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Tag Archives: England
Unconnected Croydon: street party prompts rushed road works
Just a few hours before the so-called “Connected Croydon” PR stunt that is spending cash from the riot recovery fund to celebrate the opening of the £22 million pedestrian Bridge to Nowhere at East Croydon Station, and workmen were working frantically on Lansdowne … Continue reading
£2.50 per person – the price Viridor puts on your health
Local environmental campaigners claim that local councils, including Croydon, have handed a £1 billion contract to Viridor to run a controversial waste incinerator all in return for no more than £2.50 per person in the local area in “mitigation”. The … Continue reading
Crystal Palace Overground Festival meeting: Dec 5
Local people are being asked to help develop more ideas for the 2014 Crystal Palace Overground Festival at the first of its monthly drop-in meetings on Thursday, December 5 from 8pm at the Methodist Church Hall on Westow Hill, Crystal Palace. … Continue reading
Ombudsman Doc Martin puts the boot into Croydon’s record
Croydon Council was subject to 109 formal complaints in 2012-2013 – nearly 40 per cent worse than the average level of complaints filed on London boroughs, according to a report from the Local Government Ombudsman. The figures were contained in … Continue reading
ECB demands rule out Whitgift cricket festival for 2014
Hopes that county cricket would return to Croydon in 2014 after a three-year hiatus will be dashed tonight when the England and Wales Cricket Board publishes its fixtures list for next summer. Surrey will not be listed as playing any … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Sport, Surrey CCC, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, England, Guildford, Oval, South Croydon, Surrey, Surrey County Cricket Club, Whitgift School
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One million pages and our loyal reader is our latest winner
Inside Croydon’s loyal reader, Ken Towl, is the winner of the site’s latest free-to-enter competition. Towl got the correct answer to our question (Katharine Hepburn was the subject of the first play at the new venue on Katharine Street), and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fairfield Halls, Spread Eagle Theatre, Theatre
Tagged Croydon, England, Fairfield Halls, London, Theatre
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CQC report tells us nothing we did not know about Mayday
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The hospital inspectors have been and gone. Now, says DAVID CALLAM, time is overdue for re-modelling the A&E department of our local hospital As a volunteer of more than 20 years at Mayday and an in- and out-patient … Continue reading
Posted in David Callam, Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Bus, Croydon, Croydon University Hospital, England, London, Mayday Hospital, Salford Royal
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Sex in the Cronx is coming to the Spread Eagle Theatre
The Spread Eagle Theatre has a lot to live up to. After the touching pathos of Tea at Five and the visually stunning Dr Frankenstein’s Travelling Freakshow, Croydon’s newest little theatre is delivering up for its final production before Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Spread Eagle Theatre, Theatre
Tagged Bridget Jones, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, England, London
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Follow in the footsteps of “Puff Puff” Pirie: Dec 1
Run in the footsteps of south London’s greatest distance runner in a special race staged over some of the most beautiful country, and demanding hills, in south-east England. Six decades before Mo Farah, Britain had a world record-breaking distance runner … Continue reading
Council CEO’s private company and mystery of £50,000 deal
Nathan Elvery, the interim chief executive at Croydon Council, has told Inside Croydon that there were no conflicts of interest when he set up his own private company for a business providing technical assessments for senior financial appointments across London … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Nathan Elvery
Tagged Companies House, Croydon, Croydon Council, England, London, London Borough of Croydon
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Shake the crowd from their uproarious calm
As we have done in the past, on this Remembrance Sunday, our single posting is a war poem. This year, we have chosen Verity, by Drummond Allison. Allison was born in Caterham and he lived in Kenley when he was commissioned … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History
Tagged Drummond Allison, England, Hedley Verity, Kenley, Oval, Prisoner of war, Remembrance Sunday
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Tayedzerwe’s hat-trick of tries give MidWives a lift
RUGBY ROUND-UP: After giving them the big build-up here last week, Croydon RFC’s recent run of good form came to an abrupt end at Chipstead, where they lost 25-5 down in Surrey 2 last Saturday, while previously win-less Streatham-Croydon finally … Continue reading
Potter wheeled away from council with £213,000 pay-off
Alan Potter left his Croydon Council director’s job in Taberner House in April 2012 with a budget-busting pay-off of £213,064, Inside Croydon has discovered. Potter had been in his role as director for education and learning for less than three … Continue reading
Steve Knightly announced as opening act for Stanley Halls
Stanley Halls’ first major public performance since the historic venue was taken over by a local community group has been announced for February 5, featuring Steve Knightly, whose group Show of Hands has been described by Peter Gabriel as “one … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Music, South Norwood, Stanley People's Initiative
Tagged Black History Month, Croydon, England, London, Peter Gabriel, Royal Albert Hall, South Norwood
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Poppy Cafe, Coulsdon re-opening: Nov 9
The long-awaited Poppy Café at Coulsdon Memorial Ground will be opened officially on Saturday November 9. The café will be holding an event from 10am to 3pm in the form of a Discovery Trail inviting people to find out more … Continue reading
New law to force Croydon to open up its council meetings
Croydon Council is to be forced by law to allow the public to record Town Hall meetings, in audio and video, and to Tweet and live blog from Katharine Street without their data being routed through the council’s wi-fi. Eric … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Croydon Council, Joy Prince, Mike Fisher, Tim Pollard, Waddon
Tagged Conservatives, Croydon, England, Eric Pickles, Local government, Pickles, Tim Pollard, Waddon
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Don’t say a word: Queen’s Gardens plans discussed tonight
A small step, but progress of sorts this week. Inside Croydon has received a note from the very helpful public relations person at GL Hearn, the private consultants that have been running the public consultation on proposals to knock down … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield, Planning, Taberner House, URV
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, England, London, Taberner House
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The Firebird, family concert: Sunday Oct 20
Posted in Activities, Art, Education, Fairfield Halls, Music
Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace, England, London, Ruskin Square, West Croydon station
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Thousands expected on touchline for annual schools clash
RUGBY ROUND-UP: It may be a Heineken Cup weekend, and the local rugby clubs might well be staging some important league fixtures tomorrow. But the real match of the day as far as Croydon sport is concerned kicks off at … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon RFC, Elliot Daly, John Fisher School, Lawrence Okoye, Marland Yarde, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Schools, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC, Whitgift School
Tagged Croydon, England, John Fisher School, Lawrence Okoye, London, Surrey, Warlingham
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It’s time for Town Halls to take back local powers
TONY NEWMAN, the leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, says that it is long overdue for powers to be returned to local councils so that they can take responsibility for their communities After serving as an elected local … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Jon Rouse, Mike Fisher, Planning, Tony Newman, Tramlink, URV
Tagged Arts Council England, Brighton, Croydon, England, London, London Borough of Croydon, Northern Ireland, Whitehall
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Ashes call-up has Thornton Heath’s Carberry on right track
England batsmen on this winter’s Ashes cricket tour to Australia had better take their quick singles very quickly, as the inclusion in the 17-man squad of Thornton Heath-born Michael Carberry is certain to put some speed into their running between … Continue reading
