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Category Archives: Coulsdon
Very interesting: councillors often slow to update their registers
EXCLUSIVE: Our Town Hall number-cruncher, SANDRA STEAD, has checked out the updates to the register of interests of all 70 Croydon councillors and Mayor Perry – from 50p passion fruits to hundreds of pounds’ worth of free tickets to Selhurst … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Birch (Selsdon), Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury Park, Ria Patel, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Surrey Street
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury Park, Old Coulsdon, Tory
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Coulsdon shop owner hits out at BBC over ‘souped-up’ bikes
An angry Croydon retailer has told the producers of Panorama that, ‘Finding a wolf in sheep’s clothing should not be a reason to attack the sheep’ A Coulsdon-based bike shop has filed a formal complaint to the BBC following last … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Cycling, Transport
Tagged Adrian Chiles, BBC, BBC Panorama, Coulsdon, e-bikes, Energise E-bikes, Neil Ridulfa, Panorama, Ray Wookey
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Woodcote Green store’s Valentine’s event for the love of dogs
Dobbies Garden Centre at Woodcote Green is encouraging its customers to show their pooches some love this Valentine’s Day at a new event that will raise money for national charity The Dogs Trust. Dobbies is hosting this event from Friday … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Coulsdon
Tagged Dobbies, The Dogs Trust, Woodcote Green
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Final Brick by Brick annual accounts withheld for three months
CROYDON IN CRISIS: It looks like Tory Mayor Jason Perry and the council execs who now run the failed housing company have opted to bury bad news. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES What could possibly be the very final set of … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Brick by Brick, BxB, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mears Group Plc, Red Clover Gardens, Regen Capital, Tony Newman, Tory
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Sixth formers sprinkle Christmas cheer at Coulsdon College
Coulsdon residents were treated to an evening of festive entertainment and fun earlier this month, courtesy of pupils from the Coulsdon Sixth Form College. Art students at the college invited the local resident associations, the Friends of Grange Park, church … Continue reading
Fourth conviction in 2021 Samurai sword murder in Selhurst
Prosecution of a drugs gang for a murder that took place in Croydon almost four years ago this week reached a conclusion, of sorts, at the re-trial of two of the gang members. On February 5 2021, 22-year-old Lavaun Witter … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Crime, Knife crime, Policing, Selhurst, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
Tagged Alex Pasley, Coulsdon, Drugs gangs, Julian Russell, knife crime, Lavaun Witter, Metropolitan Police, murder, Samurai sword, Selhurst, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tyreece Riggon, Tyreece Wolfries-Parkins
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Council puts the ‘sham’ into ‘shambolic’ over 4 closed libraries
It’s Friday 13th, so unlucky for some, as Croydon has designated this as the final day for applications to take over the four public libraries ordered closed by Tory Mayor Jason Perry. Bradmore Green, in Old Coulsdon, Sanderstead, Shirley and … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Sanderstead, Shirley North, Shirley South
Tagged Bradmore Green, Bradmore Green Library, Brick by Brick, Broad Green, Broad Green Library, Chris Bryant, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, DCMS, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Library, Shirley, Shirley Library, South Norwood, Tory
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It really is a wonderful life played out on stage in Coulsdon
A Croydon theatre group has again delivered a Christmas show to warm the cockles of everyone’s hearts, writes KEN TOWL There’s only one thing as Christmassy as A Christmas Carol (last year’s wintry offering from Theatre Workshop Coulsdon) and that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Coulsdon, Theatre, Theatre Workshop Coulsdon
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Coulsdon finial gives ‘Puff-puff’ Pirie a proper podium finish
Finally, the lovely people who manage the Croydon Art Trail have managed to get Gordon Pirie across their finishing line. Pirie was one of Britain’s greatest sports stars of the mid-20th Century, the distance runner winning an Olympic silver medal … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Athletics, City Commons, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Croydon parks, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, History, South London Harriers, Sport
Tagged "Gentleman" John Jackson, 1956 Melbourne Olympics, Charles King, Comrades Club, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Club, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Emil Zatopek, Farthing Downs, Gordon Pirie, Happy Valley, Highwayman, James Cooper, KIng George IV, South London Harriers, Vladimir Kuts
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Coulsdon event survives as Storm Darragh blows into Croydon
Major cross-country race planned for Lloyd Park is cancelled at late notice due to stormy high winds Coulsdon’s Yuletide Magic event, organised for Small Business Saturday by the local community partnership, has gone ahead today despite the ravages of Storm … Continue reading
King Charles congratulates fast-growing Purley Scouts group
King Charles has sent a message of congratulations to one of Croydon’s fastest-growing troops of Scouts. Since starting in 2018, the 30th Purley Masjid Scouts have successfully opened Beavers (for six- to eight-year-olds), Cubs, Scouts and last month opened its … Continue reading
Coulsdon’s Yuletide Magic, Brighton Road, Sat Dec 7
Posted in Activities, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Old Coulsdon
Tagged Christmas, Coulsdon, Yuletide Magic
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Landmark appointment as young rector arrives in Old Coulsdon
Old Coulsdon has a new, young, rector. Rev Jono Simpson and his wife, Lucy, together with their four young children, have moved into the new Rectory in Old Coulsdon, following his appointment to St John’s Church. Stone-built St John’s is … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon
Tagged Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon, Rev Jono Simpson, St John's Old Coulsdon
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Something for the weekend – our latest news panel podcast
Here’s our latest Croydon Insider news podcast, a politician-free zone where a panel of Croydon figures delve into the news that really matters to you. Our guests for our November episode are David Morgan, Croydon Minster archivist and author of … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Croydonites Festival, Garwood Foundation, Inside Croydon, Schools, Socco Cheta Community Hub, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Under The Flyover, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Anna Arthur, Brian Finegan, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydonites, Croydonites Festival, David Morgan, Dr Ross White, Garwood Foundation, Hammersfield, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, The Croydon Insider, Under The Flyover, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Croydon EV drivers are short-circuited as Perry pulls the plug
While world leaders discuss the climate emergency in Baku, here in Croydon, the local Conservative council is making it more difficult for people to reduce their emissions and save the planet. By our south of the borough correspondent, PEARL LEE … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Parking, Planning, Purley, Samir Dwesar, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Climate Crisis, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Electric vehicles, EV chargers, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Parking, Purley, Purley and Woodcote, Samir Dwesar, Tory
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Labour minister Bryant rejects public’s pleas to save libraries
Parents, grandparents and youngsters gathered at Bradmore Green Library yesterday, the council-run facility’s final day of operation. Bradmore Green, in Old Coulsdon, together with three other public libraries in Croydon – Sanderstead, Shirley and Broad Green – are being closed … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Sanderstead, Shirley North, Shirley South
Tagged Bradmore Green, Bradmore Green Library, Broad Green Library, Chris Bryant, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, DCMS, Department for Culture Media and Sport, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Sanderstead Library, Shirley Library, Tory
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Council in secret deal to lease medical centre site as a car park
EXCLUSIVE: Coulsdon residents have been waiting a decade for a promised medical facility in the town centre. In March, the council announced it had sold the site to the NHS. In the summer, local MP Chris Philp promised work on … Continue reading
Posted in Business, CALAT, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Council, Croydon NHS Trust, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Health, Ian Parker, Matthew Kershaw, Old Coulsdon, Parking
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon CALAT, Coulsdon Medical Centre, Coulsdon Town, Croydon, Croydon NHS Trust, Ian Parker, Kia Coulsdon, Matthew Kershaw, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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Coulsdon theatre troupe quick to sign up for Capra’s classic
It could prove to be Croydon’s hottest ticket this Christmas, with seats selling fast even before Theatre Workshop Coulsdon confirmed performance dates for their production of It’s A Wonderful Life. One of the all-time great Christmas movies, directed by Frank … Continue reading
College given ‘Good’ rating after Ofsted inspectors’ return visit
A year and a half after being rated as “Inadequate” following an Ofsted inspection, when the leadership was warned “about the risks associated with radicalisation and extremism” on its campus, Croydon College, together with Coulsdon Sixth Form College, has had … Continue reading
Join the Coulsdon Trick or Treat Trail, Halloween, Oct 31
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Coulsdon
Tagged Coulsdon, Coulsdon Community Partnership, halloween, Trick or treat
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It’s looking like Howard’s way for LibDems’ mayoral candidate
WALTER CRONXITE, our veteran political correspondent, reports on an unusual occurance for Croydon: the local Liberal Democrats getting ahead of the game While Councillor Rowenna Davis twiddles her thumbs and waits patiently for the Labour Party “machine” to crank into … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Pelling, Claire Bonham, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Mayor Jason Perry, Richard Howard, Rick Howard, Rowenna Davis, Uncategorized, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Claire Bonham, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, LibDems, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Richard Howard, Rick Howard, Rowenna Davis, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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