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Category Archives: Purley
Court fines owner of unlicensed Purley tattoo parlours £7,000
The owner of two tattoo parlours in the south of the borough has been fined nearly £7,000 after being prosecuted at Croydon Magistrates Court for failing to operate with the required licences. The prosecution against the owner of Tales of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon Council, Kenley, Purley, Purley BID
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Purley, Purley BID, Takes of Inkspiration, Tattoo parlours
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Campbell scoops special award for 20 years’ service in Purley
In amongst the flummery and inconsequential ceremonials of the council’s annual meeting at the Town Hall on Wednesday, there was, at least, one presentation that has some merit. Purley town centre’s regular road sweeper for the past 20 years, Calvin … Continue reading
Posted in Purley, Purley BID
Tagged Calvin Campbell, Purley, Purley BID, Purley Town Centre, Veolia
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Bourne again: how Carshalton Park is providing an overflow
Where does all that rainwater go from one of the wettest years on record? Well, in the catchment area of the River Wandle, as ANDREW FORD, left, has discovered, it has been taking up quite a bit of Carshalton Park … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Environment, History, Kenley, Purley, Wildlife
Tagged Andrew Ford, Carshalton, Carshalton Park, Caterham Bourne, Coulsdon Bourne, Environment Agency, flooding, Kenley, Purley, South Sea Bubble
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Special offer this month: free access to the Croydon Insider
The Croydon Insider, our monthly news podcast that delves behind the headlines, is available FREE to all reader this month, as a special, unrepeatable offer. Our podcast is premium content that is usually only available to paid-up subscribers, who pay … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Inside Croydon, Katherine Kerswell, Ken Towl, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington North, New Addington South, Parking, Planning, Polaska, Polaska Assets Ltd, Property, Purley, Purley Pool, Sadiq Khan, Susan Hall, ULEZ expansion, Under The Flyover
Tagged 2024 London elections, 25th Purley Scouts, Artist Taxi Driver, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, London, London Elections, London elections 2024, Mayor, Patreon, Podcasts, Purley, Spotify, Stormzy, The Croydon Insider, Tory, Under The Flyover
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Residents’ groups reject Purley ‘pool’ plan backed by Perry
Our shadowy multi-millionaire developers based in off-shore tax havens correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on an outbreak of common sense, and serious reservations, over proposals for a massive retirement home complex Seven of the borough’s largest and most influential residents’ associations have … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, HADRA, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Parking, Place Review Panel, Planning, Polaska, Polaska Assets Ltd, Property, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Purley Pool, Selsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croham Valley Residents Association, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Hartley and District Residents' Association, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Polaska, Polaska Assets BVI, Polaska Assets Ltd, Purley, Purley Pool, Riddlesdown Residents Association, Samir Dwesar, Selsdon Residents' Association, Tory
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Purley’s 14-foot sinkhole could take council four weeks to fix
The roads in and around Croydon have more holes in them than a slab of Swiss cheese, with works being undertaken, and then postponed, on Coulsdon Road near The Fox pub, and a dangerously deep sinkhole opening up last week … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Environment, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Samir Dwesar
Tagged Caterham, Coulsdon, FM Conway, Hartley Hill, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Samir Dwesar, Thames Water, The Fox, The Fox Coulsdon, The Purley Sinkhole
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Celebrate Easter and Eid at the Purley Bazaar, Mar 30
Posted in Business, Charity, Purley, Purley BID
Tagged Easter, eid, Purley, Purley Bazaar, Purley BID
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Croydon Holi Festival, The Write Time School, Mar 24
Posted in Activities, Pubs, Purley
Tagged Croydon Holi Festival, Jolly Farmers, Purley, Warlingham
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Months later than promised, Polaska plans still not posted
The increasing desperation of Jason Perry, Croydon’s Mayor, for some “good” news, any good news, to cling hold to halfway through his deliver-nothing term of office has been shown by the premature issuing of a developer-friendly press release last week, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Leisure services, Mayor Jason Perry, Parking, Planning, Polaska, Polaska Assets Ltd, Property, Purley, Purley Pool
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Polaska, Polaska Assets BVI, Polaska Assets Ltd, Purley, Purley Pool, Tory
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Woldingham and Purley are placed on official flood alerts
After one of the wettest Februarys on record, the Government has tonight issued a flood warning for low-lying areas across the whole of south-east London, from the M25 at Caterham, through Kenley, Purley, South Croydon, Carshalton Beeches, all the way … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Environment, Kenley, Purley, South Croydon, Surrey, Tandridge District Council
Tagged Carshalton Beeches, Caterham, Caterham Bourne, Coulsdon Bourne, Croydon, Croydon Council, Environment Agency, Flood warning, London Borough of Croydon, Purley, River Wandle, Surrey County Council, Tandridge, Woldingham
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Younger Generation trial session, St Mark’s Purley, Mar 10
Posted in Activities, Art, Dance, Education, Music, Purley, Theatre
Tagged Purley, Younger Generation, Younger Generation Theatre Group
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Angry Purley and Sanderstead residents to confront Mayor
Dodgy fines on motorists, rubber-stamping LTNs, £5 charges for replacement bins, public library closures and now delays over a long-promised Coulsdon healthcentre are likely to be some of the awkward questions tonight for out-of-his-depth Jason Perry Jason Perry, Croydon’s £82,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Libraries, Mario Creatura, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington South, Parking, Purley, Purley Pool, Sanderstead
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon health centre, Croydon, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Polaska Assets BVI, Purley, Purley Pool, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Library, Say No To 15%, Tory
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How TfL’s changes to 10 Croydon bus routes will affect you
There’s major changes coming to 10 bus routes serving the south of Croydon, including Purley, Coulsdon, Kenley and South Croydon, as well as Sutton and Wallington, coming into effect on Saturday March 2. Here’s TfL’s blow-by-blow breakdown of their bus … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, Environment, KENDRA, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Purley, Purley Way, Schools, South Croydon, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Charles King, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Surrey Transport Committee, Kenley, Kenley Residents Association, London, London Buses, Neil Garratt, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Purley Hospital, Purley Way, Route 455, South Croydon, St Helier, Sutton, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport for London, Wallington
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Goodbye Route 455… it’s been a long, long journey. Too long
EXCLUSIVE: There’s more than a touch of an old Morecambe and Wise gag about the extensive changes to 10 bus routes in Croydon and Sutton: ‘TfL has chosen all the right routes, just not the right roads’. By JEREMY CLACKSON, … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, Environment, KENDRA, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Purley, Purley Way, Schools, South Croydon, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Charles King, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Surrey Transport Committee, Kenley, Kenley Residents Association, London, London Buses, Neil Garratt, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Purley Hospital, Purley Way, Route 455, South Croydon, St Helier, Sutton, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport for London, Wallington
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Allotment Foodies’ Quiz Night, Christ Church Purley, Feb 10
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Croydon Symphonic Band, Gershwin evening, Purley, Feb 3
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Tagged Croydon Symphonic Band, George Gershwin, Gershwin, Purley
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Purley and Coulsdon might be set for new Bourne adventure
It’s been 10 years since heavy rainfall and rising groundwater levels saw flooding along the valley road between Kenley and Purley. There were power cuts. The Army was mobilised to provide flood barriers. The underpass at Purley Cross was turned … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon, Environment, Kenley, Purley
Tagged Bourne Society, Caterham Bourne, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Bourne, flooding, Kenley, Purley
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Purley Bazaar street market, every month starting Jan 27
Posted in Business, Purley, Purley BID
Tagged Purley, Purley Bazaar, Purley BID, street market
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Sanderstead among four public libraries under threat of closure
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Up to seven of the borough’s libraries will close or be down-graded under Tory-run council’s plans – a decade after they last made similar proposals to flog off public assets. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon’s Tory Mayor, Jason … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Education, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington South, Old Coulsdon, Property, Purley, Sanderstead, Shirley North, Shirley South, South Norwood
Tagged Bradmore Green, Bradmore Green Library, Broad Green Library, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Libraries, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Library, Shirley, Shirley Library, South Norwood, Tory
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More pain for Purley as Downlands Precinct remains closed
Businesses in Purley, backed by their business improvement district, are calling for immediate action from the owners of the Downlands Precinct, as the precinct’s ongoing closure is an “unsustainable situation” that they claim is causing “significant distress in the community”. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Purley, Purley BID, Samir Dwesar
Tagged Downlands Precinct, Purley, Purley BID, Samir Dwesar, Simon Cripps
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Call for Purley choir members who sang with Benjamin Britten
Back in 1966, Benjamin Britten, the great 20th century composer, made several visits to Croydon and, in particular, Downside School in Purley. The school no longer exists but back then Britten must have thought very highly of their music department, … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Purley, Schools
Tagged Benjamin Britten, Downside School, Paul Wilson, Purley
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Residents ‘deeply concerned’ over developers’ parking claims
A £100m scheme to build nearly 250 retirement homes could strip hundreds of car parking spaces from Purley town centre – with no alternatives available as claimed by developers. By STEVEN DOWNES Purley residents are “deeply concerned” over plans for … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Parking, Planning, Polaska, Polaska Assets Ltd, Property, Purley, Purley Pool, Simon Brew
Tagged British Virgin Islands, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, HM Revenue and Customs, HMRC, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Polaska, Polaska Assets BVI, Polaska Assets Ltd, Purley, Purley Pool, Save Purley Pool Campaign, Tesco, Tesco Purley, Tory
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Croydon’s new parking app is victim of worldwide data hack
Barely had the news from Croydon Council trickled out that they are to impose a smartphone app system on people parking their cars in New Addington, Addiscombe and Purley from next week than their chosen provider, the operators of RingGo, … Continue reading
Council ignores the public and rolls out cashless parking trials
The generation of Croydon residents who have always thought RingGo was the drummer in The Beatles could be in for a nasty, and expensive, shock if they park their car in New Addington, Purley or Addiscombe come the new year, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington South, Parking, Purley, Scott Roche
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Parking, Purley, RingGo, Scott Roche, Tory
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Shhhh! Purley pub is open again. Just don’t tell anyone…
Loyal reader CHRIS MYERS took a stroll with some old mates, and while someone else got the beers in, he checked out the changes at the former ‘Spoons pub the Foxley Hatch (plot spoiler: there’s hardly any) “Meet the new … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Pubs, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown
Tagged Brexit, Chris Myers, Foxley Hatch, Purley, Tim Martin, Wetherspoons
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