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Category Archives: Addiscombe West
Live music through December at The Oval Tavern, Addiscombe
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Posted in Addiscombe West, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Music, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Blues at The Oval, Music, The Oval, The Oval Tavern
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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
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon Art Space, Paul Hall, People & Landscapes
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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
Failures of building firm cost housing association £36m
As recent examples including Homes for Lambeth, Brick by Brick and the calamity at The Fold demonstrate, meeting a 1.5m new homes target in five years is fraught with difficulties. BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent, reports on the case of 120 … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, East Croydon, Housing, London-wide issues, Sean Fitzsimons, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Addiscombe West, Bridge to Nowhere, Cherry Orchard Road, Cherryfields Meatpackers, East Croydon, Labour, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Sean Fitzsimons, Steve Reed OBE
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People and Landscapes on display at Croydon’s hidden gem
Posted in Addiscombe West, Art, Croydon Art Space
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon Art Space, Paul Hall, People & Landscapes
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How Croydon’s second rink skated past Edwardian Nimbyism
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Following ‘Rinkomania’ 30 years earlier, Croydon got a second roller skating rink early in the 20th Century which thrived despite public opposition from residents living close to East Croydon Station. DAVID MORGAN on the brief history of a … Continue reading
From work experience to board of directors: Harger steps up
Harris and Bailey, thought to be the longest-established builders’ merchants in Croydon, has appointed David Harger as sales director. Harger joined the business in 2010 when aged 16 after a spell doing work experience at the firm, and has worked … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business
Tagged Addiscombe, David Harger, Harris and Bailey
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Music for October: The Oval Tavern’s line-up next month
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Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Music, Pubs, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Addiscombe, Blues at The Oval, Oval Road, The Oval Tavern
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Music for September: The Oval Tavern’s line-up this month
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Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Music, Pubs, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Addiscombe, Blues at The Oval, Oval Road, The Oval Tavern
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Sky-high prices force pubs to pull plug on televised football
Pub managers, landlords and landladies across Croydon have been forced to do some hurried new sums, as they face bills of £30,000 per year for a licence to show Premier League football on their bars’ televisions using Sky Sports. And … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Football, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, Football, Premier League, pubs, Sky Sports, Sky TV, The Builders Arms, The Spread Eagle, Whelans
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The Croydon Night of Dance 2025, Addiscombe, Tue Aug 19
The Croydon Night of Dance 2025, in aid of the Rotary Club of Croydon’s charities, is being staged on Tuesday August 19, promising “a night of music, mirth and magic, as a multitude of Morris maids and men do mingle … Continue reading
