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Tag Archives: Addiscombe West
Council admits its ‘pub protection policy’ may not work
City Hall has ruled that a developers’ scheme to demolish a previously thriving East Croydon pub and turn the site into (yet another) block of flats does not meet local planning regulations. But Croydon’s own planning department looks ready to … Continue reading
Binmageddon!: Veolia admits to botched leaflets delivery
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. But on Christmas Eve in Croydon, in the middle of a Tier 4 coronavirus lockdown, functionaries from Veolia, the council’s rubbish … Continue reading
Binmageddon!: Oval Road residents despair at rubbish service
Demoralised residents in Addiscombe have appealed to the council to sort out the mess that they have created on Oval Road, where rubbish bags are left festering for days, even weeks on end, often with their contents spewing out across … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Refuse collection, Sarah Jones MP, Sean Fitzsimons, Veolia
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, London Borough of Croydon, Oval Road, Sarah Jones MP, Sean Fitzsimons, Veolia
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30% parking fees hike will apply even to electric-powered cars
As George Orwell never wrote, all vehicles are equal, but some are more equal than others. Using environmental policies as an excuse, the council is expected to implement a parking charge hike of one-third from January. JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Broad Green, Business, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Environment, New Addington, Parking, Purley, Restaurants, Shifa Mustafa, South Croydon, South Norwood, Stuart King, Transport
Tagged Addiscombe West, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Shifa Mustafa, South Croydon, South Norwood, STUART KING
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Charities and volunteer groups get ready to tackle Lockdown II
Councillors in Addiscombe are organising a Zoom meeting this Thursday, November 5, to help advise and organise residents for the second covid lockdown. The Addiscombe West councillors – Patricia Hay-Justice, Jerry Fitzpatrick and Sean Fitzsimons – had already been contracted … Continue reading
Campaign group prepares to battle for Glamorgan’s future
Pub-lovers in Addiscombe and East Croydon are rolling up their sleeves for another battle over the future of The Glamorgan on Cherry Orchard Road, against developers who have a track record for allowing old pub buildings to fall derelict if … Continue reading
A covid pub crawl round Croydon: Mine’s a pint of sanitiser
While Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, does his Jimmy Pursey impersonation with a chorus of ‘We’re Going Dahn The Pub’, our roaming correspondent, KEN TOWL, right, took a more cautious approach to the reopenings Young people are, of course, immortal. So … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Ken Towl, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe West, Croydon, Ken Towl, Ruskin House, Sarah Jones MP, The Claret and Ale, The Oval Tavern
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Council keeps bakers shops waiting six weeks for their dough
One of the borough’s best-known food retailers, Coughlans the bakers, are demanding to know what Croydon Council has done with their dough. Coughlans is the family-run chain of shops which has its head office in Thornton Heath. All its shops … Continue reading
Newman’s ‘virtually all there’ for his secret Town Hall meeting
The government finally moved late last week to make it legally possible for local authorities to stage “virtual” council meetings, and to continue with a semblance of Town Hall business during the covid-19 lockdown. Yet less than 48 hours before … Continue reading
Posted in Caragh Skipper, Croydon Council, CVA, Jo Negrini, Sean Fitzsimons, Tony Newman
Tagged Addiscombe West, Caragh Skipper, Conservative, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Sean Fitzsimons, Tony Newman, Tory
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Wot? No eggs? War-time rationing hits Addiscombe’s stores
“Armageddon! Ahm a getting outta here!” was once a gag in a Carry On film. But KEN TOWL, right, has opted to keep calm and carry on as he shopped around Addiscombe as the coronavirus shut-down begins to bite The … Continue reading
Neighbours rally round to help in coronavirus emergency
As supermarkets decide to ration some products in their stores after panic-buying over the weekend, and the first Croydon school announces a partial closure, meanwhile hundreds of good neighbours have been mobilising to help others through the pandemic crisis, as … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Business, Community associations, Coombe Wood School, Fairfield Halls, Health, Mayday Hospital, Schools, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Fairfield Halls, New Addington, Norwood Junction, South Norwood
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Keeping your children safe online, Bingham Road, Oct 31
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Croydon Central, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Addiscombe West, Sarah Jones MP
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Landmark Addiscombe pub on Victorian Society’s ‘at risk’ list
The Victorian Society has called for the long-closed Leslie Arms on Lower Addiscombe Road to be found a new owner to save the building and re-open it as a pub. The Grade II-listed Leslie Arms has been closed for more … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, History, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe West, Anwar Ansari, Croydon Council, Leslie Arms, The Victorian Society
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Body blow for council as Body Shop looks to move offices
The Body Shop could be about to pack-up and quit Croydon, according to reports tonight. The ethically based cosmetics retailer, founded in Brighton 40 years ago by Anita Roddick, moved hundreds of staff to the refurbished “state of the art” … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Addiscombe West, Body Shop, Boozepark, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, The Body Shop, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Meeting called over failed Addiscombe one-way scheme
The Addiscombe traffic balls-up is set to be discussed at a public meeting next week. The organisers were unable to confirm whether a proposal to change the name of Lebanon Road to “Alderman Watson Boulevard” will be on the agenda. … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe and Shirley Park RA, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe Residents Association, Community associations, ECCO, Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park, Friends of Ashburton Park, HOME, Jeet Bains, Lebanon Road Residents' Association, Maddie Henson, TACRA
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Conservative, Croydon Council, ECCO, Jeet Bains, Labour, Maddie Henson, Mark Watson, TACRA, Tory
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Christmas Tree Festival and carols, St Matthew’s, Dec 2
Posted in Addiscombe West, Church and religions
Tagged Addiscombe West, St Matthew's Church
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Addiscombe Winter Carnival, Ashburton Hall, Dec 9
Posted in Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Croydon parks
Tagged Addiscombe West, Ashburton Hall
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Three Croydon high streets among ‘unhealthiest’ in London
Another day, another survey that demonstrates that Croydon is slowly deteriorating into decay, poverty and neglect. The Royal Society of Public Health published a list of “Unhealthiest Streets” this week, and Croydon was the only borough that had three entries … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Environment, Fiona Twycross, Health, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, New Addington, New Addington North, Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott, Sadiq Khan, Simon Hall, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman
Tagged Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Norbury, Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott, Simon Hall, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman
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There’s a real art to life drawing in a draughty church hall
For a borough whose politicians claim that ‘art is at the heart of regeneration’, it seems that the world’s biggest drawing festival has passed Croydon by. But KEN TOWL managed to track down a well-established group of artists who show … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Art, East Croydon, Ken Towl
Tagged Addiscombe West, East Croydon station, Ken Towl
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MP backs Network Rail plans to unblock Croydon bottleneck
Croydon leads the way in one respect, at least: it has become the “most challenging bottleneck on Britain’s railway”. That’s according to Network Rail, and they should know. Network Rail has announced a public consultation into its multi-million-pound plans to … Continue reading
Council’s official magazine forgets Remembrance Sunday
A former borough councillor says he is “extremely sad” that the latest edition of Your Croydon, described by Croydon Council as its “main source of community news”, has completely failed to make any mention of the centenary commemorations of the … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Wright, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, History, Local media, Museum of Croydon, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Tony Newman
Tagged Addiscombe West, Chris Wright, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Old Coulsdon, Sanderstead, Tony Newman
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Mayor pledges to build bridges with Addiscombe businesses
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan this morning promised to intervene personally with Transport for London in an effort to end the lengthy delays in re-opening Blackhorse Lane bridge in Addiscombe. The 120-year-old bridge, which crosses the tram tracks, had become … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Steve O'Connell, TfL, Transport, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Steve O'Connell, Tory
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Sketch and Painting Group exhibition, Addiscombe, Oct 27
Posted in Addiscombe West, Art
Tagged Addiscombe West, Croydon Sketch and Painting Group
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MP calls for compensation for Blackhorse Lane bridge delays
Sarah Jones, the Croydon Central MP, has entered the growing row over the closure of the Blackhorse Lane bridge, and has demanded that Transport for London should pay compensation to local businesses for the delays in completing the repairs. The … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Maddie Henson, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, Tony Newman, Transport, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, TfL, Tony Newman, Transport for London, Woodside
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