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Community kicks off fund-raiser to ‘Light Up The Palace’
The community campaign to fund Christmas lights on the Crystal Palace Triangle is being launched tomorrow. The “Light Up The Palace” team will be at Crystal Palace Food Market in Haynes Lane (off Westow Street) as the team unwrap their … Continue reading
New McDonald’s could ‘give rise to gangs’ say police
Our Town Hall correspondent KEN LEE on a council planning decision that backs the interests of residents against big business Croydon Council’s planning department is capable of saying “no” to inappropriate developments after all, if a decision handed down over … Continue reading
Queen’s Hotel planning inquiry is a case of David v Goliath
Whose side is Croydon Council on? As JOE PAXTON reports from the Town Hall, Crystal Palace Council Tax-payers face a four-day public hearing having had little support from their own local authority A David v Goliath battle commences at the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Norwood Society, Pat Ryan, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, Planning, Stephen Mann, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Pat Ryan, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, Queen's Hotel, Stephen Mann, Tony Newman
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Meeting to discuss mounting threat to Crystal Palace centre
The Crystal Palace Community Association is holding an open meeting next week to discuss the future of the National Sports Centre. As details of plans for the Centre have emerged during the recent consultation process, organised on behalf of the … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Football, Hockey, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace Sports Partnership
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Upper Norwood libraries campaigner Robert Gibson was expelled by Labour Party just days before going missing
The purge of members by the right wing of the Labour Party across south London may have had a human cost, after it was revealed that Robert Gibson, the Upper Norwood library campaigner, received a letter notifying him that he … Continue reading
Mayor urged to make Games bid centred on Crystal Palace
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has received a proposal to bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games – centred on south London, with Crystal Palace National Sports Centre undergoing a substantial, and overdue, refurbishment. With the Rio Olympics underway and … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 Commonwealth Games, Athletics, Bowls, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace FC, Crystal Palace Park, Cycling, Environment, Housing, London-wide issues, Martyn Rooney, Mayor of London, Netball, Planning, Rugby Union, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Commonwealth Games, Crystal Palace, Olympic Games, Sadiq Khan
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Boris finally abandons plans to demolish Crystal Palace track
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has finally abandoned his ill-considered plans to demolish Crystal Palace’s athletics stadium and indoor track, following the deeply flawed consultation conducted by a company which has London’s Olympic hero, Seb Coe, as its executive chairman. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Athletics, Boris Johnson, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Darren Johnson, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Property, Sport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace athletics stadium, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace NSC, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Tory
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City Hall keeps National Sports Centre on amber for months
The future of the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace, which was subject to an expensively drafted con-consultation run by CSM Strategic, a company of which the Lord of the Olympic Rings himself, Sebastian Coe, is the executive chairman, remains … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Boris Johnson, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Zac Goldsmith MP
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London, London Assembly, Lord Coe, Mayor, Member of parliament, National Sports Centre, Sebastian Coe, Tory
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Walks and talkies to mark the Great Fire of South London
Before The Blitz, there was The Blaze. On Monday night at Crystal Palace, there are a couple of public events to commemorate the fire which destroyed the building that gave its name to the area. The 1936 blaze was the … Continue reading
Trustees abandon free school plan for Crystal Palace Park
Controversial plans to build a free school in the middle of a Grade II-listed public park have been abandoned. The Crystal Palace Primary School wanted the public to pay for its buildings in the middle of the south London park, … Continue reading
Upper Norwood Library Trust chairman in shock resignation
Community groups in Crystal Palace were stunned this afternoon by the shock announcement from Robert Gibson that he has resigned as the co-chair of the Upper Norwood Library Trust. Gibson has worked tirelessly, often in rear-guard actions, to keep the … Continue reading
Posted in Carillion, Charity, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Libraries, Norwood Society, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Lambeth, Robert Gibson, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, Upper Norwood Joint Library, Upper Norwood Library Trust
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Palace revolution as Bromley hands park to community
Bromley Council has agreed to hand over the management and governance of Crystal Palace Park to a community-led trust. The decision has been described as “one of the most important decisions in 30 years”.
Posted in Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Community associations, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, History, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Martin Tempia, Mayor of London, Stephen Carr
Tagged Boris Johnson, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, London Assembly, Martin Tempia
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Coe has been backing Baku while Crystal Palace crumbles
Sebastian Coe’s attempts to run a mile from being associated with recommendations to bulldoze Crystal Palace athletics stadium and other south London sports facilities which were to be part of the “Olympic legacy” promised by the 2012 London Games looks … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Croydon Harriers, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Property, Sport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace NSC, Lord Coe, Mayor, Sebastian Coe, Tory
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Paxton anniversary offers chance to review Palace future
The top site of Crystal Palace Park may not now become home to Boris Johnson’s £500million vanity project. But that is not the last we may hear about plans to reconstruct Paxton’s Crystal Palace.
Overground Festival announces its 2015 programme of events
The organisers of this year’s Crystal Palace Overground Festival have announced their programme for the five-day fiesta of live music, dance, film, arts, comedy and history, which runs from June 24 to June 28. Nine-tenths of the events at the … Continue reading
Reed calls for proper funding for Upper Norwood Library
The chairman of the Upper Norwood Library Trust yesterday told how he wept when the doors to the library were closed for the first time as a result of funding cuts imposed by Croydon Council. Robert Gibson was speaking to … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Alisa Flemming, Carillion, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, John Laing Integrated Services, John Wentworth, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Matthew Bennett, Pat Ryan, Steve Reed MP, Transition Town, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London Borough of Croydon, Pat Ryan, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Upper Norwood Library investigates who got the loot
Despite all the on-going uncertainties over their library’s funding, the people behind Upper Norwood Library continue to work hard to provide a busy programme of activities for the community, at least on the days when the diminishing amounts of cash … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Crime, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Libraries, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Steve Reed OBE, Upper Norwood Joint Library, Upper Norwood Library
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Bromley goes public on ZhongRong’s 500-year Palace dynasty
Bromley Council has published explosive correspondence to expose how the ZhongRong Group, the Chinese company to which London Mayor Boris Johnson wanted to hand a large chunk of Crystal Palace Park, were demanding to takeover half of the public park … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Planning, Property, Transition Town
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Crystal Palace, Mayor, Tory, ZhongRong Group, ZRG
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Overground Festival appeals to locals to keep it free
The Crystal Palace Overground Festival is turning to local residents in a plea for support to ensure this year’s festival remains largely free of charge. The festival has previously received funding from a number of sources including the Arts Council, … Continue reading
Library trust is ‘shellshocked’ at Lambeth’s 60% funding cut
The future of Upper Norwood Library has been thrown into doubt once again, this time after a Labour-run local authority announced its intention to reduce funding by 60 per cent in 2016. Upper Norwood’s library is unique due to its … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Education, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Matthew Bennett, Steve Reed MP, Transition Town, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Member of parliament, Steve Reed OBE, Upper Norwood Library
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Boris owes Crystal Palace apology over botched vanity project
London’s Tory Mayor Boris Johnson should apologise to the people of Croydon and Crystal Palace for the failure of his vanity project in the popular public park, following the failure of his preferred Chinese developers ZhongRong Group to act within … Continue reading
Crystal Palace Overground Festival announces its 2015 dates
The Crystal Palace Overground Festival returns to Crystal Palace from Wednesday June 24 to Sunday June 28, offering fun for all. Festival fringe events will take place on June 24 to 26, with the Westow Park main event on Sunday … Continue reading
Two years of secret meetings for world’s largest ‘glass-house’
The Mayor of London’s office first discussed “the exciting Crystal Palace glass-house proposal” with representatives of China’s ZhongRong Group more than two years before Boris Johnson announced the £500 million scheme from the steps of Paxton’s terracing in October 2013. … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Athletics, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, History, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, Sport, Stephen Carr, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Tory, ZhongRong Group
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Time to scrap Boris’s Crystal Palace vanity project, say Greens
Time is running out for one of Boris Johnson’s vanity projects, the £500 million Chinese Crystal Palace which although unbuilt, has cast a dark shadow over the park and the National Sports Centre there, and blighted planned improvements and developments … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Community associations, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Greens, Lord Coe, Seb Coe, Sebastian Coe, Tory, ZhongRong Group, ZRG
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Boris signals defeat on his Chinese giveaway at Crystal Palace
Has London Mayor Boris Johnson given up all hope on his “Chinese giveaway” of a chunk of Crystal Palace Park for the building of a replica of Paxton’s giant Victorian greenhouse? It certainly sounded that way during Mayor’s Question Time … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Cane Hill, Coulsdon, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Darren Johnson, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Green Party, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Tory
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