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Coughlans’ first bakers’ shop in £5m property portfolio sell-off
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The bakers’ shop that the Coughlan family first opened on London Road in 1937, and the Thornton Heath commercial bakery, offices and warehouse of the once-thriving retail business, have all been put up for sale as … Continue reading
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Tagged Addiscombe, Banstead, Coughlans, Coulsdon, Croydon, Epsom, Forestdale, Horsham, Janes Bakery Ltd, Janes Pantry, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Romesh Ranganathan, Sean Coughlan, South Croydon, Thornton Heath, Wallington, Warlingham
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There’s no dough to reopen six former Coughlans bread shops
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES At least six former branches of Coughlans, the bakers business which wasn’t making enough dough and went into voluntary liquidation earlier this summer, will not be re-opening under the branding of the Gloucestershire-based business that acquired … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coughlan's, Janes Pantry
Tagged Addiscombe, Banstead, Coughlans, Coulsdon, Croydon, Epsom, Forestdale, Horsham, Janes Bakery Ltd, Janes Pantry, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Romesh Ranganathan, Sean Coughlan, South Croydon, Thornton Heath, Wallington, Warlingham
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Ice cream sale for World Central Kitchen, Coulsdon, Sep 6
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Posted in Activities, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Charity, Coulsdon
Tagged Coulsdon, Downs Road, ice cream, World Central Kitchen
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Sign-up week at colleges for courses that can change your life
There’s still time to sign up for one of the post-GCSE courses starting this autumn term at Croydon College and Coulsdon Sixth Form College. Open Enrolment sessions give Croydon’s young people the chance to visit the colleges, at the town … Continue reading
Old Coulsdon Camera Club Welcome Evening, Tue Sep 8
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Top restaurant critic Rayner in tribute to Morleys chicken shops
Jay Rayner, the country’s top restaurant critic, who each week visits 5-star hotels such as Claridge’s or Michelin-approved restaurants in the great cities of Europe, is publishing a book next week in which he sings the praises of… Morleys takeaway … Continue reading
Old Coulsdon Camera Club Welcome Evening, Tue Sep 8
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Stay ‘coul’ at the Coulsdon Club: special air-conditioned offer
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here to visit the Coulsdon Club’s website and find out more
Stay ‘coul’ at the Coulsdon Club: special air-conditioned offer
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here to visit the Coulsdon Club’s website and find out more
Gloucestershire bakery business in rescue deal for Coughlans
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The majority of Coughlans bakers’ shops will be re-opening under a new name, after liquidators took less than a month to find a buyer for the long-established Croydon business. The 175 Coughlans staff who were notified … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coughlan's, Janes Pantry
Tagged Addiscombe, Banstead, Coughlans, Coulsdon, Croydon, Epsom, Forestdale, Horsham, Janes Bakery Ltd, Janes Pantry, Labour, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Romesh Ranganathan, Sean Coughlan, South Croydon, Thornton Heath, Wallington, Warlingham
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Hollywood superstar Chaplin takes his place on Coulsdon trail
Charlie Chaplin, one of the greatest movie stars of all time, is featured in the latest finial on the Coulsdon Art Trail. Chaplin’s association with Coulsdon is, perhaps typically of his screen persona, a poignant one: his mother, Hannah, was … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, Comedy, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, History, Transport
Tagged Cane Hill, Charles King, Charlie Chaplin, Comrades Club, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Club, Coulsdon History Trail, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Farthing Downs, Finials, Hannah Chaplin, Happy Valley, Mammoth, Merstham Tunnel, Navvies, Stoats Nest Farm
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‘Superstar’ Head loses appeal over Woodcote High dismissal
Paul Mundy-Castle has lost his Employment Tribunal appeal over his 2021 dismissal from a secondary school in Coulsdon for ‘gross misconduct’. It is at least the third time that the former basketball player had made claims to the tribunal. EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading
Oh! What A Lovely War, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, Jul 29-Aug 7
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For ticket bookings and more information, visit the Theatre Workshop Coulsdon website by clicking here
Oh! What A Lovely War, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, Jul 29-Aug 7
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For ticket bookings and more information, visit the Theatre Workshop Coulsdon website by clicking here
Three jailed over sawn-off shotgun shooting in New Addington
Three men from Croydon have been convicted in relation to an attempted murder, following a point-blank shooting in broad daylight using a sawn-off shotgun in New Addington in May 2025. Tevin Nzita and brothers Christopher and Anthony Da Sousa were … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, New Addington South, Policing
Tagged Anthony Da Sousa, Attempted murder, Christopher Da Sousa, Coulsdon, Detective Constable John Davis, Metropolitan Police, New Addington, Old Coulsdon, sawn-off shot gun, Scotland Yard, Shooting, Shot gun, Tevin Nzita, Walsh Crescent, Woolwich Crown Court
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Supernatural, a Peter Green celebration, Coulsdon Club, July 23
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Coulsdon, Music
Tagged Comrades Club, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Club, Croydon, Music
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Oh! What A Lovely War, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, Jul 29-Aug 7
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For ticket bookings and more information, visit the Theatre Workshop Coulsdon website by clicking here
Oh! What A Lovely War, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, Jul 29-Aug 7
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For ticket bookings and more information, visit the Theatre Workshop Coulsdon website by clicking here
Supernatural, a Peter Green celebration, Coulsdon Club, July 23
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Coulsdon, Music
Tagged Comrades Club, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Club, Croydon, Music
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Coughlan’s directors moved £9m out of bakery firm since 2023
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Romesh Ranganathan stands to lose up to £400,000 Staff were only informed of business’s closure by text message Since 2023, directors transferred £5.7m property assets to another company while £2.9m was also taken out of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Addiscombe, Assets, Banstead, Coughlans, Coulsdon, Croydon, Epsom, Forestdale, Horsham, Labour, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Romesh Ranganathan, Sean Coughlan, Smitham Lodge, Smitham Lodge Estates Ltd, South Croydon, Thornton Heath, Virginia Coughlan, Wallington, Warlingham
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Croydon bakers firm Coughlan’s closes blaming Labour NI hike
175 jobs to go across south London, Surrey and Sussex as family-run bakery based in Thornton Heath goes into voluntary liquidation Coughlan’s bakers, their daily bread a staple of Croydon’s high streets for almost 90 years, has ceased trading. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Addiscombe, Banstead, Coughlans, Coulsdon, Croydon, Epsom, Forestdale, Horsham, Labour, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Romesh Ranganathan, Sean Coughlan, South Croydon, Thornton Heath, Wallington, Warlingham
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‘We couldn’t be prouder’: college teacher clinches silver prize
Andrew Mallen, a performing arts teacher at Coulsdon Sixth Form College, has been named a Silver Winner in the 2026 Pearson National Teaching Awards. The award recognises the outstanding impact Mallen has made on pupils’ lives, inside and outside the … Continue reading
150 years after the last round-up for the Croydon Wool Fair
CROYDON CHRONICLES: For much of the Victorian era, Croydon was a trading centre for Surrey farmers trading one of the products on which the nation’s economy had depended for centuries. But by 1876, all that was about to change. DAVID … Continue reading
Coulsdon Sixth Form College to stage open evening, June 24
Coulsdon Sixth Form College is to stage an open evening later this month, to provide prospective pupils a chance to explore the possibilities of studying there at 16+. The event will be held on Wednesday June 24 from 5pm to … Continue reading
Old Coulsdon Village Fair, Grange Park, Sat July 4 from noon
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