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Category Archives: Environment
How the Romans put snails on the menu on Farthing Downs
From Charlie Chaplin to an Olympic athlete, from woolly mammoths to the Suffragettes, the Coulsdon Art Trail pays a tribute to them all. And for the latest finial atop a piece of Coulsdon street furniture, the local residents’ association is … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Croydon parks, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, History, Wildlife
Tagged Cane Hill, Charles King, Charlie Chaplin, Comrades Club, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Club, Coulsdon History Trail, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Farthing Downs, Finials, Happy Valley, Roman snails
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Artisan Craft Market, Glenthorne Ave, Shirley, Sat Nov 14
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Haunted House Extreme, at Crystal Palace NSC, Oct 30 and 31
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Haunted House Extreme, at Crystal Palace NSC, Oct 30 and 31
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‘Random guy from Croydon’ lifts global wildlife photo prize
Another prize for a former BRIT School pupil – though this accolade was won in a photography competition by someone who does not own a camera Seth Forestson, who called himself “some random guy from Croydon”, has been named the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, BRIT School, Wildlife
Tagged BBC Wildlife, Natural History Museum, Seth Forestson, The BRIT School, Urban Wildlife
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Concerns for wildlife as leaky Carshalton Ponds empties again
Carshalton Ponds has emptied of water again – and no one seems to know why. Water levels dropped surprisingly quickly overnight Friday into Saturday, prompting Sutton Council to issue an advisory message yesterday which amounted to the authority admitting it … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Honeywood Museum, Sutton Council, Wildlife
Tagged Carshalton, Carshalton Ponds, Sutton, Sutton Council
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Coulsdon’s Red Clover Gardens gets a new coat of whitewash
A housing scheme in Coulsdon has won the country’s top architecture award. Yet there’s not been a peep from the council’s propaganda department, usually desperate to spin anything as ‘good’ news in Croydon. STEVEN DOWNES on the desperate efforts of … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Property
Tagged Brick by Brick, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lion Green Road, Lion Green Road car park, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Red Clover Gardens, RIBA, Royal Institute of British Architects, Stirling Prize
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More hot air from Sutton over council’s unwanted heat network
Sutton’s Liberal Democrat one-party state will ask councillors at a meeting on Monday to back extending the Sutton Decentralised Energy Network by about half a mile. SDEN is the council-owned scheme that was supposed to pipe heat from the Beddington … Continue reading
After five years, council finally acts to clean up country park
Sluggish council has finally acted to clean up local streams that have been turned into ‘sludge’ by sewage pollution After a five-year campaign by residents and environmentalists, backed by their Labour councillors and MP, Croydon Council has finally confirmed that … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Foster, Brigitte Graham, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of South Norwood Country Park, Natasha Irons, Wildlife, Woodside
Tagged Cargreen Road, Cllr Amy Foster, Cllr Brigitte Graham, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Environment, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons MP, Norwood Junction, Pollution, Sewage, South Norwood, Thames Water, Woodside
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Croydon households on flood alert for impact of ‘Godzilla’
It may be more than 7,000 miles away, as it steadily gathers up energy over the Pacific Ocean from the heating planet, but “Godzilla” El Niño has prompted weather experts and the government to warn householders across the country to … Continue reading
Haunted House Extreme, at Crystal Palace NSC, Oct 30 and 31
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Croydon roads under Perry among London’s most dangerous
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on the clear and present danger of a car-obsessed Mayor who has no consideration for road safety for Croydon’s children Croydon is the second most dangerous area in the whole of London for traffic collisions outside … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Commuting, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Schools, TfL, Transport
Tagged Cllr Alasdair Stewart, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Transport, DfT, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Scrap Car Comparison, TfL, Tory, Transport and Parking Strategic Direction, Transport for London
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Greens call for audit investigation into possible fraud at council
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Mayor Perry spent £53.4m on temporary staff at the council in 2024-2025. Yet the council sacked a whistleblower who raised serious concerns about staffing agency Adecco’s possible overcharging for workers in the children’s services department. With an … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Ainscough, SEND
Tagged Adecco, Cllr Paul Ainscough, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Daniel Cox, Employment Tribunal, Fairfield, Grant Thornton, His Honour Judge James Tayler, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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Family Haunted House Spook Fest, Crystal Palace, Oct 16-18
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Haunted House Extreme, at Crystal Palace NSC, Oct 30 and 31
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Sensible Garden gets spruced up for 50th anniversary of punk
The Sensible Garden, the patch of waste ground in South Norwood that has been reclaimed for the people and transformed into a public open space thanks to the efforts of local community groups, has been given a bit of a … Continue reading
Family Haunted House Spook Fest, Crystal Palace, Oct 16-18
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Family Haunted House Spook Fest, Crystal Palace, Oct 16-18
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Foam factory job cuts will have ‘significant’ impact on Croydon
With 100 skilled manufacturing jobs under threat, while failed Mayor Jason Perry refuses to act, other councillors have stepped in to persuade the Nike supplier Zotefoams to reconsider its plan to move operations to Vietnam Croydon’s Green Party councillors have … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Greens, Paul Ainscough, Ria Patel, Zotefoams
Tagged Broad Green, Cllr Paul Ainscough, Cllr Ria Patel, Croydon, Croydon Council, Eliud Kipchoge, GMB, GMB Union, Green Party, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Keely Hodgkinson, London Borough of Croydon, Mitcham Road, Vietnam, Zotefoams
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Tories’ unlawful conduct putting Croydon on highway to hell
It’s not just failed Mayor Jason Perry who has been found to have acted unlawfully, as other Croydon Conservatives show a casual disregard for the law which is costing residents millions of pounds, and putting cyclists’ lives at risk. By … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Brighton Road, Cllr Alasdair Stewart, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Cycle lanes, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, London Road, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, Will Norman
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Norbury Brook River Revive Saturday, Thornton Heath, Sep 26
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Norwood Junction’s garden offers sunflowers and sanctuary
Croydon has got another railway garden. Using a patch of previously unloved and disregarded space, and converting it into a little haven of calm and peace, Norwood Junction is the latest railway station in Croydon to create a thing of … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Health, Norwood Junction, South Norwood, Transport
Tagged Grace-Anne Stephenson, Norwood Junction, South Norwood, Station garden
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Costs up, volunteers vanished = community festival cancelled
There will be no South Norwood Community Festival in 2027. The announcement of the cancellation was made on social media this week. The reasons given: rising costs and lack of experienced volunteers. Staging costs have more than doubled since 2019, … Continue reading
Borough’s motorists will be forced to pay for Perry’s mistakes
CROYDON IN CRISIS: An above-inflation hike for resident parking permits, parking fees and penalties is being lined up to help plug the hole in the council budgets caused by the Mayor opening his big mouth. By our transport correspondent, JEREMY … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Conrad Hall, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fine refunds, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTN fine refunds, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, PCNs, Penalty Charge Notices, Resident Parking Permits, Royal Courts of Justice, Tory
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Music, dance and drama at South Norwood’s Arcadia Festival
Stanley Halls in South Norwood is staging its Arcadia Festival this Saturday, encouraging Londoners “to build a fairer and healthier future – now”. In its second year, the Arcadia Festival is funded by the National Lottery as part of a … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Environment, Stanley Halls
Tagged Acradia Festival, South Norwood, Stanley Halls
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