Category Archives: South Croydon Community Association

‘Calming our streets’: community meeting, Apr 10

Posted on April 6, 2013 by insidecroydon

South Croydon Community Association is organising a meeting next Wednesday, April 10, for the community to discuss “calming our streets”. The meeting will take place from 7pm at St George’s Church, Barrow Road, Waddon CR0 4EZ. “We are trying to … Continue reading →

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“Favoured” Halls, £4.5m debts and the commercial interests

Posted on April 2, 2013 by insidecroydon

Using the Fairfield Halls’ trustees’ own annual reports and accounts since 2010, together with official council documents, SEAN CREIGHTON examines what is going on at the town’s arts venue, ahead of £25m of public money being spent to refurbish it … Continue reading →

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Fairfield’s future needs to engage with Croydon public

Posted on March 30, 2013 by insidecroydon

Tired. Poorly managed. Poorly used. Under-funded. Under-appreciated. The Fairfield Halls, half a century old, might symbolise the faded grandeur of Croydon itself. With mounting concern over the council’s arts policy, or absence of it after the axing of the Mela … Continue reading →

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Sign of the times tells of councils, morons and traffic wardens

Posted on March 1, 2013 by insidecroydon

Our loyal reader has been in touch again, this time after thumbing through the pages of a trade magazine. Oh yes. Things are rarely more exciting. But after pointing out the story (see below), our loyal reader makes a very … Continue reading →

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Public meeting to discuss future of Fairfield Halls: Mar 21

Posted on February 15, 2013 by insidecroydon

The South Croydon Community Association is staging an open meeting on March 21 to discuss the future of the Fairfield Halls arts complex. The meeting will take pace in St Michael’s Church Hall on Poplar Walk from 7pm. “The meeting … Continue reading →

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Ferrari to host Westfield’s “Telephone Town Hall”

Posted on November 20, 2012 by insidecroydon

While the politicians of various parties and (questionable) abilities continue to indulge themselves in half-truths, misinformation and petty spats, elsewhere in London, in the plush offices of West End PR agencies and high-powered law firms, the real battle for Croydon’s … Continue reading →

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Residents’ fears ignored as Tesco gets 6am booze licence

Posted on October 18, 2012 by insidecroydon

On whose behalf does Croydon Council operate? Residents or big business? At the meeting of the licensing authority in the Town Hall  tonight, the choice made was clear: Croydon Council does not listen to its residents. Tesco had placed an … Continue reading →

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South End Family Fun Day, Oct 28

Posted on October 10, 2012 by insidecroydon
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Truly, madly… Croydon film club shows art-house demand

Posted on September 25, 2012 by insidecroydon

If our council was doing its job right, it would have measured the demand among art-house movie goers in Croydon before closing the David Lean Cinema in the Clocktower arts complex 18 months ago. For now the Save the David … Continue reading →

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Schools job raises questions over Barwell Foundation link

Posted on September 12, 2012 by insidecroydon

The announcement this afternoon that Gavin Barwell is to be the parliamentary private secretary to the controversial education minister, Michael Gove, has led to renewed questions about the Croydon Central MP’s position with the multi-million-pound education charity, the Whitgift Foundation. … Continue reading →

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Croydon riot compensation still proving to be a cop out

Posted on August 30, 2012 by insidecroydon

8/8 ONE YEAR ON: ANDREW PELLING discovers some businesses in South Croydon have yet to receive any of their promised compensation after their livelihoods were trashed for lack of police protection For some businesses, the experience of last August’s riots … Continue reading →

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Business leader calls for more help on VAT and rates

Posted on August 15, 2012 by insidecroydon

A leading South Croydon business figure has called for an urgent cut in business rates and for the 20 per cent VAT rate to be axed to help bars and restaurants survive the double-dip recession and avoid the fate of … Continue reading →

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“Heartbroken” top chef blames riots for restaurant closure

Posted on August 9, 2012 by insidecroydon

8/8 ONE YEAR ON: Egon Ronay-recommended French restaurant Le Cassoulet closed last week, its business having failed to recover in the past 12 months There could be a full-blown crisis at Taberner House: where will Croydon Council’s £248,000 a year … Continue reading →

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Looters’ “stash” discovered at end of South Croydon garden

Posted on August 7, 2012 by insidecroydon

8/8 One Year On: ANDREW DICKINSON, from South Croydon, recalls the shock and anger that he felt a year ago, and how some of the goods stolen during the looting were discovered close to home On the night of August … Continue reading →

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South Croydon association socialising at wine tasting

Posted on August 1, 2012 by insidecroydon

Half&Half, the Lounge bar in South End, is staging a wine tasting on Thursday evening (7.30-9pm). Tickets are £10 per person. Several members of the South Croydon Community Association will be at the event, using it as a social occasion … Continue reading →

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Special lunch club launched for seniors on Selsdon Road

Posted on July 18, 2012 by insidecroydon

The latest initiative from members of the South Croydon Community Association is a senior citizens’ luncheon club every Tuesday at La Spezia, the Selsdon Road deli run by Giorgio Raffaelli. The special menu offers soup and bread for £1; sandwich … Continue reading →

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Locals file complaint to Archbishop over neglected properties

Posted on July 17, 2012 by insidecroydon

The South Croydon Community Association, a group of concerned residents and businesses in the South End area, has lodged a formal complaint with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Charity Commission about the Whitgift Foundation’s management of its estimated £90-million … Continue reading →

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Meeting urges locals to boycott Swan & Sugarloaf Tesco

Posted on June 12, 2012 by insidecroydon

A new residents’ association drew the attention and attendance of four Croydon councillors and an MP. It was a learning experience for them, as DIAMOND GEEZER reports How things change: after a first meeting to which none of the nine … Continue reading →

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