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Purley Scouts’ Gruffy Fayre, by Sanderstead Pond, Sat June 13
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New Addington Carnival 2026, Milne Park, June 13 and 14
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Old Coulsdon Village Fair, Grange Park, Sat July 4 from noon
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Happy Circus, Park Hill School, Stanhope Road, June 10
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Volunteer Open Day, Selsdon Clubhouse, Tue June 2
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After 73 years, Sanderstead’s sign is removed for a paint job
Sanderstead’s “village” sign has been taken down for another refurb. The sign has been a landmark roadside fixture by the pond and All Saints Church at the busy junction of Sanderstead Hill and Limpsfield Road for more than 70 years … Continue reading
Common Ground workshops, South Norwood, May 27 & Jun 3
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Old Coulsdon Village Fair, Grange Park, Sat July 4 from noon
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Common Ground workshops, South Norwood, May 27 & Jun 3
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Sing and Stroll, St Peter’s churchyard, S Croydon, Sat May 23
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Perry’s goons abandon threats against George Street homeless
Council security contractors may have failed to follow the law over their ‘thuggery’ and ‘bullying’ of what they called an ‘encampment’ in the town centre. By STEVEN DOWNES and KEN TOWL Threats of enforcement action against what the council described … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Centrale, Community Patrol, Community Protection Notice, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Parkguard, Tory, Whitgift Almshouses, Whitgift Foundation
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Council heavies move in on vulnerable people on George Street
Under-trained security officials, paid for with public money, are doing the bidding of Mayor’s favoured business group in ‘authoritarian thuggery and bullying’. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council has been accused of being tactless, uncaring and of persecuting homeless people, after … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Community associations, Croydon BID, North End Quarter, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Centrale, Community Patrol, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Parkguard, Tory, Whitgift Almshouses, Whitgift Foundation
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Kenley locals in campaign to save their local for the future
Grand Victorian pub that served RAF heroes during the Battle of Britain and which has a bar reputedly made for the doomed Titanic, is under threat of being sold off, possibly for redevelopment. But not if the residents’ association get … Continue reading
The Happy Bee Festival, Frylands Wood Scout Centre, Jun 28
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David Lean Cinema screenings for May at the Clocktower
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Croydon Bach Choir choral workshop, South Croydon, May 16
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Police called after TTIP candidate disrupts police meeting
Police were called out to a meeting held in Woodside on Thursday night when it was interrupted by a man described by eyewitnesses as “aggressive”, “intimidating”, “rude” and “misogynistic”. The disrupted meeting was organised by… Croydon police. The disrupter was … Continue reading
Plant sale, Pampisford Road allotments, South Croydon, May 4
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Coleridge-Taylor’s old band preparing for fresh set of encores
PETER GILLMAN drops in on a rehearsal at Croydon’s 120-year-old orchestra, as they prepare to perform ‘the greatest symphony ever written’ Who knew that Croydon had its own symphony orchestra? A straw poll among fellow members of the Croydon Male … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Community associations, Croydon Symphony Orchestra, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield Halls, Music, Peter Gillman
Tagged Chris Braime, Croydon Symphony Orchestra, Fairfield Halls, Godstone, Orpheus Centre, Peter Gillman, Phil Myers, Rachmaninov, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood
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David Lean Cinema screenings for May at the Clocktower
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Stink from Arkwright Road flats smells of council failures
Jason Perry boasts that he halted the overdevelopment of parts of Croydon, caused by SPD2, the hugely unpopular ‘Suburban Design Guide. STEVE WHITESIDE has compiled dossiers of evidence that show that nothing much has changed in the council planning department … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Nicola Townsend, Planning, Property, Purley, Sanderstead, Venetia Reid-Baptiste
Tagged 12 The Ridgeway, 54A Arkwright Road, Cllr Ian Parker, Cllr Michael Neal, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon planners, Jan Slominski, John Penn, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Nicola Townsend, Planning, Planning enforcement, Purley, Sanderstead, Sewers, SPD2, Steve Whiteside, Suburban Design Guide, Thames Water, Tory, Venetia Reid-Baptiste
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Shirley Windmill open days 2026, from June 7 to Oct 4
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Coulsdon’s Marlpit Lane bowls and putting greens now open
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Uniformed guards are making our town centre more hostile
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Stopping for a morning coffee overlooking North End on Monday, community worker EMMA GARDINER did not much like the events unfolding before her Sitting in the window of the lovely new coffee shop on North End gives you … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Community associations, Croydon BID, North End Quarter, South Norwood Community Kitchen
Tagged Centrale, Community Patrol, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Next, Parkguard, Tory
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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
