Category Archives: Kenley
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
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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History of Kenley Airfield, free talk, East Surrey Museum, Apr 22
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Safety works to begin at rail crossing where schoolboy died
Network Rail are to conduct safety improvement works at the pedestrian crossing over railway tracks in Kenley where a 11-year-old schoolboy was struck and killed in January this year. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has an on-going investigation into the … Continue reading
Jewitt tops councillor charts for a second successive year
After the brickbats for the work-shy do-littles who populate our Town Hall Chamber, today we celebrate those elected representatives who keep busy by keeping council officials busy They will be dancing down Sauchiehall Street tonight, as proud Scot Karen Jewitt … Continue reading
Council finally paints double yellows so Kenley gets its 434 bus
A year after they literally “missed the bus” over Transport for London’s last-minute decision not to route the 434 to upper Kenley because of sightline issues on some suburban streets, and the ward’s Tory councillors are claiming the credit for … Continue reading
Rail investigation launched into schoolboy’s death at Kenley
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has announced that it will conduct an investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of a Year 7 schoolboy who was hit by a train on a pedestrian footpath crossing in Kenley when … Continue reading
Calves’ arrival comes right on time for Commons’ GPS herd
The rangers at City Commons, the precious open spaces around Coulsdon, Kenley and Riddlesdown, are celebrating the arrivals of the first new-borns in their herd of Sussex cattle. The rangers have been closely monitoring the cows and calves throughout the … Continue reading
Petition to close Kenley level crossing where schoolboy died
In just two days, more than 1,200 people have signed a petition to close down the “hazardous” pedestrian level crossing where schoolboy Jaiden Shehata was killed last month. The Riddlesdown Collegiate Year 7 pupil died after being hit by a … Continue reading
Child killed on railway line at Kenley named by his school
The Riddlesdown Collegiate Year 7 pupil who was killed in “a tragic accident” near Kenley railway station when he was on his way to school last week has been named as Jaiden Shehata. “Jaiden was a kind and popular student … Continue reading
