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Tag Archives: Easter
Easter Trail, MHA The Wilderness, Shirley Church Rd, Mar 29
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Time to check out kids’ holiday activities clubs this Easter
The government-funded Holiday Activities and Food Programme returns in April, offering a wide range of sport, music and fun, plus free meals, for eligible children. HAF provides families receiving benefits-related free school meals access to holiday programmes where children can … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Schools, Sport
Tagged Croydon, Easter, HAF, Holiday Activities and Food Programme
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Handel’s Messiah, performed in Croydon Minster, Mar 29
Posted in Art, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, Music
Tagged Croydon Minster, Easter, Handel, Handel's Messiah, Messiah, Oxford Bach Soloists
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Handel’s Messiah, performed in Croydon Minster, Mar 29
Posted in Art, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, Music
Tagged Croydon Minster, Easter, Handel, Handel's Messiah, Messiah, Oxford Bach Soloists
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Kinetic Foundation free football camp, Crystal Palace, Apr 9-12
Posted in Activities, Education, Football, Sport
Tagged Crystal Palace, Easter, Easter holidays, Harris Academy Crystal Palace, Kinetic Foundation
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Grant to Park Hill church helps it have Easter gifts in the bag
St Matthew’s Church in Park Hill has been awarded funding from a church charity, the Benefact Mission Money Grants, which will allow it to continue running weekly cafés where helping people’s mental health is a core mission, and which has … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Church and religions, Park Hill and Whitgift
Tagged Easter, Park Hill, Rev Ruth Chapman, St Matthew's Church
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Celebrate Easter and Eid at the Purley Bazaar, Mar 30
Posted in Business, Charity, Purley, Purley BID
Tagged Easter, eid, Purley, Purley Bazaar, Purley BID
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Expect railway disruption during engineering works at Easter
Network Rail is planning to conduct wide-ranging engineering works in south London, Surrey, Kent and Sussex over Easter which will see bus replacement services in operation on several routes from Friday, March 29 to Monday, April 1. The works include … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon, East Croydon station, Easter, Network Rail, Purley, Southern, Thameslink, Whyteleafe
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Exciting Easter lined up for visitors to Centrale and Whitgift
This Easter, Centrale and Whitgift shopping centres in Croydon town centre will be hosting a roster of interactive activities for families – and helping to raise funds for a local arts charity. From April 1 to 5, you and the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Activities, Business, Centrale, House of Fraser, Stanley Halls, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Croydon, Easter, Stanley Halls, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Storage firm has an egg-cellent charity idea for Easter
A Croydon-based business is staging a charity Easter egg appeal: Access Self Storage wants to fill an empty storage unit with donated Easter eggs, in aid of The Felix Project and FareShare. To fill the container, which is approximately 9ft … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Charity
Tagged Access Self Storage, Easter, Easter eggs, The Felix Project
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Another record for the Brit School: a Faiths Together visit
CROYDON COMMENTARY by JOHN WOODHOUSE A group from Faiths Together in Croydon was invited to the Brit School last week to speak about faith in our lives. The Brit School is known around the world as an outstanding Croydon school … Continue reading
Purley BID offers to take families on a high street spring safari
Purley BID has teamed up with digital experience company High Street Safari to run a free family trail in Purley over the Easter holiday and coming weeks. This innovative experience lets families track down 10 Easter eggs from the land … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Purley, Purley BID
Tagged Easter, Purley, Purley BID
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Oxygen provides a breath of fresh air for kids’ holiday activities
Inside Croydon is putting some real bounce into kids’ Easter holidays, offering 12 free jump passes for the bigger, better and bouncier Oxygen Croydon trampoline park at the Colonnades, off the Purley Way. Oxygen Croydon is having the finishing touches … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Colonnades, Purley Way, South Croydon
Tagged Colonnades, Easter, Oxygen Croydon, Oxygen Trampolining Park, Purley Way
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Coulsdon’s Easter Egg Hunt, Brighton Road, Apr 8
Posted in Activities, Business, Community associations, Coulsdon
Tagged Coulsdon, Easter
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Beats & Eats Bank Holiday Sunday at Jolly Farmers, Purley
Posted in Activities, Pubs, Purley
Tagged Beats & Eats, Easter, Jolly Farmers, Purley
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History Detectives at Croydon Central Library, Apr 5 and 12
Posted in Education, History, Libraries, Museum of Croydon
Tagged Croydon Central Library, Easter, Museum of Croydon
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Bookings are open for 70 children’s Easter activity centres
The Easter holidays will see more than 70 activity clubs operate across the borough, offering free places for children and young people in receipt of free school meals. Backed with a £350,000 grant from Government, the clubs are being run … Continue reading
Fairfield Halls offers some Easter movie magic for just £2
A money-saving cinema club, offering films on the big screen for just £2 per ticket, is coming to the Fairfield Halls this Easter, as the borough’s arts centre looks to offer fun and entertainment on a budget for hard-pressed Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Cinema, Comedy, Fairfield Halls
Tagged Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Easter, Fairfield Halls, Family Film Club
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Crosslight, passion play, St Mildred’s, Addiscombe, Mar 17
Posted in Addiscombe West, Church and religions, Theatre
Tagged Addiscombe West, Easter, St Mildred's
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Norwood Park Easter Egg Hunt, Mar 27
Posted in Activities, Community associations, South Norwood
Tagged Easter, Norwood Park
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Hundreds attend Good Friday enactment in town centre
The crowd bayed for blood, and they got it in Croydon town centre this morning. The judge was swayed by the mob’s call for justice, despite there being no crime to justify such a severe punishment as execution nailed to … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Bishop of Croydon, Church and religions
Tagged Bishop of Croydon, Croydon, Easter, England, Friday, God, Good Friday, London
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Bishop says he will always defend the poorest in society
Jonathan Clark, the Bishop of Croydon, says that the government is “placing an additional and unfair burden on the poorest members of our society”. In an interview to be aired on local radio this weekend, Bishop Clark explains why he … Continue reading
