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Slot machine operators seek 24-hour licence in Crystal Palace
The operators of a gaming centre in Crystal Palace have submitted an application to the council which would enable them to stay open 24 hours a day. Admiral, who run the slot machine shop on Westow Hill, has requested to … Continue reading
Posted in Claire Bonham, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood
Tagged Admiral, Admiral slots, Cllr Claire Bonham, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Triangle, Gambling, Kryptonite, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Westow Hill, Yusuf Osman
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Sweet shop with an old-style look opens up in Crystal Palace
There’s a new, yet nostalgic, ice cream parlour and classic sweet shop opened on the Crystal Palace Triangle, to tantalise the taste buds of children of all ages just in time for the summer. Sweet Child of Mine has opened … Continue reading
‘We’ll be back!’ as organisers abandon 2023 festival plans
There is to be no Crystal Palace Festival this year, the organisers said in a shock announcement last night in which they expressed the hope that they can secure the necessary funding for a return in 2024. “It’s time to … Continue reading
Cake! And Carrot Man! Crystal Palace Food Market celebrates
Last week marked the 10th anniversary of the Crystal Palace Food Market – and the locals had a party to mark the occasion. Photos: JOHN BARRETT
Community kicks off fund-raiser to ‘Light Up The Palace’
The community campaign to fund Christmas lights on the Crystal Palace Triangle is being launched tomorrow. The “Light Up The Palace” team will be at Crystal Palace Food Market in Haynes Lane (off Westow Street) as the team unwrap their … Continue reading
Fears unfounded over Crystal Palace’s Low Traffic network
JOE PAXTON reports from Upper Norwood after the first week of controversial road closures which, despite predictions of doom and gloom, have not caused Armageddon Local social media earlier this week was debating which of the Four Horsemen of the … Continue reading
Let’s give Crystal Palace’s streets a chance to breathe again
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Even ward councillors need to check what petitions they are signing, and what their party policies are. AUSTEN COOPER sifts through some of the contradictory opposition to road closures in Upper Norwood Let’s get one thing straight. The … Continue reading
Triangle will be ‘decimated’ by road closures, warns councillor
The Labour group at the Town Hall, already riven with fault lines on a number of contentious issues, is facing another split, this time over road closures in Upper Norwood that have been introduced today under coronavirus emergency powers. The … Continue reading
Posted in Angela Wilkins, Bromley Council, Commuting, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Pat Ryan, South Norwood, Stuart King, TfL, Transport
Tagged Anglea Wilkins, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Triangle, Labour, Pat Ryan, road closures, STUART KING
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There’s high art, and then there’s art high up in Crystal Palace
Our resident culture vulture KEN TOWL has taken the high ground for an outstanding community event The second Crystal Palace Artists’ Open House, being staged this weekend and next, features more than 90 artists, ceramicists, photographers, printers, designers and miscellaneous … Continue reading
Sausage and mash comes with ‘jus’ in this Triangle of pubs
Crystal Palace Triangle is thriving with pubs, but it has only two types of pub, as KEN TOWL explains. Photographs: SIMON BENTLEY “You should write a piece on the pubs in the north of the borough,” said the senior local … Continue reading
Rent hikes force closure of Crystal Palace independent shops
It is not only in Croydon town centre that big business is contriving to destroy the fabric of the high street. As our retail correspondent MT WALLETTE reports, in Crystal Palace a precious corner of independent stores and old-style character … Continue reading
Artists open their doors to show off a vivid picture Palace
The first Crystal Palace Artists’ Open House event started yesterday. KEN TOWL went along to see what it has to offer One hundred and fifty years ago, Camille Pissarro lived on Westow Hill, finding beauty in the ordinary streets around … Continue reading
Crystal Palace Triangle’s businesses show off their indies
And there’s to be FREE BEER, too. The Crystal Palace Triangle is proud of its many diverse, independent traders and family buisnesses who provide an antidote to the increasingly identi-kit high streets found all over London. As part of this … Continue reading
