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Category Archives: Transition Town
Fears for Queen’s Gardens in multi-million-pound land-grab
The latest proposals for Queen’s Gardens, the only open space in central Croydon, have left residents underwhelmed, with some seeing the small public park being rendered into little more than an annex of the £120 million private housing development proposed … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon parks, Environment, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, Tracey Hague, Transition Town
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Queens Gardens, Taberner House
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#FindRobbie: Captain Sensible unveils second bench
It was a filthy wet night, but friends, neighbours, the South Norwood Tourist Board, Crystal Palace Transition Town members and even Captain Sensible himself all turned out on Saturday to celebrate the Sensible Garden and, more importantly, to remind everyone … Continue reading
#FindRobbie: Garden uses benchmark to bring home Gibson
The South Norwood Tourist Board is to mark the anniversary of the opening of the Sensible Garden – the small pocket of previous wasteland between the Goat House bridge and the Ship pub which has been transformed by volunteers in … Continue reading
Crystal Palace Transition Town choir to start Nov 2
The Crystal Palace Transition Town, the group which is behind the highly successful market each Saturday, is to start a community choir. “Come and enjoy magical midwinter songs to sing around the Triangle at Christmas,” say the organisers. All voices … Continue reading
Missing: BBC’s One Show takes up the cause of #FindRobbie
Six weeks after Robbie Gibson went missing from his south London home, the appeal to find him continues with national television coverage on Monday. Upper Norwood Library, which Gibson has campaigned tirelessly for years to keep open, is the setting … Continue reading
Crystal Palace Transition Town ‘Festival of Ideas’, May 25
What do the Crystal Palace Food Market, the Christmas Craft Fair at The Alma, the SE Art Trail, Guided Bicycle Commutes, proposed solar panels at Crystal Palace Station, Palace Pint, tree-planting in Crystal Palace Park, Palace Buds, the Edible Garden … Continue reading
Croydon Transition Town Give and Take stall, Dec 5
Posted in Surrey Street, Transition Town
Tagged Croydon Transition Town, Surrey Street Market
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Artists and craft-makers open doors to SE Art Trail, Nov 21-22
The SE Art Trail is a new and exciting event which will see local artists and makers opening up their studio spaces to the public in Crystal Palace, West Norwood, South Norwood, Penge and Anerley over one weekend next month. … Continue reading
Help fire-up Palace Power at energy meeting, Oct 13
Crystal Palace railway station will soon be home to a community-led Energy Garden, combining plants and flowers with renewable energy sources. Join the local community, Palace Power community energy group and the Crystal Palace Transition Town movement for an evening … Continue reading
Sensible? Norwood garden party goes ahead – despite rain
Despite unpromising weather, around 30 hardy souls turned out to celebrate the first anniversary of the Sensible Garden in South Norwood on Sunday afternoon. Members of the South Norwood Tourist Board, Crystal Palace Transition Town and local residents enjoyed calypso … Continue reading
Transition Town Give and Take, Surrey Street, Sat May 2
Posted in Activities, Transition Town
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Transition Town, Surrey Street, Transition Town
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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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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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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
Upper Norwood cookery writer offers Five ways to health
We all want tasty food that’s good for us. Key to that is ensuring we eat our daily intake of fruit and vegetables. Yet most of us aren’t even getting half the fruit and veg we need in a day. … Continue reading
No they can’t! Viridor needs to provide 100% safety guarantee
CROYDON COMMENTARY: For all the tens of thousands of pounds raised, and spent, by the Stop the Incinerator Campaign in taking its case to the High Court, the legal challenge has had to be based on planning issues. The issue … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Darren Johnson, Environment, Health, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Steve Reed MP, Stuart Collins, Transition Town, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Conservative, incinerator, Labour, London, Member of parliament, Shasha Khan, Steve Reed OBE, Stuart Collins, Tory, Viridor, Waddon, Waste incinerator
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Friends of the Earth Green Beanfeast, Green Dragon, Dec 15
Posted in Activities, Croydon Greens, Environment, Pubs, Transition Town
Tagged Croydon, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Green Dragon, Transition Town
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Happy, happy talk in South Norwood delivers community pride
Here’s four minutes’ worth of video that should cheer up many a dull morning. Congratulations to Ian Bone and his mates at the South Norwood Tourist Board, the Crystal Palace Transition Team, Robert Gibson and to Councillor Jane Avis, who … Continue reading
