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Call for Coulsdon residents to rally round high street business

While failed Mayor Jason Perry congratulates Westfield on opening a handful of kiosks in Allders after 14 years, one residents’ association in the south of the borough is calling on its members and their neighbours to redirect their energy, and … Continue reading

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CouLSDon gets cancelled by Facebook’s algorithm police

Our south of the borough correspondent, PEARL LEE, on the seemingly random block on some harmless organisations that is forcing them to turn their backs on social media Businesses, community groups, arts organisations and residents in a thriving town on … Continue reading

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CWRA Coulsdon Clean-up, Lion Green Car Park, Oct 13

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‘Underhand’ Tories blame residents for medical centre delays

The almighty row in Coulsdon over a long-promised medical centre has seen the local Tories panicked into issuing multiple press releases to stake claim to some kind of “victory”, after the Tory-led council broke its promises to residents by putting … Continue reading

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Coulsdon ‘shafted’ by Tories as NHS centre site put up for sale

CROYDON IN CRISIS: After an eight-year wait for a new health centre, residents have been shocked to discover the council flogging off the promised site. And now Mayor Perry claims there’s nothing he can do to prevent the sale. EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading

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Coulsdon pub gets kitted out with its life-saving defibrillator

A potentially life-saving defibrillator has been installed outside a Coulsdon pub – thanks to the fund-raising efforts of a local residents’ association. The defibrillator was installed at the end of November outside The Smuggler’s Inn on Chipstead Valley Road, thanks … Continue reading

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Long-planned Coulsdon medical centre in ‘critical condition’

The long-planned development of the Coulsdon Medical Centre on the site of the CALAT building has been placed on hold. The front page of the latest edition of the newsletter from the Coulsdon West Residents’ Association puts it bluntly: “Critical … Continue reading

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Coulsdon West RA asks for donations to its Defibrillator Appeal

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Coulsdon West Residents Association annual meeting, Jul 7

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Coulsdon West RA photography competition now open

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Coulsdon RAs reject council planners’ charter for developers

Two of the borough’s biggest residents’ associations have joined forces to reject council proposals which would allow profit-hungry developers to build even more blocks of “overpriced executive shoeboxes” in their leafy suburban part of Croydon. The East Coulsdon RA and … Continue reading

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Coulsdon West residents in move to kick out plotter Morgan

The takeover of a residents’ association in Coulsdon by a rabid right-winger has turned very nasty over the past fortnight, as Peter Morgan has made a desperate attempt to cling-on to control of the Coulsdon West RA’s membership list and … Continue reading

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Coulsdon councillors distance themselves from plotter Morgan

Our fringes of Surrey correspondent, PEARL LEE, on the latest developments in the intrigue and dispute around a residents’ association Coulsdon’s Tory councillors have finally called time on the illicit takeover of a residents’ association. Coulsdon Town councillors Ian Parker, … Continue reading

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Residents’ association issues apology for ‘Chinese virus’ tweet

Our south of the borough correspondent, PEARL LEE, reports on how a Tory-backed group in Coulsdon has cause to regret handing its social media account over to a far-right agitator The Coulsdon West Residents’ Association, only reformed recently with the … Continue reading

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