Category Archives: Waddon

Council writes to residents to state its blocks are safe

Posted on June 26, 2017 by

A senior Croydon Council official has written to all residents in the borough’s residential blocks to reassure them and confirm that the hazardous cladding which is suspected of contributing to so much death and destruction in the Grenfell Tower blaze … Continue reading →

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Tower residents have three-month wait for sprinkler action

Posted on June 20, 2017 by

Croydon Council last night announced that it is to fit sprinklers in all of its residential tower blocks which are 10 or more storeys tall, in a scheme expected to cost £10million. It makes Croydon the first local authority in … Continue reading →

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BBC: Grenfell cladding company worked on Croydon towers

Posted on June 15, 2017 by

Residential tower blocks in Croydon have had cladding work carried out by the same company which undertook the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower in Kensington, the BBC is reporting tonight. At least 17 people are known to have lost their lives … Continue reading →

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May’s Chief of Staff was the author of his own election obituary

Posted on June 14, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE has drilled down into the election numbers (well, Electoral Calculus has), and come up with some worrying figures for Croydon Tories It wasn’t only Gavin Barwell who got his P45 from his Westminster job last week. And while … Continue reading →

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Croydon to get a quirky take on Jack and the Beanstalk panto

Posted on June 3, 2017 by

Croydon’s 2017 pantomime is to be Jack and the Beanstalk. As in 2016, following the closure of the Fairfield Halls for refurbishment, this year’s panto will be staged by Q Productions at the Waddon Leisure Centre, in a 400-seater auditorium … Continue reading →

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East Croydon road closures planned for bank holiday weekend

Posted on May 20, 2017 by

If you were planning to go somewhere in Croydon by car next weekend, the Whitsun bank holiday, or the following half-term week, then you might have to plan your route very carefully. Cherry Orchard Road and Addiscombe Grove (northbound) are … Continue reading →

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Flyover pedestrian underpass where rape took place is a ‘good link’ to new primary school, according to council planners

Posted on May 17, 2017 by

The underpass near the Croydon Flyover where a brutal rape took place in broad daylight last month has been suggested as a safe route to a new school for mothers and young children at a Croydon Council planning committee meeting … Continue reading →

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