Tag Archives: Ebenezer Scrooge

Bah! Humbug! Scrooge-like poverty haunts modern Croydon

Posted on December 11, 2023 by insidecroydon

As the country slides into the kind of social division not seen since Victorian times, Theatre Workshop Coulsdon has a new production of a Dickens classic that shows we really ought to do better. KEN TOWL went along to see … Continue reading →

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Croydon, Christmas 2012: Scrooge is in charge of the Town Hall

Posted on December 19, 2012 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: ANDREW PELLING is appalled at the hypocrisy of the borough’s leading politicians as they sip their glasses of mulled wine after voting through benefit cuts Christmas should be a time for compassion and care for family, friends and … Continue reading →

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Bah humbug! Tory councillor complains at ‘too early’ Christmas

Posted on December 5, 2012 by insidecroydon

One of Croydon’s Conservative councillors wants to stop the town’s retailers from starting their Christmas sales campaigns too early. Ashburton councillor Adam Kellett put forward his own forthright views in a question to the council leader Mike Fisher at the … Continue reading →

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