Tag Archives: Croydon High Street

Maybe Tomorrow? Digital collective finds new way of working

Posted on April 20, 2020 by

It’s fair to suggest that no one considered a global pandemic when they came up with one of the wizard business ideas of the past decade: renting out and servicing shared workspace. Covid-19 quickly put an end to the trendy … Continue reading →

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All-day DJ marathon charity fund-raiser, The Ship, May 4

Posted on March 14, 2019 by
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Whoops! Road works wreck High Street’s ‘bold’ ground art

Posted on October 16, 2018 by

KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, digs up another embarrassing piece of public money wasted by the council The council’s ability for not quite thinking things through was highlighted again last week, as the pneumatic drills and JCB diggers were … Continue reading →

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Council abandons ban on kids’ bikes on World Car-Free Day

Posted on September 20, 2018 by

Inside Croydon has made a difference, yet again, after Croydon Council was forced to drop its ban on scooters and bikes from the play street it has planned for the High Street this Saturday. Inside Croydon yesterday highlighted the imbecility … Continue reading →

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Council killjoys ban bikes and scooters from play street

Posted on September 19, 2018 by

Saturday is World Car-Free Day, though Croydon Council’s efforts to mark the event are hardly fun-filled. There’s no grand gesture, no scheme to close off the Croydon Flyover, that monument to the primacy of the internal combustion engine. Somewhat more … Continue reading →

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Londonist website accuses Croydon of being boring… in 1896

Posted on September 1, 2018 by

Londonist.com, which often takes a sideways glance at matters in and around the capital, has clearly enjoyed the produce of Surrey Street Market, or its ancient public house, the Dog and Bull, a little too much… Someone at the website … Continue reading →

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Losing the plastic straws provides a more perfect cocktail mix

Posted on July 18, 2018 by

With our resident culture correspondent, Bella Bartock, laid up because of the hot summer weather, her grandson, BILL BARTOCK, strolled along to a town centre cocktail bar to sample their take on typically tropical drinks Since opening two years ago, … Continue reading →

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Signs of the times: Watson’s whim is now back on message

Posted on February 8, 2018 by

It has not been in position for two months yet, but Councillor Mark Watson’s whimsy on the newly pedestrianised bit of the High Street has now got a second sign. The art-installation seating, which looks as if it was made … Continue reading →

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Council warning that Watson’s whim is dangerous structure

Posted on January 16, 2018 by

Less than a month since Mark Watson, the senior Labour councillor, heralded it as “a popular addition” to the town centre, his latest costly piece of whimsy in the High Street has now effectively been declared as a hazard and … Continue reading →

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Road works in town centre force bus routes on diversion

Posted on January 4, 2018 by

Councillor Mark Watson’s whimsy of closing a stretch of the High Street in the town centre has encountered an unforeseen complication since the weekend, as Thames Water has dug up the road on Katharine Street, close to the Town Hall, … Continue reading →

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