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Coulsdon Art Trail marks Clapp’s big hand for Logie Baird TV
The latest finial to join the Coulsdon Art Trail commemorates John Logie Baird’s transatlantic television transmission from the home of his chief engineer, Benjamin Clapp, in Warwick Road, Coulsdon, almost 100 years ago. The new finial is situated on the … Continue reading
Coulsdon war memorial adds 16 names after 104-year wait
There was a poignant ceremony conducted at a war memorial in Coulsdon last week, in conjunction with the other solemn Remembrance services. At the Marlpit Lane War Memorial, 104 years after the end of the First World War, the names … Continue reading
Seconds out! Coulsdon’s Art Trail goes another two rounds
The Coulsdon Art Trail, which commemorates the history of an area that was once known as Smitham Bottom, now has seven finials, after the addition of one outside Coulsdon Library, the other outside Aldi. Finials are small, stylised metal models, … Continue reading
Suspicions over secrecy surrounding Slominski’s return
Council directors are withholding information from a local MP on the date that a planning official started a new job. By STEVEN DOWNES The attempts to cover-up the close connections between Croydon Council’s planning department and some commercial developers who … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Croydon Council, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Heather Cheesbrough, Nicola Townsend, Planning
Tagged #Macarnage, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Heather Cheesbrough, Jan Slominski, Macar Developments, Maureen Levy, NewPlace, Purley, Ross Gentry
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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
Posted in Alison Butler, Cane Hill Park Residents' Association, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, HADRA, Heather Cheesbrough, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Planning
Tagged Cane Hill, Cane Hill Park Residents' Association, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Local Plan, CWRA, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, HADRA, Hartley and District Residents' Association, OCRA, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association
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Pankhurst points the way for a piece of Coulsdon history
Emmeline Pankhurst and Britain’s first public railway are the latest additions to the Coulsdon finial history and art trail, a community project designed and managed by local residents. The first three finials – small, stylised metal models – were positioned … Continue reading
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
Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Ian Parker, Luke Clancy, Mario Creatura
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon South, CWRA, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Michael Southwell, Peter Morgan, Tory
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College artists help brighten the bridge over the Brighton line
A run-down, forbidding-looking rail bridge has been brightened up by work from some local college students, CHARLES KING writes The footbridge over the Brighton Line between Coulsdon Town railway station and Coulsdon Woods, which was replaced in 2006 when the … Continue reading
Morgan objects to Holocaust talk in his Coulsdon power play
A Coulsdon car lobbyist who has been expelled from membership of both the local Conservatives and from UKIP, for breaking the rules and being repeatedly disruptive, is making a takeover bid at a residents’ association. Peter Morgan has put in … Continue reading
LibDems promise to give Tories ‘bloody nose’ over Cane Hill
The Liberal Democrats standing in Coulsdon East in May’s local elections say that they want to give the incumbent Tories at the Town Hall a “bloody nose” because of what they call a “fiasco” over the mishandling of the planning … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Cane Hill, Chris Wright, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Justin Cromie, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Planning, Terry Lenton, URV
Tagged Cane Hill, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Surrey, Tory
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