov 15
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Blues at The Oval, Sundays thru November, Addiscombe
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Takeaway fire in Addiscombe ignites questions over planning
Addiscombe residents are asking questions of the council’s planning department after a fire at a takeaway this morning that they say could have been avoided and “put dozens of lives in danger”. The chimney fire at Flavour Boss on Lower … Continue reading
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
