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Category Archives: Thornton Heath
Amazing lockdown efforts as school starts Parcels for Pupils
Schools and businesses continue to raise money and collect donations of food to support families around the borough whose circumstances have been affected by coronavirus and a loss of earnings. In Thornton Heath, the Paxton Academy primary school has identified … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Paxton Academy, Purley Way, Schools, Thornton Heath
Tagged Amazon, coronavirus, Covid-19, Paxton Academy, Purley, Purley Way, Thornton Heath
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Pavements to be widened in South Norwood and Crystal Palace
Seven more Croydon roads, in Crystal Palace, South Norwood and Thornton Heath, are to undergo pavement widening measures next week as part of the council’s Streetspace scheme that aims to make it easier to walk or cycle during the coronavirus … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Fairfield, Parking, South Norwood, Stephen Mann, Thornton Heath, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, South Croydon, South Norwood, Stephen Mann, Thornton Heath
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Covid death rates linked to poverty and high-density housing
Official death rate figures from the ONS show that over-intensification of housing has played a part in helping the spread of coronavirus, as Croydon’s NHS chief warns against ‘inequalities’. BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, reports Croydon has suffered a far … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Housing, London-wide issues, Matthew Kershaw, Mayday Hospital, Planning, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon NHS Trust, London Borough of Croydon, Matthew Kershaw, Tony Newman
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Poltergeist investigation discovers Croydon’s haunted bar
Have you heard something go bump in the night lately? If you have, then a writer living in Thornton Heath wants to hear from you. In a book set to be published this summer, John Fraser claims that Croydon has … Continue reading
Poetry by John Fraser: The Nespresso Machine In The Attic
The Nespresso Machine In The Attic By John Fraser When life stops because of a virus. When the coffee shops gradually close. When you find your face scowling at the taste of harsh instant coffee sipped slow during your ‘countryside … Continue reading
Adrian Dennis: ‘A legacy of honesty, integrity and decency’
Tributes to the life and works of Adrian Dennis, the former Thornton Heath Labour councillor who died last week, have flooded in from a wide range of former colleagues and friends, including a former Deputy Mayor of London. Dennis, who … Continue reading
Alderman Adrian Dennis, who scolded ‘Lord Tea Bag’, has died
Adrian Dennis, the former Labour councillor, a Freeman of the Borough and Honorary Alderman, has died. He was 67. Dennis was one of three councillors to take the Thornton Heath ward in 1986 from the Ratepayers’ Alliance, a grouping with … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Matthew Kyeremeh, Thornton Heath
Tagged Adrian Dennis, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Thornton Heath, Tory
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Victory for Friends’ group as council abandons park land sale
Thousands of objections from residents have forced Croydon Council into a U-turn on its scheme to flog off a Victorian park lodge and a strip of Grangewood Park. But as our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, has discovered, despite declaring … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Callton Young, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Grangewood Park, Karen Jewitt, Pat Clouder, Property, Simon Hall, Thornton Heath
Tagged Callton Young, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Friends of Grangewood Park, Grangewood Park, Karen Jewitt, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Pat Clouder, Thornton Heath
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At last! Croydon Council builds first council home in six years
BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, on how a Town Hall announcement proves that senior councillors have been lying for four years about the delivery of council homes Put the bunting out! Trebles all round! Croydon Council, and their loss-making private … Continue reading
Butler caught out in another lie over sale of public park land
Two years ago, the council’s deputy leader gave her word that all the borough’s parks and open spaces would be protected from development. So guess what the Labour-run council has been caught out trying to do with a much-loved park … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Friends of Grangewood Park, Housing, Planning, Property, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Thornton Heath
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Grangewood Park, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Thornton Heath
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Home Office to provide advice on Windrush compensation
Officials from the Home Office will be attending a public event at CACFO – the Croydon African Caribbean Family Organisation – in Thornton Heath on Saturday November 9. This is the latest in a series of public events being held … Continue reading
Posted in CACFO, Community associations, Thornton Heath
Tagged CACFO, Home Office, Thornton Heath, Windrush, Windrush Generation
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Information session for senior citizens, Thornton Heath, Oct 17
Posted in Croydon BME Forum, Thornton Heath
Tagged Croydon BME Forum, Thornton Heath
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Women’s rugby introduction session, Frant Road, Sep 17
Posted in Rugby Union, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Thornton Heath
Tagged Streatham-Croydon RFC, Thornton Heath
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Residents living in fear of fire in council-run housing blocks
Despite condemning office-to-flat conversions, Croydon Council has been using three such buildings to provide temporary housing. A year after a Fire Brigade inspection found the blocks unsafe, improvement works have still not finished, leaving residents forced to live on a … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Croydon North, London Fire Brigade, Norbury, Planning, Thornton Heath
Tagged Allison Butler, Concord House, Croydon, Croydon Council, Grenfell Tower, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Norbury, Steve Reed OBE, Sycamore House, Thornton Heath, Windsor House
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Well Versed Supper Club, Thornton Heath, Aug 31
Posted in Art, Poetry, Thornton Heath, Well Versed
Tagged Thornton Heath, Well Versed
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Norbury Brook summer clean, Thornton Heath Rec, Jul 20
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, Thornton Heath, Wildlife
Tagged Norbury Brook, Thames 21, Thornton Heath
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