Category Archives: Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood

Police investigate ‘heritage crime’ on park’s Victorian dinosaurs

Posted on May 24, 2020 by

Police are investigating damage to one of the 170-year-old, Grade I-listed dinosaur statues in Crystal Palace Park, believed to have been caused by acts of criminal vandalism, and which has been described as “shameful behaviour”. The Friends of Crystal Palace … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, History, Stephen Mann | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Pavements to be widened in South Norwood and Crystal Palace

Posted on May 24, 2020 by

Seven more Croydon roads, in Crystal Palace, South Norwood and Thornton Heath, are to undergo pavement widening measures next week as part of the council’s Streetspace scheme that aims to make it easier to walk or cycle during the coronavirus … Continue reading →

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Head quits as ‘high risk’ Virgo Fidelis struggles with budget

Posted on May 5, 2020 by

Education correspondent GENE BRODIE reports on the latest setback suffered by one of the borough’s oldest schools Virgo Fidelis girls’ convent school in Upper Norwood will start the new school term in September with its fifth headteacher in barely three … Continue reading →

Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Schools, Simon Hall, Virgo Fidelis | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Town Team puts Crystal Palace Triangle on the (digital) map

Posted on April 17, 2020 by

The new Crystal Palace Town Team has launched an interactive map of the Crystal Palace Triangle and surrounding areas, allowing the community to find which businesses have marked themselves as “open” during the pandemic lockdown. The CP Town Team is … Continue reading →

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Bogus ‘consultation’ in Upper Norwood has priorities all wrong

Posted on April 9, 2020 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Late notice, poor connections and several interested residents unable to log-in for last night’s developers’ webinar for College Green. JUNO BAKER says Brick by Brick ‘are using this current crisis as a justification to drive through an extremely … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus being used as ‘smokescreen’ for estate demolition

Posted on April 9, 2020 by

It is not just in Croydon that residents’ groups have been alert to the inherent risks of placing the entire planning system into the hands of a few unelected council officials. The delegated planning powers, prompted by the coronavirus emergency, … Continue reading →

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Council’s house-builders give 24 hours’ notice of consultation

Posted on April 8, 2020 by

Brick by Brick may choose to ignore coronavirus dangers to its workers and the public as it rushes to complete work on over-running projects, but meanwhile they appear to be using the emergency as an excuse to avoid proper consultation, … Continue reading →

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