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Category Archives: Libraries
Council on standby to take back control of public libraries
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on how a corporate crisis at construction company Carillion could provide the chance to end a long-loathed outsourcing deal Croydon Council is readying itself to take back the running of the borough’s public libraries, … Continue reading
Read all about it: animals at centre of summer library challenge
Croydon libraries’ summer reading challenge starts tomorrow. Running until September 16, the scheme challenges children aged from four to 11 to finish six books in a little more than two months. Children can sign up at their local library and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Libraries, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon Libraries, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Timothy Godfrey
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Upper Norwood Library re-opens with funding unannounced
GENE BRODIE, our libraries correspondent, reports on the delayed re-opening of the Uppper Norwood Library, as doubts remain on the 116-year-old community asset’s funding arrangements from Lambeth and Croydon councils Upper Norwood Library – or the “Hub on the Hill” … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Timothy Godfrey, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London Borough of Croydon, Robert Gibson, Timothy Godfrey, Upper Norwood Joint Library, Upper Norwood Library Trust
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Young laureate ‘brings the conversation’ to Croydon’s backyard
Caleb Femi, the Young People’s Laureate for London, will end his outer London tour by visiting Croydon Central Library this Wednesday, July 5. Femi is on a mission to inspire young people to express their voices thorough poetry. Part of … Continue reading
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
Fairtrade Fortnight is coming to Croydon, Feb 27-Mar 11
Farmers around the world get a better deal when they sell their produce on Fairtrade terms. This leads to a better and more stable income and can help them break the cycle of poverty in which they are trapped. The … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Libraries, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon Council, Fairtrade Fortnight, Whitgift Centre
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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
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
Council lists just 30 events in Croydon for Black History Month
Singer Faith Child and Crystal Palace footballer Wilfried Zaha are the special guests at tomorrow night’s launch of Black History Month in Croydon, being staged at the council’s office building, Fisher’s Folly. But anyone thinking that the local council 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
Libraries seek volunteers to introduce readers to Roald Dahl
Croydon’s libraries are looking for volunteers to help children and their parents through the “Big Friendly Read” Summer Reading Challenge. The annual reading campaign aims to get children to read at least six books during the summer holiday. For 2016 … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Education, Libraries
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Libraries, Norbury, Purley, Thornton Heath
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Greens come close to unseating Progress in library dispute
WALTER CRONXITE reports on a Lambeth by-election result which offers a warning to Croydon Labour Steve Reed OBE, the Progress MP for Lambeth South/Croydon North (delete to distaste) got a bit of a warning overnight, after a Lambeth council by-election … Continue reading
Thornton Heath Book Jam and writing competition, Jul 16
Posted in Activities, Art, Libraries, Thornton Heath
Tagged Thornton Heath, Thornton Heath Arts Week
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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
Borough archives come under threat from library closures
Part of Croydon’s borough archive has come under threat as a consequence of neighbouring Lambeth’s policy of forcibly turning some of its public libraries into bookish gyms. The Carnegie Library in Herne Hill was in the headlines last week over … Continue reading
Protestors occupy under-threat library to halt council’s closure
The people are taking over. It is a gathering story from deepest south London of a popular uprising, of the sort that you might expect from oppressed locals against a tyrannical Conservative local authority. But the occupation of the Carnegie … 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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