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Category Archives: Croydon 8/8
Croydon’s missing leaders from 8/8 turn up for the Prince
And once again, the Croydon Establishment pushed itself to the fore this morning, for handshaking and photographs, as Prince Charles and Camilla visited the borough. It was another Croydon triumph for style over substance, for PR spin instead of real … Continue reading →
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Posted in 8/8: London Road stories, Allders, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Business, Croydon 8/8, Croydon College, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Eddy Arram, Jon Rouse, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Surrey Street, URV
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon College, Croydon Minster, David Lean Cinema, London, London Borough of Croydon, Steve O'Connell, Surrey Street Market
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Croydon gets ready for a royal visit from the Queen of Shops
Croydon is readying itself for a royal visit today: Mary Queen of Shops may be heading into town. This is not to be confused with Kate Middleton’s in-laws pressing the flesh along London Road, back 13 months after last year’s … Continue reading →
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Posted in Allders, Business, Community associations, Croydon 8/8, Fairfield, Jon Rouse, Surrey Street, Tony Newman
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon College, David Cameron, High Street, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mary Portas, Portas
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The end of Allders: a timeline to oblivion
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The decline of Allders is partly a story of Croydon itself. ANDREW PELLING looks at the council’s role in the final days and asks if more could have been done by the Town Hall to save the near-1,000 … Continue reading →
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Posted in Allders, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Business, Centrale, Coulsdon, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Fairfield, History, Ikea, Ken Livingstone, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Mike Fisher, Parking, Policing, Property, Purley, Purley Way, Richard Ottaway MP, Ruskin Square, Surrey Street, Transport, URV, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Tagged Allders, Centrale, Croydon, East Croydon station, Ken Livingstone, London, Minerva, Purley Way
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London Road prepares for a Festival of Cultures
Next Monday sees the beginning of a week’s worth of activities all building towards the London Road Carnival of Cultures on Sunday September 23. Lives Not Knives is holding a couple of workshops, for teenagers and for adults, on Monday, … Continue reading →
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Croydon’s Black Friday: Allders a sad sign of wider decline
Friday, September 7, 2012 will go down as the latest dark day in the history of Croydon. The announcement of the closure of Allders may not seem as tragic or dramatic as the events of the 8/8 riots of a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Allders, Croydon, England, Gavin Barwell, Harold Tillman, London, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Slow recovery after riots forces jewellers to cut jobs
8/8 ONE YEAR ON: At least one shop on London Road has had to accept a lower compensation figure just to be able to open its shutters once again, writes ANDREW PELLING Mithus jewellers in London Road was completely trashed … Continue reading →
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Job vacancy: Resilience Manager. £52,000pa
And here’s another one… On the one hand Croydon Council is cutting front-line services across the board and using the recession as the excuse, while on the other it is spending £20 million a year on expensive consultants, some paid … Continue reading →
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Tamils working hard to get London Road back on its feet
8/8 ONE YEAR ON: Having escaped a bitter and destructive civil war, the local Tamil community is coping with the aftermath of the Croydon riots, ANDREW PELLING reports Croydon’s Tamil community saw a lot of trouble back in Sri Lanka, … Continue reading →
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Posted in 8/8: London Road stories, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Business, Church and religions, Community associations, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Tamil Business Forum, London Road Traders Association, Mike Selva, West Thornton
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Tagged Black July, Broad Green, London, Michael Gove, Sri Lanka, Tamil, Tamil language, Tamil people
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Croydon riot compensation still proving to be a cop out
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
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
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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Posted in 8/8: London Road stories, Business, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Jon Rouse, Parking, Policing, South Croydon, South Croydon Community Association, Waddon
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon Guardian, Egon Ronay, London, London Borough of Croydon, South Croydon, Taberner House, Whitgift Foundation
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Croydon’s been left dangling by Boris and council blunderers
8/8 ONE YEAR ON: ANDREW PELLING in his Croydon Commentary reviews of year of inaction, protection of vested interests and massive missed opportunities for the post-riots borough While the Mayor of London promotes his challenge to David Cameron for the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Conservative, Croydon, David Cameron, Gavin Barwell, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Whitgift Foundation
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“Masked youths were looking over front walls for loose bricks”
8/8 One Year On: Another Inside Croydon reader, JAN PODSIADLY, recalls what happened on his street off London Road 12 months ago I live in West Croydon just by the London Road and I found it very uncomfortable to be … Continue reading →
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Tagged BBC, Croydon, England, London, London Road, West Croydon, West Croydon station, Youth
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“Cameron was full of promises but we’ve heard nothing since”
8/8 One Year On: We find another riot-hit business that received grand promises a year ago, from no less than Prime Minister David Cameron, but has received next to no help since One London Road trader has been forced to … Continue reading →
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Tagged August, Croydon, David Cameron, Gavin Barwell, London, Mayor, Riot
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Football tournament seeks to heal West Croydon wounds
Healing The Streets – London Road, a five-a-side football tournament, will take place on Canterbury Road Recreation Ground, near Broad Green Library, tomorrow, August 8, from 2.45pm, with 16 teams from local businesses, residents and public organisations to play. But … Continue reading →
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Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace, England, London, London Borough of Croydon, Selhurst Park, West Croydon, West Croydon station
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Riot victims’ anger grows over Town Hall’s broken promises
8/8 One Year On: TONY NEWMAN is the leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council. A year ago, he cancelled a family holiday to return home for the emergency, but now is angry that promises to the victims of … Continue reading →
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Posted in 8/8: London Road stories, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Malcolm Wicks MP, Mayor of London, Tony Newman, West Croydon, Woodside
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, House of Reeves, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Town Hall
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Looters’ “stash” discovered at end of South Croydon garden
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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A year after the riots, the Hassans still wait compensation
8/8 One Year On: ANDREW PELLING has revisited some of the victims of last year’s riots. The neglect he has discovered is shocking A little more than 11 months ago Mumtaz and Mujahida Hassan were hopeful that they would soon … Continue reading →
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Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, Hassan, Londis, London, London Road, Malcolm Wicks, Riot Act
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It was just like the devastation Hitler brought upon us
8/8 One Year On: TERRY COLEMAN, a retired resident from Thornton Heath, tells of his memories of a night of “pure evil” I was conscious that there was trouble in Tottenham and other London boroughs. I was watching developments on … Continue reading →
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Tagged BBC, Church Street, Croydon, House of Reeves, London, London borough, Thornton Heath
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#reverseriots – How Reeves Corner is dressed up for the future
8/8 One Year On: Reeves Corner is sporting a new look just days before the anniversary of the night that nearly closed down the furniture store forever Reeves, the furniture store that has risen like a phoenix from the 8/8 … Continue reading →
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Croydon engages: August 8 at 8pm
On August 8, at 8pm, there will be a Silent Coming Together of any person in Croydon who wishes to reflect on the first anniversary of the Croydon riots. The event is not organised by any political party. Individuals and … Continue reading →
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Tagged August 8, Conservative, Croydon, England, London, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Taberner House
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Stories of a night of rioting not something to dine out on
8/8 One Year On: As we approach the anniversary of the London riots, we are publishing readers’ and contributors’ memories of that darkest of nights, their views and hopes for the future. Here, JONNY ROSE tells of the mixed emotions … Continue reading →
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Tagged August, Croydon, London, New Addington, Purley, Tesco, Twitter
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Apiary apprentice from Addiscombe who gets a buzz from work
Croydon resident SUSAN OLIVER is a beekeeper and believes that the process, rather than the product, is the thing The cover of this year’s Thorne’s catalogue looks like a family photograph of beekeeping: Papa National Hive, Mama Rose Hive, Brother … Continue reading →
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Tagged Beckenham, Bee, Beekeeping, Honey, London, Urticaria, Westerham
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Struggling to understand why you’d burn out your neighbours
8/8 One Year On: As we approach the anniversary of the London riots, we will be publishing readers’ and contributors’ memories of that darkest of nights, their views and hopes for the future. One year on, local political figure SHASHA … Continue reading →
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Posted in 8/8: London Road stories, Broad Green, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Greens, Education, Environment, London-wide issues, West Croydon
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Tagged Croydon, House of Reeves, London, London Road, Peter Oborne, Riot, West Croydon, West Croydon station
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The menace of the masked mob on the night of riots
8/8 One Year On: As we approach the anniversary of the London riots, we will be publishing readers’ and contributors’ memories of that darkest of nights, their views and hopes for the future. ANTHONY MILLER, an East Croydon-based comedy promoter, … Continue reading →
