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Delay over Upper Norwood Library transfer raises worries
The future of a library which has served thousands of Croydon residents for more than a century has been thrown into renewed uncertainty, with doubts over the funding for Upper Norwood Library after next year, and with the proposed transfer … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Education, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Local media, Norwood Society, Upper Norwood, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon Council, Labour, Lambeth council, London Borough of Croydon, Save Upper Norwood Library Campaign, Steve Reed OBE, Upper Norwood, Upper Norwood Joint Library, Upper Norwood Library Trust
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Norwood residents rise up against Brick by Brick scheme
WALTER CRONXITE reports on how a council-backed housing scheme to build flats on “infill” spaces between existing homes on Auckland Rise fails to deliver on even the lamest promises of 50 per cent non-affordable affordable housing The council’s private house-building … Continue reading
Digging up the facts about London’s lost rivers, Jan 19
The Wandle is not the only “lost” river of south London, as the first history talk of the new year for the Norwood Society will demonstrate, when Jon Newman, author of the recently published River Effra, South London’s secret spine, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Environment, History, Norwood Society
Tagged Crystal Palace, Norwood Society
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Dukes, bishops and butchers: how Croydon was named
The rush for development in Croydon today is modest compared to late 19th Century, when whole new residential areas were built out of what had been Surrey countryside and the town expanded with the coming of the railways. The Norwood … Continue reading
Norwood Society rounds off the year with social event
The Norwood Society’s final meeting of 2016, being held as usual at Upper Norwood Library, takes place on Thursday, December 15 from 7.30pm, and will be a social event. The Society, which stages talks and lectures about the social history … Continue reading
Posted in History, Norwood Society, Upper Norwood
Tagged Norwood Society, Upper Norwood, Upper Norwood Library
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Stonework in 21st century is Norwood Society’s next talk
The next history talk at the Norwood Society, on October 20, will take an expert look at building restoration and conservation, delivered by someone who should know: Nick Wilson, of Stonewest, one of the country’s leading restoration, conservation and stone … Continue reading
