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Free: People’s Emergency Briefing, South Norwood, Sep 13
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Thanks to the magic of Merlin there’s more to see in the woods
THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR: This week, seeking pudding-like rock, a Bronze Age barrow and one of the highest viewpoints in Croydon without taking a lift in a tower block, KEN TOWL has been to Croham Hurst, where he may … Continue reading
Stay ‘coul’ at the Coulsdon Club: special air-conditioned offer
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here to visit the Coulsdon Club’s website and find out more
South Norwood Community Kitchen’s forum: Tue Aug 18
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here to visit South Norwood Community Kitchen’s website and find out more about their work and how … Continue reading
10,000 turn out for astronomical society’s solar eclipse events
The Croydon Astronomical Society estimates that close to 10,000 people turned out on Wednesday evening across three special gatherings that they organised to view – safely – the solar eclipse. This week’s phenomenon is reckoned to be a once-in-a-lifetime event, … Continue reading
South Norwood Community Kitchen’s forum: Tue Aug 18
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here to visit South Norwood Community Kitchen’s website and find out more about their work and how … Continue reading
Stay ‘coul’ at the Coulsdon Club: special air-conditioned offer
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here to visit the Coulsdon Club’s website and find out more
Mini Beast Hunt with Roger Hawkins, Selsdon Wood, Aug 12
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For more information about this and other events, visit the Friends of Selsdon Wood website by clicking here
Home-Start Croydon volunteering coffee morning, Sep 8
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Hedgehog conservation talk at Grangewood Park, Aug 14
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New £5,000 fines for fly-tipping – but will Perry catch offenders?
Where there’s muck, there’s brass, as the old saying goes, and someone in government may have stumbled across a sure-fire way of Croydon Council paying off some of its debts. Whitehall has approved hiking fines for fly-tipping to a new … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Refuse collection, Veolia
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, DEFRA, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, fly-tip, Fly-tipping, Litter Free Norbury, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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Spitfire’s Battle of Britain Kenley fly-past booked for Aug 16
One of the real spectacles of the year, a fly-past of a Battle of Britain fighter aircraft, will this year be taking place – weather and good fortune permitting – over Kenley airfield on Sunday August 16, at 1pm. A … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, History, KENDRA, Kenley, Kenley Airfield Friends Group
Tagged August 18 1940, Bristol Blenheim, Douglas Bader, Hawker Hurricane, KENDRA, Kenley, Kenley Revival, RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Kenley, RAFBBMF, Spitfire, Supermarine Spitfire, The Hardest Day
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Hollywood superstar Chaplin takes his place on Coulsdon trail
Charlie Chaplin, one of the greatest movie stars of all time, is featured in the latest finial on the Coulsdon Art Trail. Chaplin’s association with Coulsdon is, perhaps typically of his screen persona, a poignant one: his mother, Hannah, was … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, Comedy, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, History, Transport
Tagged Cane Hill, Charles King, Charlie Chaplin, Comrades Club, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Club, Coulsdon History Trail, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Farthing Downs, Finials, Hannah Chaplin, Happy Valley, Mammoth, Merstham Tunnel, Navvies, Stoats Nest Farm
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Mini Beast Hunt with Roger Hawkins, Selsdon Wood, Aug 12
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For more information about this and other events, visit the Friends of Selsdon Wood website by clicking here
Friends of Grangewood Park Picnic in the Park, Sun Sep 20
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Selsdon Wood’s drought-hit nature reserve placed on fire alert
‘It breaks my heart’ says volunteer conservationist over fears people might be starting fires in an ancient woodland in the heatwave With the heatwave set to see temperatures soar above 30 degrees again, and a hosepipe ban in force after … Continue reading
Talks with the movies in August at the David Lean Cinema
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Meteor shower and solar eclipse will keep star gazers busy
The Croydon Astronomical Society will be busy on “the Glorious Twelfth”, but their quest has nothing to do with shooting game birds and everything to do with observing a partial solar eclipse. Graham Cluer, from CAS, tells Inside Croydon: “On … Continue reading
Talks with the movies in August at the David Lean Cinema
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Crystal Palace’s dinosaurs are no longer at risk of extinction
Crystal Palace Park’s Grade I-listed dinosaurs have been removed from Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register, after years of painstaking work by expert restorers and local volunteers. The move comes as the multi-million-pound restoration project across the whole park has … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Bromley Council, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Education, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, History
Tagged Bromley Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace dinosaurs, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, Hot air balloon, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Victoria Pinnington
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Up! Up! And away! You’re invited to Crystal Palace celebrations
After more than a year of regeneration works, key areas of Crystal Palace Park have been transformed, including the world-famous Grade I-listed dinosaurs, while the new Visitor Centre is ready to open and a dinosaur adventure playground has been built. … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, History, Music
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace dinosaurs, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, Hot air balloon, National Lottery Heritage Fund
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Family Film Club screenings at David Lean Cinema in July
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From cabaret to the World Cup, from Sea Cadets to LTN refunds
PODCAST: The Croydon Insider returns with a new panel of readers to discuss the latest Croydon news, in a Croydonites Fringe special that picks some of the must-see shows at the festival from July 1 to 5. There’s even a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Commissioners, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Croydonites Festival, Elaine Jackson, Inside Croydon, Johnny Dobbyn, Music, Poetry, Sea Cadets, Stanley Halls, The Front Room, The Front Room, The Oval Tavern, Theatre, Under The Flyover
Tagged Anna Arthur, Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Sea Cadets, Croydonites, Croydonites Fringe, Crystal Palace, heatwave, Johnny Dobbyn, LTN, LTN fine refunds, Mark Windsor, Sea Cadets, World Cup
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South Norwood Community Festival, free entry, Sun July 5
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