Category Archives: Coulsdon
Old Coulsdon Christmas lights switch-on, Tudor Parade, Nov 22
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Supernatural, The Coulsdon Club, Brighton Road, Thu Oct 30
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Kerswell quits! But what happens next at crisis-hit council?
Mayor Jason Perry’s political rivals call for his resignation after a week when auditors have warned over ‘unsustainable’ finances and his CEO has left Croydon with a generous £50,000 pay-off. By STEVEN DOWNES Katherine Kerswell may not be replaced as … Continue reading
Waitrose re-opens in Coulsdon after multi-million makeover
Waitrose Coulsdon has reopened following a multi-million-pound refurbishment. The branch, which has been at the Brighton Road site since October 1971, was back in business yesterday morning “primed and ready to greet customers with everything from fresh produce and the … Continue reading
Supernatural, The Coulsdon Club, Brighton Road, Thu Oct 30
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Veteran car run to take a swerve past road affected by closures
Organisers of the 2025 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run have altered the route through central Croydon when the event takes place early on the morning of Sunday November 2. The 400-or-so road-worthy museum pieces taking part in this annual … Continue reading
Now wouldn’t that be loverly?! My Fair Lady comes to Coulsdon
Some of the best-known and most-loved show tunes ever written are about to be dusted off and performed with suitable gusto, as My Fair Lady is brought to the stage of the Coulsdon Community Centre this December. Possibly one of … Continue reading
Step into autumn on a guided tour with Coulsdon’s fun guys
The City Commons rangers, who help to care for large areas of open space in the south of the borough, are well-respected as fun guys to deal with. And over the next few weeks, they will demonstrate as much with … Continue reading
Live music at the Comrades Club, Coulsdon, Fri Sep 26
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Surrey council takes action on unlawful flags as Perry dithers
Croydon Council, where failed Mayor Jason Perry has claimed there is “zero tolerance” for fly-tippers and, by extension, fly-posters, has failed to take any action against the various flags hoisted without permission on some of the borough’s streets. Yet neighbouring … Continue reading
Volunteers help to create new park at Coulsdon South Station
Croydon has a new park, to add to the more than 120 large and small already dotted around the borough. This latest is undoubtedly one of the smaller ones: it’s a pocket park, wedged into a small space between the … Continue reading
New managers for public library need crowdfunding to operate
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After a year’s delay, only now are ‘plans’ slowly emerging for the future of four public libraries, with no leases yet agreed on at least two sites. GENE BRODIE, education correspondent, reports It’s been a whole year … Continue reading
Tory councillor welcomes New Addington flags as ‘great’
A Conservative councillor in New Addington has said that Union flags that have been placed along Central Parade without proper permission “look great”, and he has posted on social media that the council will not remove the flags unless they … Continue reading
Council refuses to remove England flags from Coulsdon Road
Croydon’s failed Mayor, Jason Perry, went on the telly last week boasting of “zero tolerance” for fly-tippers. Yet his council has refused to remove hundreds of St George cross flags that have been tethered illegally to lamp posts along Coulsdon … Continue reading
Coulsdon’s much-bashed bridge to be given added ‘protection’
It happened again last night. Another lorry lodged itself under the railway bridge over the A237, close to Coulsdon South Station. Brighton Road was closed between the southern roundabout and Marlpit Lane roundabout. Rail services at Coulsdon South were reduced. … Continue reading
Summer Market Day, at Fine Toad, Coulsdon, Sat Aug 16
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Mystery surrounds Banksy-style mural on Coulsdon by-pass
Do you know the playful, mischievous artist responsible for the latest piece of street art to appear in Croydon? That’s the question that Coulsdon locals have been asking for a week, since the jumping boys appeared on the brickwork of … Continue reading
There’s a revolution going on in a wooded glade in Coulsdon
‘Man is the only creature that consumes without producing’ wrote George Orwell 80 years ago, but as the Theatre Workshop Coulsdon has shown once more, they certainly know how to produce compelling drama. KEN TOWL was at the opening night … Continue reading
Animal Farm in pictures: impressive staging of Orwell classic
STEVE NORTH’s images capture some of the drama, and the impressive set design, for Theatre Workshop Coulsdon’s production of Animal Farm
Podcast: LibDem candidate says he’d clear-out council execs
EXCLUSIVE: Our Croydon Insider podcast, exclusive premium content for our paying subscribers, this month went behind the headlines to look at the scandal of agency payments at the cash-strapped council, where they are paying more than £700 per hour for … Continue reading
Mind in Croydon Safe Space Café, Tollers Centre, every Monday
Bromley by-election sees historic first Reform win in London
Political Editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on how Alan Cook’s poll success on the other side of the borough boundary is sending shock waves into Croydon They’re going to need a bigger vote… You know how, early in the original Jaws movie, … Continue reading
Poignant moment as British Legion branch lays up its standard
The Coulsdon branch of the British Legion has formally closed, 104 years after its foundation. The decision was taken due to declining numbers of members. The occasion was marked with a final parade and the retirement of the branch’s standard … Continue reading
