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Residents feeling drained as roads blocked again by flooding
This, left, was the scene on Kenley Lane last night. For residents in that part of the borough, it is an all too familiar a scene whenever there is a heavier-than-usual rainfall. It is not as if Croydon Council and … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Clark, Croydon Council, Environment, Kenley, Purley, TfL, Veolia
Tagged Chris Clark, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Kenley, Kenley Lane, London Borough of Croydon, Purley, STUART KING, TfL, Transport for London, Veolia
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Join us for a night of stars at Kenley and celebrate CAS’s 40th
Join Inside Croydon for a night of stars – with a special viewing evening arranged by our friends at the Croydon Astronomical Society, who will give our loyal reader a personal introduction to astronomy at Kenley Observatory, which this year … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Inside Croydon, Kenley
Tagged Croydon Astronomical Society, Kenley Observatory
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Kenley Heritage Day, Kenley Airfield, Sep 8
Posted in History, Kenley, Kenley Airfield Friends Group
Tagged Friends of Kenley Airfield, Kenley, Kenley Airfield
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The A to Zaha of Palace’s problems for new football season
A Croydon councillor has called for Wilfried Zaha to “knuckle down” and honour his recently signed five-year contract with Crystal Palace. As well as being a councillor for Fairfield ward, Chris Clark also happens to be a trades union workplace … Continue reading
Kenley Observatory opens up for a night of shooting stars
Weather permitting, Kenley Observatory will be staging its Perseid Meteor Watch this Saturday, August 10. “No special equipment needed, just your eyes,” according to the organisers.
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Education, Kenley
Tagged Kenley, Kenley Observatory
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Kenley Revival sees Spitfire flying into David Lean Cinema
Over the past 80 years, the sound of a Merlin engine, humming above Croydon and the rest southern England, has become a reassuring fixture of the summer. In more recent, more benign times, thanking that well-engineered purring sound, and the … Continue reading
National Reserve status granted for Coulsdon’s Farthing Downs
Croydon will get its own National Nature Reserve later this month, as more than 1,000 acres of chalk downland across Riddlesdown, Farthing Downs, Happy Valley, through to Kenley Common, Sanderstead and Whyteleafe will be formally declared by Natural England as … Continue reading
Posted in City Commons, Coulsdon, Croydon parks, Environment, Kenley, London-wide issues, Purley, Sanderstead, South London Downs NNR, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Coulsdon, Farthing Downs, Happy Valley, Kenley, National Nature Reserve, Purley, Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, South London Downs
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Only five Croydon Tory councillors listed as ‘Backing Boris’
Croydon Town Hall’s Conservatives are not backing Boris. That’s according to a listing published today by the Boris Johnson leadership campaign which includes just five of Croydon’s 29 Tory councillors, from among 1,000 Conservative elected representatives at local authorities around … Continue reading
Tory Bailey manages just a single question for Mayor Khan
Shaun Bailey, the Conservative Party candidate in next year’s London Mayor elections, is so hard-working that he managed to put up just a single question for last month’s session of Mayor’s Question Time. Bailey, who has been a London Assembly … Continue reading
City Hall to debate Mayor investigation of TfL role in tram crash
The role of Transport for London officials in the withholding of “critical safety evidence” from the official investigation into the causes of the 2016 Sandilands tram crash is to be debated at City Hall this week. Mayor Sadiq Khan is … Continue reading
Posted in London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands derailment, Steve O'Connell, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Croydon tram crash, Croydon Tramlink, Keith Prince, Leon Daniels, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands derailment, Steve O'Connell, TfL, Transport for London
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