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Tag Archives: Addiscombe
Choir starts a recruitment drive in the search for new voices
One of the borough’s long-standing and much-respected musical organisations is launching a recruitment drive this week. The Croydon Male Voice Choir will be holding an “Open Evening” at its rehearsal room in Sandilands Sports Club, Addiscombe, on October 19, open … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Male Voice Choir, Music
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Sandilands
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Joli Blon Cajun Band, Blues at the Oval Tavern, Aug 27
Posted in Addiscombe West, Music, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Blues at The Oval, The Oval Tavern
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NHS Trust pays settlement over 11-year-old’s sepsis death
An 11-year-old from Addiscombe died while in the care of Croydon University Hospital in 2020 after a delay in giving her drugs and 10 other issues with her care, according to a report from Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. Annalise … Continue reading
Brigade saves man from roof in Addiscombe house fire
Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters tackled a house fire on Alderton Road, Addiscombe, last night. The first floor of the two-storey mid-terraced house was destroyed by fire. Half of a loft conversion was also damaged by fire. One … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, London Fire Brigade
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Croydon, London Fire Brigade
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Spectacular history of Addiscombe college is required reading
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: It played a significant part of the history of Croydon, and of Britain, yet today is largely forgotten. DAVID MORGAN reviews an important and surprising new book about Addiscombe Military College Kate Birbeck’s new book Addiscombe Military College … Continue reading
Posted in Addington Palace, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History, Museum of Croydon
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe Military College, Addiscombe Military College and the Cadets who Forged an Empire, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, East India Company, Kate Birbeck
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Backpackers Holiday Club, Addiscombe, Jul 24 to Jul 26
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Community associations
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Christ Church
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Book traces role of Addiscombe college that built an empire
READER OFFER: Inside Croydon subscribers can save £££s on the price of an important and definitive new book about the history of the Addiscombe Military College, its staff and cadets A copy of an important new history of the Addiscombe … Continue reading
Perry’s cost-cutting puts five nursery schools under threat
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on the Mayor’s latest ‘short-sighted short-termism’ that will yet again see residents paying more to get less Jason Perry, the Conservative Mayor of Croydon who put up the borough’s Council Tax by 15per cent … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Debbie Jones, Education, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley, Schools, Selhurst, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
Tagged Addiscombe, Conservative, Crosfield Nursery, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Maintained Nursery Schools, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley, Purley Nursery, Selhurst, Selhurst Nursery, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Thornton Heath Nursery, Tory, Tunstall Nursery
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Occasional Voices concert, Christ Church Addiscombe, Mar 18
Posted in Addiscombe West, Art, Church and religions, Music
Tagged Addiscombe, Christ Church, Occasional Voices
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Scrumbles pet food hits the big time with £6m investment
A natural pet food brand, established by a couple from Addiscombe, has today announced that it is receiving a £6million investment to help the company grow. Scrumbles was founded in 2018 by Aneisha Soobroyen and her husband Jack Walker, after … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Business
Tagged Addiscombe, Aneisha Soobroyen, BGF, Croydon, Jack Walker, Scrumbles
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Art Space in Addiscombe offers a ray of Sunrise with exhibit
KEN TOWL discovers another ray of brightness and joy in Addiscombe’s own haven of art Paul Hall is a miracle worker. With every exhibition he stages, he manages to put together an eclectic but themed collection of artworks and display … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Art, Croydon Art Space, Ken Towl
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon Art Space, Elizabeth Knapp, Ken Towl, Martin Cade
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Perry starts back-pedalling over borough’s low traffic schemes
Less than six months into what was supposed to be a properly monitored 18-month trial of traffic-reducing measures, the council has announced a series of ‘drop-in sessions’ for residents to air their views on CHNs. By PAUL LUSHION, environment correspondent … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, Mayor Jason Perry, South Croydon, South Norwood, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Addiscombe, Broad Green, Broad Green LTN, CHNs, Conservative, Croydon Healthy Neighbourhoods, Department for Transport, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood, Tory
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Optivo plays blame game by gas-lighting Addiscombe residents
Residents of shared-ownership homes in Addiscombe, who have spent the past 18 months trying to get an external door lock fixed by their landlords, have angrily accused the housing association responsible of trying to diminish the extent of the issues … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Business, Housing, Ken Towl, London-wide issues
Tagged Addiscombe, Ken Towl, Optivo, Southern Housing
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Fobbed off: unlocking 18 months of misery with Optivo
Following the Regina Road council flats scandal, much attention has been focused on the appalling record of local authorities in managing and maintaining properties. But as KEN TOWL has discovered, there are some housing associations whose attitude to residents also … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Housing, Ken Towl
Tagged Addiscombe, Ken Towl, Optivo, Southern Housing
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