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Music nights to rock Ruskin House, and raise cash for causes
The Croydon Folk Club’s folk and blues nights at Ruskin House continue to entertain and delight, while raising valuable funds towards the restoration of the Georgian town house on Coombe Road. The recent Buddy Holly Tribute Night raised £372 for … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, Croydon Folk Club, History, Music, Ruskin House
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Surviving Capitalism, Croydon TUC talk, Ruskin House, Jan 10
The Croydon Trades Union Council’s next discussion is entitled “Surviving Capitalism”, with the guest speaker Derek Wall. Climate change and other ecological problems threaten human society, yet with the rise of right-wing or even fascist leaders like Jair Bolsonaro, the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Greens, Croydon TUC, Environment, Ruskin House
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Croydon’s suffrage movement, Ruskin House, Nov 10
Posted in Croydon North, Hamida Ali, History, Ruskin House
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‘A party with socialists in it’ – Croydon Assembly, Nov 8
The Croydon Assembly meets this Thursday, November 8, when author Simon Hannah will be speaking on “What are the lessons of the struggle of the Labour left?” The publishers’ blurb for Hannah’s latest book says, “From its origins in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon Assembly, Labour
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The Struggles of the Labour left, Ruskin House, Nov 8
The Croydon Assembly’s next meeting will discuss “The struggles of the Labour left”. The meeting, on Thursday, November 8 at 7.30pm, will be held at Ruskin House when the speaker will be author Simon Hannah. Left-wing trade unionists and socialists … Continue reading
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The Great NHS Heist, Croydon TUC, Ruskin House, Sep 13
Dr Bob Gill is the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Croydon Trades Union Council, being staged next week, when he will address the issue of The Great NHS Heist. Dr Gill, a GP working in Sidcup, has … Continue reading
How Henie’s Hitler meeting placed champion skater on thin ice
Cinema Ruskin meets once a month, screening old movies and raising funds for the up-keep of the listed Ruskin House. This Saturday, its show includes a film about a long-forgotten star of the 1930s. BERNARD WINCHESTER provides a timely reminder … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Cinema, History, Ruskin House
Tagged Adolf Hitler, Cinema Ruskin, Ruskin House, Sonja Henie
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It’s Southgate v MP Jones in a battle of half-time team talks
Who gives the better half-time talk: Gareth Southgate or Sarah Jones MP? Those attending today’s annual Blues and Jazz Festival staged in the gardens of Ruskin House will be able to judge for themselves the answer to that question. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon Central, Gareth Southgate, Labour, Sarah Jones MP
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Planning chair votes twice to thwart Sunny Bank residents
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE watched last night’s council planning committee, so you wouldn’t have to… Paul Scott, the Labour-run council’s chair of the planning committee, last night allowed himself to vote twice to push through a housing scheme in … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jane Avis, Jason Perry, Jo Negrini, Muhammad Ali, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Pubs, Ruskin House, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
Tagged Clive Fraser, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Planning, Planning Committee, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tory, Welcome Inn
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Unions accuse Brick by Brick of proposing ‘devious’ scheme
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the latest disconnect between the interests of residents, their elected representatives and the council’s planning committee Another Thursday, another planning meeting, another Brick by Brick scheme backed by the council against the wishes of … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, Jane Avis, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Ruskin House, South Norwood
Tagged Brick by Brick, Clive Fraser, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Jane Avis, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Patsy Cummings, Ruskin House, South Norwood
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Croydon Folk and Blues Festival, Ruskin House, Jul 7
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Latest Croydon Assembly meeting, Ruskin House, Jun 14
Hot topic time at the Croydon Assembly this month, when it meets at Ruskin House on Thursday, June 14, and the discussion is “Why we need a Jewish Voice for Labour”. The speaker will be Pamela Blakelock, who grew up … Continue reading
St Patrick’s Night folk and blues party, Ruskin House, Mar 17
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Council should block Hunt’s £1bn NHS cuts says Assembly
Candidates in May’s Town Hall elections are today being called upon to pledge to block any attempt to impose £1billion-worth of cuts to the NHS in south London. The Croydon Assembly is meeting today at Ruskin House to discuss cuts … Continue reading
Brick by Brick ignore public again over Coombe Road scheme
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Today is your last chance to lodge comments – supportive or objecting – to the planning application from the council’s Brick by Brick house-builder to squeeze eight one-bed flats and a three-bedroomed house on a corner of open … Continue reading
Save Our Schools: Croydon Assembly debates education
The Croydon Assembly is meeting at Ruskin House on February 24 for a day’s debate and discussion entitled “Save Our Schools – Stop Education Cuts”. Work by the National Education Union and local Labour MP Sarah Jones has shown that … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Education, Ruskin House, Schools
Tagged Croydon Assembly, Ruskin House, Ted Knight
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