Tag Archives: Coulsdon Town

College artists help brighten the bridge over the Brighton line

Posted on November 24, 2019 by

A run-down, forbidding-looking rail bridge has been brightened up by work from some local college students, CHARLES KING writes The footbridge over the Brighton Line between Coulsdon Town railway station and Coulsdon Woods, which was replaced in 2006 when the … Continue reading →

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Coulsdon councillor exposed as advising corporate lobbyists

Posted on October 28, 2018 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest little sideline of one of Croydon’s leading Tories Coulsdon Conservative councillor Mario Creatura, who has a job at No10 Downing Street as a Special Adviser to Prime Minister Theresa Mayhem, may have broken … Continue reading →

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PM’s £88,000 a year SPAD who does no councillor surgeries

Posted on July 26, 2018 by

Mario Creatura, the Croydon Conservative councillor who has been over-promoted from being a Tory MP’s bag-carrier to become the Prime Minister’s Twitterer-in-chief, was forced to delete a tweet from his own account yesterday after he made false accusations about the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 London elections, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Ian Parker, Luke Clancy, Mario Creatura, Old Coulsdon, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Freedom Pass-users left to wait by Southern’s new timetable

Posted on May 16, 2018 by

JEREMY CLACKSON, our transport correspondent, on the emerging problems of ‘clustering’ of rail services under Southern and Thameslink’s new timetable, which is due to begin – as long as there are no delays – on Sunday At Victoria Station this … Continue reading →

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Coulsdon commuters offered reduced services by Southern

Posted on October 9, 2015 by

When the Tannoy system at Coulsdon Town station next announces “Mind The Gap”, they won’t be referring to the distance between platform and train carriage, but the length of time until the next timetabled service on the line. The residents … Continue reading →

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