Category Archives: Purley Way

Greenpeace activists take pointless plastic back to Sainsbury’s

Posted on February 24, 2019 by

Greenpeace volunteers yesterday handed back a shopping trolley full of customers’ unwanted plastic packaging to the Sainsbury’s store on the Purley Way. The store manager was presented with a trolley filled with 131 pieces of single-use packaging, the major contributor … Continue reading →

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Croydon BME Forum shopping bus service, starts Mar 11

Posted on February 10, 2019 by
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Self-storage warehouse was Croydon’s worst fire since riots

Posted on January 5, 2019 by

Based on eyewitness accounts and internal fire brigade briefing documents, here’s the full account of how the Shurgard self-storage warehouse burned through from New Year’s Eve and into 2019 Photostory by DESMOND FITZGERALD The fire was called in to the … Continue reading →

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Tram network facing indefinite disruption after Shurgard fire

Posted on January 5, 2019 by

Croydon’s tram network could face disruption for days to come as a result of the massive fire at the Shurgard self-storage warehouse off the Purley Way on the night of New Year’s Eve. The fire took nearly three days to … Continue reading →

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Croydon sales assistant cooks up rhymes in the kitchen

Posted on December 14, 2018 by

A rap including the line “If your main concern is the paper, it’s all good, you can buy now and pay later”, written and performed by a part-time kitchen sales assistant from Croydon, has gone viral online, with more than … Continue reading →

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Colonnades purchase is massive gamble with public money

Posted on November 2, 2018 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Spending millions to buy a private business risks feather bedding property speculators, says DEREK THROWER Under a Conservative government, local authorities, including Croydon Council, are being given public cash to nationalise private assets and land. That’s quite extraordinary … Continue reading →

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Council pays £53m to buy ‘unloved’ Colonnades centre

Posted on November 1, 2018 by

The business “brains” at Fisher’s Folly have gone out and splurged £53million of public money to buy the freehold of the “unloved” and rarely visited Colonnades retail and leisure park – just as industry experts are warning that 200 such … Continue reading →

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