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Category Archives: Kenley
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
Rail crossing needed safety works 2 years before boy’s death
The pedestrian level crossing over railway lines near Kenley Station, where 11-year-old schoolboy Jaiden Shehata died after being hit by a train in January 2025, had been recommended for a safety upgrade almost two years earlier, but nothing was done. … Continue reading
Posted in Kenley, Riddlesdown, Schools, Transport
Tagged Bourneview, Bourneview crossing, British Transport Police, Jaiden Shehata, Kenley, Kenley Station, Network Rail, RAIB, Rail Accident Investigation Branch, Riddlesdown Collegiate, Sarah Ormond-Walshe, Senior Coroner Sarah Ormond-Walshe, South London Coroner's Court, Whyteleafe
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Quiz Night: Save The Kenley fundraiser, Smokin’ Grill, Sep 18
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Posted in Activities, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Community associations, KENDRA, Kenley, Pubs, Purley, Restaurants
Tagged KENDRA, Kenley, Kenley Arms, Purley, Save The Kenley
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Quiz Night: Save The Kenley fundraiser, Smokin’ Grill, Sep 18
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Posted in Activities, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Community associations, KENDRA, Kenley, Pubs, Purley, Restaurants
Tagged KENDRA, Kenley, Kenley Arms, Purley, Save The Kenley
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Chocolate, cakes and a choir: ‘Reedham Village Lates’ returns
Reedham Village Lates returns to Old Lodge Lane this week with a gathering of lovers of art, culture and good conversation hosted at Steven Robertson Art tomorrow evening. Reedham businesses Tenpin Records and Cocoa Jones Chocolate join forces with the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Kenley, Purley
Tagged Cocoa Jones, Cocoa Jones Chocolate, Kenley, Purley, Reedham, Reedham Lates, Steven Robertson Art, Tenpin Records
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Petty Perry blocks residents’ groups from RA rubbish meeting
EXCLUSIVE: Croydon’s answer to Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s Supreme Leader, is making a public appearance tonight where only residents’ associations who meet his approval are allowed to attend. By KEN LEE, our Town Hall correspondent Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Community associations, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Haily Cluff, Litter Free Norbury, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Ola Kolade, Refuse collection, Robert Ward, Tony Hooker, Veolia
Tagged Braithwaite Hall, Cllr Alasdair Stewart, Cllr Robert Ward, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Graham Mitchell, Haily Cluff, Jeet Bains, Katharine Street, Litter Free Norbury, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Ola Kolade, Residents' Association Forums, Thornton Heath, Tony Hooker, Tory, Town Hall
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10,000 turn out for astronomical society’s solar eclipse events
The Croydon Astronomical Society estimates that close to 10,000 people turned out on Wednesday evening across three special gatherings that they organised to view – safely – the solar eclipse. This week’s phenomenon is reckoned to be a once-in-a-lifetime event, … Continue reading
Spitfire’s Battle of Britain Kenley fly-past booked for Aug 16
One of the real spectacles of the year, a fly-past of a Battle of Britain fighter aircraft, will this year be taking place – weather and good fortune permitting – over Kenley airfield on Sunday August 16, at 1pm. A … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, History, KENDRA, Kenley, Kenley Airfield Friends Group
Tagged August 18 1940, Bristol Blenheim, Douglas Bader, Hawker Hurricane, KENDRA, Kenley, Kenley Revival, RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Kenley, RAFBBMF, Spitfire, Supermarine Spitfire, The Hardest Day
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Meteor shower and solar eclipse will keep star gazers busy
The Croydon Astronomical Society will be busy on “the Glorious Twelfth”, but their quest has nothing to do with shooting game birds and everything to do with observing a partial solar eclipse. Graham Cluer, from CAS, tells Inside Croydon: “On … Continue reading
Residents secure community asset status for Kenley Hotel
While one Victorian era pub building in Croydon faces continuing uncertainty, a residents’ campaign in Kenley has been successful in achieving Asset of Community Value status for what could become a community hub The Kenley Hotel, a grand Victorian pub … Continue reading
Riddlesdown residents file complaints after downpour flooding
Thunderstorms and heavy rain this week saw residents seeking high ground to navigate their way round localised flooding. The exit from Riddlesdown railway station was impassable for pedestrians, especially those arriving home after a day at work.
Rubbish councillor Roche finally sacked from Mayor’s cabinet
Jason Perry’s ‘top team’ for his second term in charge of the Town Hall sees a belated call-up for a 76-year-old pensioner, and an overdue axing for a work-shy colleague. KEN LEE reports Scott Roche, the Conservative councillor for Shirley … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Andrew Stranack, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fly tipping, Housing, Jason Cummings, Jeet Bains, Luke Shortland, Lynne Hale, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Ola Kolade, Refuse collection, Richard Chatterjee, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Robert Ward, Scott Roche, Selsdon and Addington Village, Shirley South, Simon Brew, Veolia, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Cllr Alasdair Stewart, Cllr Jason Cummings, Cllr Robert Ward, Cllr Scott Roche, Conservative, Council Cabinet, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fly-tipping, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory, Veolia
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Kenley locals in campaign to save their local for the future
Grand Victorian pub that served RAF heroes during the Battle of Britain and which has a bar reputedly made for the doomed Titanic, is under threat of being sold off, possibly for redevelopment. But not if the residents’ association get … Continue reading
History of Kenley Airfield, free talk, East Surrey Museum, Apr 22
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Posted in Activities, Advertisement, Advertisement features, History, Kenley
Tagged Caterham, Croydon, East Surrey Museum, Kenley, Kenley Airfield
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History of Kenley Airfield, free talk, East Surrey Museum, Apr 22
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Posted in Activities, Advertisement, Advertisement features, History, Kenley
Tagged Caterham, Croydon, East Surrey Museum, Kenley, Kenley Airfield
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Boy in Kenley rail accident was distracted by his mobile phone
Schools across the country are to be advised to include ‘targeted and locally relevant railway safety lessons’ in response to the death of a Year 7 Riddlesdown pupil earlier this year Jaiden Shehata, the 11-year-old Riddlesdown schoolboy killed at a … Continue reading
Posted in Kenley, Riddlesdown, Schools
Tagged British Transport Police, Jaiden Shehata, Kenley, Kenley Station, Network Rail, Riddlesdown Collegiate, Whyteleafe
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Celebrate Chocolate Week with 10% discount at Cocoa Jones
You may or may not have heard of it but every year, for one week, all across the world, chocolate makers, chocolatiers and chocolate lovers come together to celebrate their favourite food. And we are now in the middle of … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Kenley, Purley
Tagged Chocolate Week, Cocoa Jones, Old Lodge Lane, Purley
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Ghosts that stalk our streets and the history we learn from them
KEN TOWL sets off to find as many ghost signs as he can According to Historic England, ghost signs are “typically historic hand-painted advertising signs or old shop signs preserved on buildings that have since changed use”. They go on … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe East, Business, History, Ken Towl, Kenley, Post Office
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, Croydon High Street, Grants, Grants Department Store, Kenley, Kenley Hotel, MIlletts, Milletts Corner, Purley, Surrey Street
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Discarded cigarette blamed for fire that destroyed Kenley home
The fire brigade is blaming the careless discarding of a cigarette for a fire that ripped through a bungalow on Welcomes Road, a private road in Kenley. The London Fire Brigade’s control officers took the first call to the fire … Continue reading
Posted in Kenley, London Fire Brigade
Tagged Kenley, LFB, London Fire Brigade, Welcomes Road
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Step into autumn on a guided tour with Coulsdon’s fun guys
The City Commons rangers, who help to care for large areas of open space in the south of the borough, are well-respected as fun guys to deal with. And over the next few weeks, they will demonstrate as much with … Continue reading
Posted in City Commons, Coulsdon, Croydon parks, Environment, Kenley, Old Coulsdon, Wildlife
Tagged Autumn, City Commons, Coulsdon Common, Farthing Downs, Fungi, Fungi forays, Kenley Common, Riddlesdown
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Flood prevention works to cause traffic diversions in Kenley
After years of complaints from residents, and previous, piecemeal attempts to fix the issue, flood alleviation works are to take place on Park Road, Kenley, between Bakers Close and Hayes Lane, due to start on Monday October 20. The works will … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Kenley, Purley, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Flood alleviation work, FM Conway, Hayes Lane, Kenley, Park Road, Purley
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Kenley finally to get zebra crossing over busy Godstone Road
After more than a decade of (undoubtedly underwhelming) lobbying by local Tory councillors, Transport for London, under London Mayor Sadiq Khan, is to carry out some significant works on the A22 Godstone Road to provide a safe place for pedestrians … Continue reading
Posted in Kenley, TfL, Transport
Tagged A22, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Godstone Road, Godstone Road crossing, Kenley, London, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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