Tag Archives: Addiscombe Road

Kent Gateway and Selsdon roadworks compound tram misery

If you thought things were bad enough with half the tram network already closed for planned works to replace stretches of track, things have got even worse this morning, due to a power failure at Therapia Lane. With no services … Continue reading →

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Trams disrupted this week as Lebanon Road stop is closed

Even before Transport for London shuts down almost half the Croydon tram network at the weekend for a fortnight of “planned engineering works”, Inside Croydon readers have been reporting significant disruption to services. According to long-suffering tram passengers, there has … Continue reading →

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Emergency services on call after worker falls from site lift

PHOTOSTORY EXCLUSIVE Pictures by DAVID WHITE East Croydon was lit up with blue lights at lunchtime today, responding to reports that a site worker had fallen off an inner lift on a building site on Addiscombe Road, opposite landmark No1 … Continue reading →

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Mayor Perry now forced into another U-turn over road fines

One month after Inside Croydon reported how a yellow box trap outside East Croydon Station was generating hundreds of thousands of pounds in unfair fines, the council has – probably reluctantly – painted over the offending road markings. JEREMY CLACKSON … Continue reading →

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Tribunal rules Perry’s yellow box at East Croydon is ‘wrong’

Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor who is already having to find up to £10million in refunds for fines levied on motorists driving in his unlawful LTNs, could now have to repay another £2million for drivers caught in a yellow box … Continue reading →

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How Croydon’s second rink skated past Edwardian Nimbyism

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Following ‘Rinkomania’ 30 years earlier, Croydon got a second roller skating rink early in the 20th Century which thrived despite public opposition from residents living close to East Croydon Station. DAVID MORGAN on the brief history of a … Continue reading →

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Planning Inspector gives green light to another 28-storey tower

The NLA Tower, the Richard Seifert and Partners-designed “50p Building” that has come to symbolise central Croydon, is to be overlooked by a 28-storey block (another one), after the council lost yet another case at the Planning Inspectorate. Wittington Investments … Continue reading →

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Subway fire sparked fears for Seifert’s landmark building

Six fire engines were called out to a blaze underneath the No1 Croydon building last night. The London Fire Brigade this morning clarified that the fire was in a pedestrian subway on Addiscombe Road, close to East Croydon Station, and … Continue reading →

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