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Purley Scouts’ Gruffy Fayre, by Sanderstead Pond, Sat June 13
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After 73 years, Sanderstead’s sign is removed for a paint job
Sanderstead’s “village” sign has been taken down for another refurb. The sign has been a landmark roadside fixture by the pond and All Saints Church at the busy junction of Sanderstead Hill and Limpsfield Road for more than 70 years … Continue reading
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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Labour dumps their hard-working Thornton Heath councillor
THE TOSS-CARS 2026, Part 2: Inside Croydon reveals the borough’s hardest-working councillors. PLUS: Which Town Hall figure managed just 12 reports to the council’s smartphone app all year? The Labour Party goes in to Thursday’s local elections with the hardest-working … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Callton Young, Chris Clark, Croydon Council, Janet Campbell, Karen Jewitt, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Samir Dwesar, Simon Fox, Stuart King, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, West Thornton
Tagged Cllr Karen Jewitt, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Councillor allowances, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Samir Dwesar, Tory, Toss-cars
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Planning control has got worse under developers’ friend Perry
STEVE WHITESIDE has compiled dossiers of evidence that show that nothing much has changed in the council planning department since 2022. In some cases, for the residents living next to some developments that have gone ahead, things have actually got … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Nicola Townsend, Planning, Property, Sanderstead
Tagged 12 The Ridgeway, Chris Philp MP, Cllr Michael Neal, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon planners, Croydon South, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Nicola Townsend, Planning, Planning enforcement, Purley, Sanderstead, SPD2, Steve Whiteside, Suburban Design Guide, Tory
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Stink from Arkwright Road flats smells of council failures
Jason Perry boasts that he halted the overdevelopment of parts of Croydon, caused by SPD2, the hugely unpopular ‘Suburban Design Guide. STEVE WHITESIDE has compiled dossiers of evidence that show that nothing much has changed in the council planning department … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Nicola Townsend, Planning, Property, Purley, Sanderstead, Venetia Reid-Baptiste
Tagged 12 The Ridgeway, 54A Arkwright Road, Cllr Ian Parker, Cllr Michael Neal, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon planners, Jan Slominski, John Penn, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Nicola Townsend, Planning, Planning enforcement, Purley, Sanderstead, Sewers, SPD2, Steve Whiteside, Suburban Design Guide, Thames Water, Tory, Venetia Reid-Baptiste
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Sanderstead’s Gruffy gets a Duck-ingham Palace upgrade
People passing Sanderstead pond, at the top of Sanderstead Hill, may have noticed that there’s freshly painted new duck house sitting proudly in position. The green space, known as The Gruffy, has long had a place of sanctuary in the … Continue reading
Memorial to victims of Lanfranc air disaster to re-open this July
NEIL BENNETT reports on the fund-raising success and hard-work – even by some doing community service – to make a garden in Croydon Cemetery a fitting memorial to the 39 people killed when their aeroplane crashed into a Norwegian mountain … Continue reading
Posted in Archbishop Lanfranc, History, Neil Bennett, Sanderstead, Schools, Thornton Heath, West Thornton
Tagged Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon Cemetery, Lanfranc air disaster, Neil Bennett, Rosalind Jones, Simon Trehearn, Suzy Stowell, The Lanfranc Boys, Thornton Heath, West Thornton
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Lidl’s Hamsey Green plans get criticism from council planners
Even Croydon’s planners have joined the chorus of disapproval from residents in Sanderstead, Tandridge and Warlingham over the ‘disjointed and generic’ proposals for the Good Companions site at Hamsey Green, reports housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES There is a planning saga … Continue reading
Council bright spark forgets Sanderstead’s Christmas lights
A crowd of hundreds of locals were left disappointed last night, when they turned out to see Sanderstead’s Christmas lights switched on… and nothing happened. Thanks to the residents’ association and Rotary club, and with sponsorship from a local estate … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Council, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Residents Association, Street lighting
Tagged Christmas lights, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Christmas lights, Sanderstead Residents' Association, Selsdon and Sanderstead Rotary
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Exclusive interview with David Lean Cinema’s Joanna Scanlan
Sanderstead’s BAFTA award-winning actor Joanna Scanlan, fresh from her BBC drama success Riot Women, visited Inside Croydon’s virtual studio Under The Flyover this week to talk all things Croydon arts, including her significant part as patron of the David Lean … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Fairfield Halls, Inside Croydon, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Under The Flyover
Tagged After Love, Croydon, Croydonites Festival, David Lean Cinema, Fairfield Halls, Getting On, Inside Croydon, Joanna Scanlan, Riot Women, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Stanley Arts, The Larkins, The Thick Of It, Under The Flyover
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Intriguing secret societies offer more than conspiracy theories
KEN TOWL delved into the little-known world of local literary societies, the ‘Lits’, where talk is cheap and at least the fruitcakes promise ‘no nuts’ I have discovered a hidden world, a world that exists in the shadows, a world … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Church and religions, Community associations, Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, History, Ken Towl, Norwood Society, Purley, Purley Literary Society, Redhill, Sanderstead
Tagged Addiscombe, CNH&SS, Croydon, Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, East Croydon, Ken Towl, Literary Societies, Margaret Thatcher, Purley, Purley Literary Society, Redhill, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Literary Society, Shaw's Corner Literary Society, St Mildred's Literary Society, The Lit
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Sanderstead Community Day, Sanderstead Rec, Sat Sep 27
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Charity, Community associations, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Residents Association
Tagged Rotary Sanderstead and Selsdon, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Community Day, Sanderstead Rec, Sanderstead Recreation Ground, Sanderstead Residents' Association
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Penalty threat to cars parked in Sanderstead during resurfacing
Any cars left parked on Sanderstead Hill on four days next week risk receiving a hefty fine or even having the vehicle towed away. That’s the warning issued to residents ahead of Conways starting resurfacing work on the road on … Continue reading
New managers for public library need crowdfunding to operate
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After a year’s delay, only now are ‘plans’ slowly emerging for the future of four public libraries, with no leases yet agreed on at least two sites. GENE BRODIE, education correspondent, reports It’s been a whole year … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Libraries, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington South, Old Coulsdon, Property, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Residents Association, Shirley North, Shirley South, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Asian Resource Centre of Croydon, Bradmore Green Library, Broad Green, Broad Green Library, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Old Coulsdon, Play Place Innov8, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Rec, Sanderstead Recreation Ground, Sanderstead Residents' Association, Shirley, Shirley Library, Story Sanctuary, The A Collective, Tory
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Council digs up Sanderstead park just days before annual fair
Contractors’ tractors and other heavy vehicles moved in on Sanderstead Rec last week to start a council works project. Trouble is, no one at Croydon Council bothered advising local residents, who have spent many months organising their annual local festival, … Continue reading
From tantrum to grovel, Perry shifts posture for Commissioners
TOWN HALL SKETCH: When Mayor’s deputy tells a council meeting that, ‘Aside from the finances, we are performing well’, it is clear that outside help is urgently required. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor “Data!” Croydon Mayor Jason Perry had just … Continue reading
Posted in 'Future Croydon', Callton Young, Commissioners, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Improvement Board, Katherine Kerswell, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Section 114 notice, Stabilisation Plan, Stuart King
Tagged Cllr Callton Young, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Cllr Stuart King, Commissioner, Conservative, Council Tax, Council transformation, Croydon, Croydon Council, Improvement and Assurance Panel, Improvement Panel, Jim McMahon, Katherine Kerswell, Lynne Hale, Mario Creatura, Mayor Jason Perry, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Section 114 Notice, Tony Pearson, Tory, Transformation plan
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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
Posted in Amy Foster, Claire Bonham, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Gayle Gander, Karen Jewitt, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Robert Ward, Rowenna Davis, Samir Dwesar, Simon Fox, Stuart King, Thornton Heath, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged Cllr Amy Foster, Cllr Claire Bonham, Cllr Karen Jewitt, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Councillor allowances, Croydon, Croydon Council, Gayle Gander, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Samir Dwesar, Sherwan Chowdhury, Simon Fox, Tory, Toss-cars
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Perry closes down entire floor of flagship Central Library
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The council’s library closures did not stop with the four public libraries which shut last year, as the Tory Mayor pushes through more service cuts without debate or consultation Mayor Jason Perry, after shutting down the borough’s … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Education, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Sanderstead, Shirley North, Shirley South
Tagged Asset disposals, Bradmore Green Library, Broad Green, Broad Green Library, Central Library, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central Library, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Library, Shirley, Shirley Library, Tory
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Top law firm campaigns to pardon Sanderstead’s Ruth Ellis
One of the country’s top legal firms is seeking a pardon for Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain. Ellis had lived in Sanderstead before the fateful events of 1955 in which she shot and killed her … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Sanderstead, Uncategorized
Tagged Capital punishment, Derek Bentley, ITV, Mischon de Reya, Ruth Ellis, Sanderstead
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Mayor Perry lies to BBC over his closures of Croydon libraries
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Decision to close four libraries was based on dodgy data that failed to measure use of public amenities for a range of activities, from private study for school pupils to yoga classes for the elderly. By WALTER … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Education, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Sanderstead, Shirley North, Shirley South
Tagged Asset disposals, Bradmore Green Library, Broad Green, Broad Green Library, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Library, Shirley, Shirley Library, South Norwood, Tory
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