Category Archives: South Norwood

Hundreds turn out to protest against plan to close nurseries

Children as young as three or four are being threatened with the consequences of the crass mismanagement of the local council and the failed £1bn property gamble by the borough’s biggest land-owners. By education correspondent GENE BRODIE It was all … Continue reading

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Mayor Perry has 48 hours to save Love Lane’s playground

Croydon’s first elected Mayor, Tory Jason Perry, is showing himself to be just as useless and unreliable as Labour’s discredited Tony Newman, one of his predecessors in the role as council leader. The failures of both third-rate politicians could now … Continue reading

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Community campaigns join forces to fight for nursery schools

Parents’ groups call on £84,000 per year Croydon Mayor to provide assurance that none of the borough’s maintained nurseries will be closed Two volunteer community groups have joined forces to organise public opinion against the latest proposed cuts to services … Continue reading

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Teen arrested in South Norwood over Two Brewers stabbings

A teenager was arrested in South Norwood yesterday in connection with the suspected homophobic attack on two men outside the Two Brewers pub in Clapham last month. The suspect, aged 19, has not been named, but is in custody facing … Continue reading

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Suspicion over £20k offer from council to vacate green space

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Community group suspects council is accepting money from developers to help them build on a piece of protected open space A community group that through years of hard work has transformed a piece of Woodside ward wasteground … Continue reading

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Borough of Culture ads are sending passengers up the junction

The latest in the omnishambles that is the £132,000 squandered on “marketing” to promote Croydon’s year as the Borough of Culture has attracted a series of complaints that council signage is now causing confusion for rail passengers at Norwood Junction. … Continue reading

Posted in Borough of Culture 2023, East Croydon, Norwood Junction, South Norwood, TfL, Transport, West Croydon | 8 Comments

The Gifted Event, Yian’s barbershop, South Norwood, Aug 14

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Hacker hacked? Labour councillor gets banned from Twitter

Social media platform takes action against Clive Fraser, one of the numptiest of Newman’s Numpties. By Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE Croydon’s laziest councillor, Clive Fraser, has had his Twitter account suspended. But as is his custom, “Lazy” Fraser has … Continue reading

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Perry to hand key Regina Road contract to Negrini’s employers

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Having said he would begin legal proceedings to recover some of the former CEO’s £437,000 ‘Golden Handshake’, the Tory Mayor is now hiring the company that has appointed the self-acclaimed regeneration expert as a director. EXCLUSIVE by … Continue reading

Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Property, Regina Road redevelopment, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Zaha transfer saga reaches sad end as player flies off to Turkey

So, farewell then, Wilf Zaha, Crystal Palace’s “G.O.A.T.” – Greatest Of All Time – who is to join Turkish champions Galatasaray on a free transfer with a three-year contract expected to be finalised in Istanbul today.

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Community Lunch, Socco Cheta South Norwood, Jul 22

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This is council’s chance to do more than just the bare minimum

CROYDON COMMENTARY: After living in some of the worst housing conditions ever encountered, residents of Regina Road flats have voted for their estate to be demolished, on a promise from the council that at least the same number of social … Continue reading

Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen | 11 Comments

South Norwood Community Festival, South Norwood Rec, Jul 2

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Perry’s cost-cutting puts five nursery schools under threat

KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on the Mayor’s latest ‘short-sighted short-termism’ that will yet again see residents paying more to get less Jason Perry, the Conservative Mayor of Croydon who put up the borough’s Council Tax by 15per cent … Continue reading

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Two arrested at Stansted Airport over Nelly Akomah murder

Two people were arrested in the early hours of this morning in a police swoop at Stansted Airport in connection with the murder of a Thornton Heath pensioner. The police say that a man, aged 28, and a 31-year-old woman … Continue reading

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‘Grand National’-sized field in the running for Croydon East

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the short memories and absence of shame among Newman’s numpties seeking selection for ‘higher’ office Boris Johnson is not the only politician with no shame. One of the numptiest of Newman’s numpties, Manju Shahul-Hameed, continues … Continue reading

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Youth theatre is taking on new role as local community hub

Croydon Council has this month granted Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation – CYTO to its friends – a long lease of its premises in South Norwood with a Community Asset Transfer. The asset transfer effectively hands over the responsibility for the … Continue reading

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Croydon Youth Theatre seeks volunteers for its refurb project

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Family of school caretaker says she was bullied by academy

Staff at Red Gates School in Monks Hill who successfully fought off having their school added to the Pegasus Academy Trust had strong cause for concern. Chillingly, at the time of the proposed takeover, one Red Gates GMB union member … Continue reading

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Ex-Brighton boss tipped to become new Palace manager

Graham Potter, who was sacked as Chelsea manager last month after the lowest points-per-game return of any coach at the club in the Premier League era, is reportedly being considered to become the new boss at Crystal Palace. As poor … Continue reading

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88% Regina Road residents vote in favour of demolition

In a poll result that will surprise no one, the long-suffering residents of Regina Road in South Norwood, who have endured some of the worst housing conditions ever seen in 21st Century Britain, have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the … Continue reading

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Lottery grant helps Norwood JunKAction get arty with rubbish

London’s first Mayor’s Community Weekend takes place next month, and South Norwood group JunKAction has secured £1,500 of National Lottery funding to host a three-day eco-community project, turning litter into art. JunkAction’s project is one of almost 200 events taking … Continue reading

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Jewitt sacked while Newman Numpties scramble back to power

CROYDON IN CRISIS: ‘Lazy’ Clive Fraser and Sean Fitzsimons, long-time loyal supporters of the Labour leadership which crashed the council’s finances, did not have to wait too long before being handed jobs under new(ish) leader Stuart King. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN … Continue reading

Posted in Alisa Flemming, Amy Foster, Brigitte Graham, Christopher Herman, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Karen Jewitt, Leila Ben-Hassel, Louis Carserides, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Bonello, Patsy Cummings, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Steve Reed MP, Stuart King, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

SNCK fundraising Quiz Night, Albert Tavern, Apr 27

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Council bureaucrat gives red light to Love Lane Green’s future

CROYDON COMMENTARY: A children’s play area, reclaimed from wasteland by volunteers over the last eight years, has had its important status erased with the stroke of a pen by a senior council official. EMMA HOPE-FITCH and the other Friends of … Continue reading

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