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Time travellers invited to museum for Croydon Recreated
The Museum of Croydon has been transformed into a form of time-travelling Tardis, ready to transport visitors back 100 years or more. An exhibition, Croydon Recreated, uses three of the museum’s collections to explore what Croydon was like at the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Museum of Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Museum, History
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Boris, the NFL, libraries and precious crockery: iC’s 2013
As we approach 2014 and all that may have to offer, here’s the 10 most-read iC articles of 2013 – an eclectic mix of politics, exclusive news stories, sport, arts reviews and controversy. With more than half a million page views … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2012 Olympics, 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Andrew Pelling, Art, Boris Johnson, Business, Cane Hill, Centrale, Croydon Council, Education, Housing, Inside Croydon, John Laing Integrated Services, Jon Rouse, Libraries, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Museum of Croydon, Planning, Riesco Collection, Roke Primary, Schools, Tramlink, Transport, URV, Waddon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Cane Hill Hospital, Croydon, Croydon Museum, Harris Federation, Lawrence Okoye, London Borough of Croydon, Whitgift School
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“Unethical” Croydon faces expulsion over Riesco sale
Dudley Mead and Tim Pollard, the pair of senior Tories behind the secretive scheme to flog off 24 of the most valuable pieces of the publicly owned Riesco collection of Chinese ceramics – first exposed by Inside Croydon – must … Continue reading
Council report admits overwhelming opposition to Riesco sale
This is how “consultation” operates in Tory-run Croydon Council. The council had its hand forced (through questions by Inside Croydon) to admit that it had already off-loaded 24 pieces of precious china to a posh West End auction house and … Continue reading
Croydon Central open primary: Hamida Ali
Hamida Ali – recently selected as a Labour party council candidate for Woodside ward – says, “Tackling inequality is what drives me.” Ali, who is an Equalities Officer at the BBC, would put equalities at the forefront of her parliamentary … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Croydon Central, Hamida Ali
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Museum, Croydon North, Jubilee Bridge, Labour, London, Tony Benn
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Riesco family opposes “unethical” china collection sale
The influential Museums Association and members of the Riesco family have added their voices to the condemnations of Croydon Council’s proposal to flog off some of the most valuable items from the publicly owned and priceless Riesco Collection of ancient … Continue reading
Croydon Council snubs the Irish as it cancels St Patrick’s Day
ANDREW PELLING reports on the latest cut-back in Croydon St Patrick’s Day has been cancelled by Croydon Council. The council chose another day of Celtic celebration, St David’s Day, to announce it was to put a stop to any Irish … Continue reading
Cinema campaigners launch petition to Save The David Lean
The latest issue of Shirley Life magazine is now available online, with its usual eclectic mix of local news and views. Among the articles is a passionate case for saving the Croydon Clocktower’s arts centre, written by Adrian Winchester, who … Continue reading
Croydon arts policy: no librarians, but £1.5m for Fairfield Halls
Two pieces of separate but related news this week, each significant for the cultural fabric of Croydon, and how the current administration is ripping it apart. The common factor is Sara “Book Token” Bashford, who has presided over the undermining … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, Jon Rouse, Libraries, Purley, Sanderstead, Sara Bashford, Shirley North
Tagged Broad Green, Croydon, Croydon Museum, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David Lean Cinema, Fairfield Halls, London Borough of Croydon, South Norwood
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