Category Archives: Selsdon & Ballards

Croydon’s biggest slave owner was ancestor of the Queen

Posted on June 9, 2020 by

It’s not just in Bristol that there are memorials to slave-owners. Even in a Sanderstead churchyard, there can be found links to the slave trade, and to the modern royal family, as STEPHANIE OFFER discovered The hauling down and dunking … Continue reading →

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Objections? What objections? Opposition? What opposition?

Posted on May 30, 2020 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Has the council granted planning permission to a slew of sub-standard developments because the local Tories have allowed them to do so? STEVE WHITESIDE on the questions that Croydon Conservatives refuse to answer Have you ever wondered how … Continue reading →

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Selsdon Food Hub forced to find new kitchen for ready meals

Posted on May 28, 2020 by

The partial return to work and schools from the coronavirus lockdown has created a crisis for the covid-19 mutual aid group operating in Selsdon: they are about to lose the use of the kitchen where they have prepared nearly 6,000 … Continue reading →

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Wednesday night is Quiz Night for Selsdon’s band of volunteers

Posted on April 30, 2020 by

Wednesday nights have become Quiz Nights, at least virtually for the volunteers working through the coronavirus emergency at the Selsdon Food Hub. The area’s churches, businesses and voluntary sector groups who have come together to help lonely and isolated residents, … Continue reading →

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Volunteers in Selsdon deliver 280 food parcels in two weeks

Posted on April 6, 2020 by

Charity and church workers in the south of the borough have been brought close to tears by the daily acts of generosity from the community in the midst of the coronavirus crisis In Selsdon, a group of local charities, churches, … Continue reading →

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Sainsbury’s joins with charities to help Selsdon Food Hub

Posted on March 21, 2020 by

Charities, community groups and businesses in Selsdon and Monks Hill have teamed up during the coronavirus emergency to provide shopping to the most vulnerable residents living in the area. The groups include Selsdon Contact, a registered charity which has been … Continue reading →

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Book Buddies sessions, every Friday, Selsdon Library

Posted on January 9, 2020 by
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Christmas Crafts, St Francis, Monks Hill, Dec 8

Posted on November 13, 2019 by
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Rotary Club of Sanderstead and Selsdon Craft Fair, Oct 26

Posted on October 20, 2019 by
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‘Absolute madness’: council eyes Green Belt for 6,000 homes

Posted on October 16, 2019 by

Remember all those solemn assurances from Alison Butler and Paul Scott that the Labour-run council will protect the borough’s precious green spaces? Guess what… Town Hall papers ahead of next Monday’s cabinet meeting show that the council is seriously considering … Continue reading →

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