Category Archives: Lynne Hale

Croydon’s Nero tendency: fiddling over the election figures

Posted on December 5, 2012 by insidecroydon

The few visitors to the public gallery for this week’s council meeting at the Town Hall were treated to a couple of innovations. With the assistance of council officials, Conservative councillor Lynne Hale was able to intersperse her speech with … Continue reading →

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Council helps Lidl defeat batman over pub demolition

Posted on September 1, 2012 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council has given the all-clear to Lidl to demolish the Good Companions pub at Hamsey Green, leaving local residents and some Sanderstead councillors to pin their hopes on objections to the planned supermarket because it is unsuitable for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Environment, Fairfield, Lynne Hale, Maria Gatland, Planning, Property, Pubs, Richard Ottaway MP, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Tim Pollard, Whitgift Foundation, Wildlife, Yvette Hopley | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Lidl encounters strong opposition after paying £2m for pub site

Posted on August 24, 2012 by insidecroydon

Lidl could have paid three times the market rate to purchase the Good Companions pub site on Limpsfield Road, Sanderstead, and look like they could be left with a £2.2 million real estate bill for a store that few locals … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon South, Environment, Fairfield, Lynne Hale, Outside Croydon, Planning, Property, Pubs, Richard Ottaway MP, Sanderstead, Schools, South Croydon, Tim Pollard, Waddon, Yvette Hopley | Tagged , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Why join a political party that does not allow you to vote?

Posted on June 20, 2012 by insidecroydon

Last week, we reported the Croydon Conservative Association’s appeal for a recruitment officer, to try to stem the decline in local Tory membership. Here, ANTHONY MILLER provides insight into what may await new recruits The dismal size of the Conservative … Continue reading →

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Absent MP Ottaway doesn’t know what day it is

Posted on August 21, 2011 by insidecroydon

Croydon South‘s MP is not just absent in body, it seems, but absent minded, too. All the clues about when the rioting and civil disorder took place, with repeated references to “Croydon 8/8”, and which anyone who lives in the … Continue reading →

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Ottaway raises more parliamentary questions over Hale

Posted on June 21, 2011 by insidecroydon

Croydon South MP Richard Ottaway has been in touch to deny that Maddy Hale was ever in his paid employment. Hale, as we reported, is the teenaged daughter of Lynne Hale, the Croydon Councillor for Sanderstead ward who as well … Continue reading →

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For Croydon MP Ottaway, it’s a case of jobs for the girls

Posted on June 10, 2011 by insidecroydon

Croydon South MP Richard Ottaway has a new staff member at his Westminster office: a local teenager called Madeleine Hale. If that name sounds familiar, it’s probably because Hale is the daughter of senior Conservative Croydon councillor, Lynne Hale. Lynne … Continue reading →

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