Category Archives: South Croydon

Wetherspoons boss’s Croydon no-show on his Brexit pub crawl

Posted on December 7, 2018 by

Tim Martin, the boss of the JD Wetherspoons pub chain, failed to turn up for his own Brexit talk at one of his pubs in Croydon this afternoon. Martin, the founder and chairman of the cut-price pub chain, was due … Continue reading →

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Leon House given new purpose as its flats go up for sale

Posted on December 4, 2018 by

BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, goes to the top of a Croydon landmark and finds some merit in conversions Even on a day when a winter storm is scudding through just above our heads, from the 22nd floor roof garden … Continue reading →

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Back To The 80s Night, Regina Coeli School, Dec 15

Posted on November 6, 2018 by
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Planning granted for school without transport safety scheme

Posted on October 11, 2018 by

Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on more broken promises from Croydon Council’s planning department Planning permission has been granted by Croydon Council for the permanent buildings for a 1,680-pupil school on re-designated Green Belt playing fields near Lloyd Park – but … Continue reading →

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Coombe Wood blames ‘selfish’ parents for parking chaos

Posted on October 2, 2018 by

GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, on the predictable outcomes for residents in neighbouring streets after the opening Croydon’s first selective school for 40 years Coombe Wood School has not been open for a month yet, but shortcomings in its planning, … Continue reading →

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Whelans opens on time, and to praise from a packed house

Posted on August 28, 2018 by

After investing £400,000 of private money, a publican has defied the trends and re-opened a pub in South Croydon. Our photo-journalist ARNIE LEIBOVITZ was there on Friday to record the occasion Austin Whelan is the man that you want to … Continue reading →

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‘Godzilla weed’ could make Brick by Brick homes unsaleable

Posted on August 13, 2018 by

Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, reports on how a notorious invasive plant Japanese knotweed could render flats in a Brick by Brick development unmortgageable Colm Lacey, the Croydon employee who styles himself as “CEO” of Brick by Brick, has confirmed … Continue reading →

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