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Zola’s exile in Upper Norwood and case for two blue plaques
It’s arguable, though probably not worth pressing the point, that the Queen’s Hotel on Church Road, Crystal Palace, could qualify for having two blue plaques for two individuals with the same name. The plaque which does exist on the walls … Continue reading
Festival organisers seeking stall-holder supporters
The South Norwood Community Festival is now taking bookings from stall-holders who want to be part of their event on Sunday July 5. Staged in South Norwood Recreation Ground, SNCF is a free family event organised by volunteers to raise … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Music, South Norwood
Tagged Music, SNCF, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Festival
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Amy Wadge and Luke Jackson play Stanley Halls, Feb 28
Grammy-nominated Amy Wadge and Luke Jackson are to play an exclusive gig at Stanley Halls on February 28. Double Grammy Award-nominee Amy is widely regarded as one of the country’s most successful female singer-songwriters. Over the course of five solo … Continue reading
Posted in Music, South Norwood, Stanley Halls
Tagged Music, South Norwood, Stanley Halls
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Oasis governors cleared to rule on academy planning decision
Croydon Council’s highly paid legal eagles see nothing wrong with current and former governors from an Oasis academy in the borough being part of a planning committee that is to decide on an application to build a six-forms-of-entry Oasis academy … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon North, Environment, Hamida Ali, Julie Belvir, Nathan Elvery, Oasis Academy, Paul Scott, Planning, Schools, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Arena Academy, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Arena, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Labour, Oasis, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Tory, Woodside
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Christmas live music and jam night, South Norwood, Dec 28
Posted in Activities, Music, South Norwood
Tagged Conservative, Music, South Norwood
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Sticking the rock into South Norwood Country Park
South Norwood Country Park, a slice of nature in the midst of suburbia, is about to rock. The South Norwood Tourist Board are channeling Donald McGill by getting their sticks of rock out for the new year, to have “South … Continue reading
McKenzie’s UKIP branch forced out after manure stunt
Things are a bit shit for UKIP’s Winston McKenzie. The “Chump from the Dump” has been forced to seek new constituency offices after a pile of horse manure was left outside his UKIP Lambeth and Croydon North’s HQ earlier this … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon North, Policing, South Norwood, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Nigel Farage, South Norwood, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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Woodside residents given fortnight to review Oasis plans
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Residents in Woodside have just received a special Christmas present – more than 2,000 pages of planning proposals for the Oasis Arena Academy, all to be reviewed and commented on by December 25. Not surprising that FRANCES FEARON … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton, Croydon Council, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, Education, Environment, Hamida Ali, London-wide issues, Oasis Academy, Paul Scott, Planning, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, South Norwood, Sport, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Transport, Wildlife, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon Arena, Hamida Ali, Labour, Oasis Academy, Paul Scott, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Tory, Woodside
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Arena trams ‘most congested part of network’ says Bee
Croydon Council’s planning committee meets next month to consider the application to build a massive secondary academy on Metropolitan Open Land next to Croydon Sports Arena. But the Labour-run council’s cabinet member for transport has already suggested that public transport … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Croydon Council, Education, Environment, Kathy Bee, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Oasis Academy, Parking, Paul Greenhalgh, Planning, Schools, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Transport, Wayne Lawlor
Tagged Arena Academy, Conservative, Croydon Council, Kathy Bee, Labour, Oasis, Tony Newman, Tory, Tramlink, Trams, Wayne Lawlor
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UKIP’s Winston McKenzie quizzed over Carnival payments
Winston McKenzie, the colourful UKIP parliamentary candidate for Croydon North, made unauthorised payments from local party funds towards the staging of the now infamous Croydon Carnival which he staged before the local elections earlier this year, Inside Croydon has discovered. … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon North, Selhurst, South Norwood, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Nigel Farage, Selhurst, South Norwood, Tory, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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Godfrey ensures council sticks to funding pledge for library
Croydon Council’s new leadership has honoured a promise to increase funding to Upper Norwood Library, matching that provided by Lambeth. Labour’s arts and culture spokesman, Timothy Godfrey, has pledged an additional £47,500 this year, reinstating funding cut two years ago … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, John Wentworth, Libraries, Norwood Society, Pat Ryan, South Norwood, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Libraries, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Joint Library
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Is it time to park ill-considered plans for the Arena Academy?
Councillor ANDREW PELLING suggests that the mounting case against building a secondary academy at the Croydon Arena will get a thorough hearing at tonight’s planning committee My colleagues on the council’s planning committee will want to ask some pertinent questions … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Athletics, Croydon College, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, Education, Environment, Oasis Academy, Parking, Planning, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, South Norwood, Sport, St Andrew's
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Arena, Croydon Council, Labour, Oasis Academy, Oasis Arena, South Norwood, Tory, Waddon
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Labour cuts and pastes Tory plans for a very bleak midwinter
Tough luck. That’s the message from Croydon Council if we have a bad winter. As commuters battle their way home through what’s left of Hurricane Gonzalo, winter seems to be with us already. Snow and ice cannot be too far … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Health, Kathy Bee, Mayday Hospital, Purley Way, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Kathy Bee, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Tony Newman, Tory
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Dekker features in Norwood and Thornton Heath film festival
JANET SMITH, from the Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign, is looking forward to next week’s South Norwood and Thornton Heath Free Film Festival The inaugural South Norwood and Thornton Heath Free Film Festival begins on Saturday. This is part … Continue reading
South Norwood Country Park family fun day, Oct 25
Family Fun Day South Norwood Country Park Saturday, 25 October 2014, 12 noon – 4pm Have fun with nature! Bring a picnic and enjoy an afternoon of activities bushcraft, den building, water filters, natural navigation, bug hunts, nature walks, games, … Continue reading
Stanley Halls books its place as part of English heritage
The transfer of Stanley Halls to a local community group in South Norwood has been included as a case study in English Heritage’s latest edition of Pillars of the Community. Stanley Halls is one of just two examples of “asset … Continue reading
Proud to have been trusted to improve borough’s future
THE FIRST 100 DAYS: Labour took charge of Croydon Town Hall for the first time in a decade 100 days ago today. Elected as a councillor for the first time was HAMIDA ALI, pictured, who here outlines her early experiences … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Family Justice Centre, Hamida Ali, Housing, Policing, South Norwood, Woodside
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Eric Pickles, Hamida Ali, Labour, South Norwood, Woodside
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Family Day at The Ship, South Norwood, Sun Aug 24
Posted in Pubs, South Norwood
Tagged South Norwood, South Norwood Tourist Board, The Ship
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Happy, happy talk in South Norwood delivers community pride
Here’s four minutes’ worth of video that should cheer up many a dull morning. Congratulations to Ian Bone and his mates at the South Norwood Tourist Board, the Crystal Palace Transition Team, Robert Gibson and to Councillor Jane Avis, who … Continue reading
Sensible is as Sensible does, as the Captain unveils his bench
“It has always been hard being known as ‘Sensible’ when sometimes I’m not,” Raymond Burns said on Saturday, wearing a bright Hawaiian shirt, baggy shorts and trademark red beret. “But it helped me in my career so I shouldn’t really … Continue reading
Let’s be a borough of old scrubbers, says Captain Sensible
Captain Sensible has called on the people of Croydon to “get up off their arses” and take up their scrubbing brushes, their brooms and buckets, and start to get the borough cleaner, doorstep by doorstep. The former Damned frontman is … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Fly tipping, Gardening, Music, Refuse collection, South Norwood, South Norwood Tourist Board, Stuart Collins, Transition Town, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Captain Sensible, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, South Norwood, South Norwood Tourist Board, Transition Town
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Conan Doyle’s life in Norwood celebrated at arts festival
The life and works of one of the world’s most celebrated authors, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, feature in two events being staged as part of the South Norwood Arts Festival this week. The screening tomorrow of the classic Hammer version … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, Education, History, South Norwood
Tagged Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, SNAF, South Norwood, South Norwood Arts Festival
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Labour MP gets his wish with a free school for South Norwood
Sometimes, you need to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. Thus calls by the Labour MP for Lambeth South, Steve Reed OBE, for the site of the former South Norwood police station to be … Continue reading
Kevin Day, WG Grace and Sherlock Holmes headline SNAF
Kevin Day, comedy writer, stand-up and Palace fan, will get the two-week-long South Norwood Arts Festival under way in earnest next Monday, July 7. Day, who has written for the likes of Dave Allen and Jo Brand and been a … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, Comedy, Community associations, Music, People for Portland Road, South Norwood, South Norwood Tourist Board, Stanley Halls
Tagged Comedy, Croydon, Kevin Day, People of Portland Road, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, SNAF, South Norwood, South Norwood Arts Festival, Stanley Halls
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