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Carshalton Jazz Summer Festival, CryerArts Centre, Sat Aug 29
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Carshalton Jazz Summer Festival, CryerArts Centre, Sat Aug 29
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Carshalton cadet Katie wins the approval of the First Sea Lord
A Carshalton teenager is representing the Sea Cadets on the national stage while helping train the next generation. Katie Rolfe, who enrolled at Merton Sea Cadets in 2018, has risen through the ranks, gaining a string of qualifications in drill, … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Sea Cadets
Tagged Carshalton, First Sea Lord, Katie Rolfe, Mitcham Sea Cadets, Royal Navy, Sea Cadets
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Week of events to re-connect Londoners to our waterways
This year’s London Rivers Week, which flows through the city until Saturday May 31, marks a decade of connecting people with the capital’s waterways. The festival’s theme is “know your local river”, with a wide-ranging programme of free events designed … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon parks, Education, Environment, Wandle Park, Wildlife
Tagged Carshalton, London Rivers Week, River Thames, River Wandle, South Croydon, Thames, Thames21, Wandle
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Carshalton infants’ school digs in with garden centre’s help
Dobbies Garden Centres is supporting 53 local charities and community groups across the country through its Community Gardens initiative. And from hundreds of nominations received, their Woodcote Green store has chosen to support Victor Seymour Infants School in Carshalton. The … Continue reading
True crime show live on stage at Cryer Arts, Carshalton, May 10
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Crime, Cryer Theatre
Tagged Carshalton, Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, Croydon, Cryer Arts, David Swindle, True crime
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Langley Vale conservation talk, Honeywood Museum, May 28
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True crime show live on stage at Cryer Arts, Carshalton, May 10
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Crime, Cryer Theatre
Tagged Carshalton, Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, Croydon, Cryer Arts, David Swindle, True crime
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Gang guilty of industrial-scale fly-tipping across south London
Four men sentenced after they were found to have issued threats and blackmail, destroyed property and, at a site off the Purley Way, cost the property owner £300,000 The scale of the organised criminality which lies behind the scourge of … Continue reading
Langley Vale conservation talk, Honeywood Museum, May 28
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Langley Vale conservation talk, Honeywood Museum, May 28
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Charity Nickel Support is providing people with real life skills
CROYDON CHRONICLES: This week, DAVID MORGAN pays a visit to an organisation operating very much in the present, providing a future for dozens of young people It is rare that any of us don’t require some help to learn a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, David Morgan
Tagged Carshalton, charity, Cheam, Croydon, Croydon Chronicles, David Morgan, Merton, Nickel Support, Sutton, Whitehall Cheam
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NHS staff at St Helier to start strike action over unpaid back-pay
Healthcare assistants whose jobs were wrongly graded are at ‘breaking point’, as managers at Epsom Hospital, St George’s in Tooting and St Helier refuse to make good their errors NHS staff will be on picket lines outside three major hospitals … Continue reading
Woodcote garden centre gives away Christmas trees to schools
Four local primaries and pre-schools have each received large, and free, Christmas trees for children, staff and parents to enjoy, all thanks to a community giveaway organised by Dobbies Garden Centre at Woodcote Green. Sunflowers Pre School on Brabazon Avenue, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Schools, Sutton Council
Tagged Carshalton, Christmas, Christmas trees, Dobbies, Roundshaw, Sutton, Wallington, Woodcote Green
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Now Thames Water blamed for blocking River Wandle for fish
Thames Water have been accused of another botched job, this time on the River Wandle near Beddington, where their works have made it impossibly difficult for fish to swim upstream. A local environment campaigner has an email from the Environment … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Sutton Council, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Carshalton, Environment Agency, Goat Road Bridge, Jim Duffy, London, Mitcham, River Wandle, Thames Water
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Wallington Animal Rescue Festival, Cryer Arts, Sun Oct 5
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Posted in Activities, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Charity
Tagged Carshalton, Cryer Arts, Wallington, Wallington Animal Rescue
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Help turn the tide for our waterways with the Big River Watch
Environmental charity wants the public to join in with an important citizen science survey this month While multi-national water monopolies and the government continue to fail the environment and the people by allowing millions of gallons of sewage and effluent … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon parks, Education, Environment, London-wide issues, Merton, Mitcham, Sutton Council, Wandle Park, Wandsworth Council, Wildlife
Tagged Big River Watch, Carshalton, Carshalton Ponds, Croydon, London, Mitcham, River Wandle, Rivers Trust, South Croydon, Sutton, Waddon Ponds, Wandle, Wandle Park
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Hope wins eternal: Carshalton pub again named London’s best
The Hope on West Street, Carshalton, has been named London’s Pub of the Year for the seventh time. The Hope has only been operating under its current, community management for 15 years. CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has again … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Carshalton and Wallington, Pubs, Sutton Council
Tagged Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA, Carshalton, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, Sutton, The Hope
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George Street family business that put Croydon in the picture
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: From a business begun on George Street, using pioneering photography and with paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy, John Marshall and his son, John Fitz Marshall RBA, were acclaimed artists of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. By DAVID … Continue reading
Ex-bomb disposal officer is boxing for Felix Fund charity
The 2026 local election campaign has barely got underway, but already one of the contenders is having to bob and weave. When Richard Howard steps into the boxing ring at the Westcroft Leisure Centre in Carshalton tonight, he will be … Continue reading
Morris in the Village, Honeywood Museum, Carshalton, July 24
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Dance, History, Honeywood Museum
Tagged Carshalton, Honeywood Museum, Morris dancing
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Carshalton Artists Open Studios, June 28-29 and July 5-6
Posted in Activities, Art, Sutton Council
Tagged Carshalton, Carshalton Artists Open Studios
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William Kilburn illustrated talk, Honeywood Museum, May 22
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Posted in Activities, History, Honeywood Museum
Tagged Carshalton, Friends of Honeywood Museum, Honeywood Museum, William Kilburn
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‘Quality rivers for all’ – London Rivers Week seeks solutions
London Rivers Week returns from Friday May 30 to Sunday June 8, with a theme for 2025 being “quality rivers for all” – emphasising access to nature and good quality blue and green spaces. “From river restoration to litter-pick sessions, … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Croydon parks, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged Carshalton, CPRE London, Environment Agency, London Rivers Week, London Wildlife Trust, Morden, Morden Hall Park, National Trust, River Wandle, South East Rivers Trust, Thames21, Zoological Society of London, ZSL
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