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Category Archives: Upper Norwood Library Trust
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, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Local media, Norwood Society, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Lambeth council, London Borough of Croydon, Save Upper Norwood Library Campaign, Steve Reed OBE, Upper Norwood Joint Library, Upper Norwood Library Trust
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Free courses on offer at Upper Norwood Library
Upper Norwood Library is to stage a number of courses and talks through March and April. All are free to attend, though you may need to book your place. Project Development and Planning March 21, 10.30am to 1.30pm Facilitator: Elaine … Continue reading
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
#FindRobbie: Family makes Christmas appeal to come home
It is now six months since Robert Gibson, the library campaigner and community activist in Upper Norwood, went missing from his home. Apart from a sighting on the Isle of Wight in June, there has been no other reports of … Continue reading
Upper Norwood Library family activity session, Nov 27
Upper Norwood Library hosts the Incredible Edible Gipsy Hill’s Winter Session Free Family activity session this Sunday November 27 The Upper Norwood Library is delighted to welcome Incredible Edible Gipsy Hill back for a second time this coming Sunday, November … 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
Walks and talks in Norwood take a look at ‘dangerous women’
The Norwood Society stages its third summer walk of the year tomorrow, August 18. Starting at 7pm outside All Saints Church, Beulah Hill SE19, Richard Lines will lead along Church Road and the Triangle. The Norwood Society’s next evening talk … 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
#FindRobbie: Police are ‘growing increasingly concerned’
3pm UPDATE: It is now more than a week since Robbie Gibson left his Crystal Palace home to “walk off the adrenaline”, and has not been back since, leaving his family and friends increasingly anxious about his well-being. At lunchtime … Continue reading
Urgent appeal to help find missing Robert Gibson
There’s growing concern for the well-being of Robert Gibson, pictured above, the widely admired and much-loved community activist from the Crystal Palace area and leading light in the Save the Upper Norwood Library campaign. Gibson has not been home since … Continue reading
Crystal Palace campaigners reject library deal as a sop
GENE BRODIE, our hard-working bookish gyms correspondent, reports on the latest twist in the tale of the Upper Norwood Library, a saga so full of back-stabbing and manoeuvrings that it makes Game of Thrones seem chaste and innocent Library campaigners … Continue reading
Only 700 respond to survey that excludes library users
GENE BRODIE, our libraries and bookish gyms correspondent, on the council’s latest crass move over another bogus-looking consultation Croydon’s Labour-run council is being accused of trying to “fix” the borough’s latest consultation on the running of its public libraries, by … Continue reading
Posted in Carillion, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, John Wentworth, Libraries, Timothy Godfrey, Toni Letts, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, John Wentworth, Labour, Timothy Godfrey, Toni Letts, Tony Newman, Tory
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Mass protest planned over Upper Norwood Library cuts
Library campaigners are planning a demonstration at Upper Norwood Library next Saturday, April 30, to protest against the withdrawal of professional staff and turning the century-old amenity into a “self-service” facility. Upper Norwood, which is operated jointly by Croydon and … Continue reading
Library trust to put books on wheels and seek £100 donations
Our bookish gyms correspondent GENE BRODIE hears that the Upper Norwood Library Trust’s plans for the brave new future of a volunteer-run public library might not be as definite as you might expect, with their takeover of the building due … Continue reading
Lambeth confirms Upper Norwood Library closure in April
Bookish gyms correspondent GENE BRODIE reports on an announcement which has been described as “a betrayal” of Labour voters Whoever is in the Brains Trust running the Labour Party in south London really needs to authorise some modest expenditure on … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, 2018 council elections, Croydon Council, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Steve Reed OBE, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Joint Library, Upper Norwood Library, Upper Norwood Library Trust
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Croydon looks for volunteer-run libraries and ‘bookish gyms’
GENE BRODIE on the announcement of a council consultation which puts the future of the borough’s libraries in doubt yet again A fortnight ago, Inside Croydon reported the startling news that some of Croydon’s Labour councillors are prepared to abandon … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Carillion, Croydon Council, Education, Greenwich Leisure, Libraries, Norbury, Sanderstead, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Libraries, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Tory
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Job losses and volunteer libraries leaves us feeling let down
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Public library provision is a statutory requirement for local authorities such as Croydon. But they also represent a soft target when councils want to make cuts. ROBERT GIBSON says that the funding announcement for Crystal Palace’s library is … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Greenwich Leisure, John Wentworth, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Pat Ryan, Steve Reed MP, Timothy Godfrey, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Conservative, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Robert Gibson, Save Upper Norwood Library Campaign, Steve Reed OBE, Timothy Godfrey, Tory, Upper Norwood Library Trust
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Council accused of ‘shoddy’ deal on Crystal Palace library
Our libraries and bookish gyms correspondent, GENE BRODIE, reports that there’s a sense of “glass half-empty” over Croydon’s grant for Upper Norwood Library A row has broken out between trustees and library campaigners over Croydon Council’s £85,000 per year, two-year … Continue reading
Discover the Crystal Palace archives at history talk, Feb 24
There is to be a free talk about unlocking the history of the Crystal Palace, staged at Upper Norwood Library on February 24.
Drama, Spanish and family history: library offers classes
A history project and a drama class for adults suffering from depression and other mental health conditions are among a range of groups offering education and training sessions in a range of life skills which have successfully bid to stage … Continue reading
A year of Norwood history, from Lockwood to the Brontes
The Norwood Society’s Local History Talks are held on the third Thursday of the month at 7.30pm at the Upper Norwood Library, Westow Hill. The events are free entry including refreshments, but donations are appreciated. The programme for 2016 has … Continue reading
