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Category Archives: Norbury Village Residents’ Association
Norbury BMX track survives bumpy ride to cross finish line
Croydon’s BMX track is to open this weekend. The ribbon-cutting hoopla will take place in Norbury Park from 10am on Saturday, offering what the council calls “an all-abilities, all-ages ‘rock-up-and-ride’ session”. There will be equipment available to borrow, and coaches … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Love Norbury, Norbury, Norbury Avenue and Thornton Heath Residents' Association, Norbury Green Residents' Association, Norbury Village Residents' Association, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Croydon Council, Labour, Norbury, Norbury Park, Norbury Park BMX track, Timothy Godfrey
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Norbury memorial adorned by knitters as part of clean-up
The people of Norbury have been hard at work to produce their own special commemoration for Remembrance Sunday. Knitting Norbury Together has produced a wreath and waterfall of poppies to adorn the memorial plaque near the British Legion on London … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Fly tipping, Love Norbury, Norbury, Norbury Avenue and Thornton Heath Residents' Association, Norbury Green Residents' Association, Norbury Village Residents' Association, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins
Tagged Knitting Norbury Together, Norbury, Stuart Collins
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Norbury residents’ associations to stage a high street clean-up
Norbury residents are getting together for a high street clean-up. “Litter and fly-posting is spoiling Norbury,” Paul Cowling of the Norbury Village Residents’ Association. “Our high street, with its great restaurants and services, is riddled with seedy massage stickers and … Continue reading
Knitting London Road Together has Norbury in stitches
Norbury has been transformed into Knorbury for the day. Love Norbury, a collaboration between four residents’ groups, is trying to transform the local high street this morning. They say: “About two months ago lots of local women of all ages … Continue reading
Turning Norbury into a bunch of knits, Nov 1
The people behind Love Norbury have got a cunning plan. But they’re saying very little about it, just yet. They promise that when you discover what it is all about, you’ll be in stitches. This is all they would tell … Continue reading
Morgan’s rum conduct raises suspicions over 20mph survey
A complaint has been filed with Croydon Council over the conduct of Coulsdon resident Peter Morgan, accusing him of using multiple aliases and bogus addresses to register a greater volume of opposition to the recently conducted 20mph zone consultation. Morgan … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Cycling, Environment, Fairfield, Norbury, Norbury Green Residents' Association, Norbury Village Residents' Association, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Thornton Heath, Transport, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, London Borough of Croydon, Peter Morgan, Thornton Heath, Tory, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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All too quiet about Quietway closures on Norbury Avenue
Once the school run was over yesterday morning, official-looking blokes wearing hi-viz jackets blocked off a one-mile stretch of a suburban street in Croydon. It’s a new “Quietway” on Norbury Avenue. Which might explain the near-silence from Croydon Council about … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Cycling, Environment, Jo Negrini, Kathy Bee, Norbury, Norbury Green Residents' Association, Norbury Village Residents' Association, Parking, Planning, Steve Reed MP, Thornton Heath, Transport
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon North, Jo Negrini, Kathy Bee, London Borough of Croydon, Norbury, Norbury Avenue, Steve Reed OBE, Thornton Heath
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Residents’ associations mobilise to get better say with council
The peasants are revolting. They may not just yet quite be at the point of storming Fisher’s Folly with lighted torches and armed with pitchforks, but dissatisfaction with the way Croydon Council is run and the manner in which public … Continue reading
Posted in Addington Residents' Association, Addiscombe Residents Association, Addiscombe West, Community associations, Connected Croydon, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECCO, Fairness Commission, Lansdowne Road RA, Lebanon Road Residents' Association, Nathan Elvery, Norbury Green Residents' Association, Norbury Village Residents' Association, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Parking, Planning, Pollards Hill Residents' Association, Refuse collection, Scots Estate Residents' Association, South Croydon Community Association, Spring Park Residents' Association, Street lighting
Tagged Addiscombe West, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, UKIP
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Local businesses offer 20% discount to Love Norbury
Norbury’s residents’ associations have joined forces with local businesses to offer discounts of up to one-fifth off the price of goods and services on offer on the high street, as they seek to strengthen the sense of community spirit. Pollards … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Fly tipping, Love Norbury, Norbury, Norbury Green Residents' Association, Norbury Village Residents' Association, Pollards Hill Residents' Association, Refuse collection, Scots Estate Residents' Association, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon North, Norbury, Steve Reed OBE
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Residents Associations in Norbury stage hustings, May 14
News of another election hustings, this time organised by the four residents’ associations in Norbury – Scots Estate, Norbury Green, Norbury Village and Pollards Hill. All of the major parties have agreed to attend. “Long neglected and unloved, the people … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Community associations, Norbury, Norbury Green Residents' Association, Norbury Village Residents' Association, Pollards Hill Residents' Association, Scots Estate Residents' Association
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Norbury
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