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Tag Archives: England
Debate the future of arts in Croydon: Oct 10
The South Croydon Community Association is to stage a local arts debate at the Croydon Unitarian Church on October 10. “Croydon is London’s largest borough with the highest number of young people,” Charlotte Davies, SCCA chair, said. “Its demographic is … Continue reading
Tea at Five at the Spread Eagle: Oct 2-4
Posted in Art, Spread Eagle Theatre, Theatre
Tagged Croydon, England, Heathfield, London, London Borough of Croydon, Recreation and Sports
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Green Heritage Fair at Heathfield House: Sep 21-22
The Croydon Ecology Centre at Heathfield House invites you to join them to celebrate the dedicated work of volunteers and professionals from conservation groups who have been caring for the wonderful woodlands and open spaces in and around the borough. … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Education, Environment, Gardening, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, East Croydon station, England, Heathfield, London, Recreation and Sports, West Croydon
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JAGS Foundation community event: Sep 14
The JAGS Foundation and The Challenge are joining forces to bring a great community event to the people of Croydon this Saturday September 14, while raising much-needed funds to support the work of a locally based youth organisation. JAGS Foundation … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, JAGS
Tagged Croydon, England, Facebook, London, National Citizen Service, Youth
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Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group: meeting, Sep 11
Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group will host its first quarterly Patient Forum event on Wednesday, September 11, from 6pm. The event will be held at the Masonic Hall, 73 Oakfield Rd, Croydon CR0 2UX. Residents are invited to attend to share … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Health, Mayday Hospital, Purley Hospital
Tagged Croydon, England, London, London Borough of Croydon
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MacMillan coffee morning, Shirley: Sep 27
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Shirley North
Tagged Ashburton Park, Croydon, England, London, London Borough of Croydon
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Crystal Palace Concerts – “I have a dream”: Thu Oct 17
Posted in Activities, Art, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Music
Tagged Ashburton Park, Croydon, England, Ian Holloway, London
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England captain puts his shirt on Warlingham scheme
RUGBY ROUND-UP: The new season is almost upon us, and Warlingham have launched themselves into it with the help of the England captain to help establish an apprenticeship scheme under the auspices of the RFU. More than 300 members and … Continue reading
May contain nuts: Three plays to preview before shipping off
The Breakfast Cat Theatre Company will be previewing their three “plays in pubs” at The Ship on the High Street in central Croydon on Tuesday September 24 from 7.30pm, before touring them down to the south coast for Havant Literary … Continue reading
Friends of Ashburton Park meeting: Sep 11
The recently formed Friends of Ashburton Park will be holding a public meeting on Wednesday September 11 at 6.30pm in front of the Old Library. “We want to hear residents’ views on the sale of the building, discover what people … Continue reading
Old Mid-Whits hockey open day: Sep 8
Posted in Activities, Hockey, Sport, Trinity Mid-Whitgiftians HC
Tagged Croydon, England, Health, London, Recreation and Sports
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Surrey in desperate late struggle to avoid relegation
Surrey cricket is in crisis. Again. For all the positive news and changes that have emerged from The Oval in recent months, today’s home Championship game of the season, against Derbyshire, is crucial for Surrey as they seek an unlikely … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Graeme Smith, Kevin Pietersen, Sport, Surrey CCC
Tagged Chris Tremlett, England, Hashim Amla, Jade Dernbach, Kevin Pietersen, Oval, Surrey, Zander de Bruyn
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How were you affected by the riots? Complete a brief survey
More than two years on, and little, if any, worthwhile research has been conducted into the aftermath of the riots. Until now. Georgie Wills, an under-graduate at Durham University, is conducting a survey as part of her degree’s dissertation. Inside … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon 8/8
Tagged Business and Economy, Croydon, Durham University, England, Questionnaire, Research, Social Sciences
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Travel back in time with this Victorian duo’s magic act
Looking for some family-friendly entertainment? There’s a show coming to Croydon next month from the Edinburgh Fringe which offers no profanity, lewd humour or exposed ankles. Morgan and West describe themselves as “Victorian magicians”, and they will be playing the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Comedy, Fairfield Halls, Theatre
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Clocktower, England, Fairfield Halls, ITV, London, London Borough of Croydon
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Boris’s deputy gives green light to £1bn incinerator scheme
Five brief paragraphs. That is all it took in a letter today to Sutton Council to give the go-ahead for the £1 billion Viridor incinerator on Beddington Lane, approving three decades of tens of thousands of HGVs importing to the … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Planning, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Croydon, England, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Metropolitan Open Land, Tory, Viridor
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Proms charity makes grant to help work of Lives Not Knives
Lives Not Knives, the Croydon-based anti-violence campaign, has received a £500 charity donation to assist their work, thanks to a recommendation from Inside Croydon. The cheque was handed over yesterday by local businesswoman, Petta Naylor, on behalf of the committee … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Fairfield Halls, Lives Not Knives, Music
Tagged Croydon, England, Fairfield Halls, LNK, London, London Borough of Croydon, Religion, South Croydon
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Surrey cricket looks to revive Croydon festival in 2014
First-class cricket could make a return to Croydon next summer, Inside Croydon can reveal. As the fifth and final Ashes Test between England and Australia gets underway at The Oval, today, Inside Croydon has learned of moves behind the scenes … Continue reading
Does Town Hall’s missing link point to another public sell-off?
Might Croydon’s Grade II-Listed Town Hall be the next public asset which the borough’s Conservative administration wants to flog-off? Rumours have been circulating Katharine Street since the virtual closure of the Clocktower arts complex nearly three years ago. The talk … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Environment, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Gardening, History, Housing, Planning, Property, Restaurants, Riesco Collection, Taberner House, URV
Tagged Cathedral Group, Croydon, Croydon Flyover, England, Fairfield Halls, London, Riesco
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Trams v Crystal Palace anniversay celebration game, Sep 1
Posted in Activities, Croydon FC, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Croydon, Driving range, England, London, South Norwood, Tram, Tram stop, Tramlink
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Surrey starting to come together as storm clouds clear
The death of a promising young batsman, the departure of his friend and club captain, the sacking of the county coach, and the arrival of two legends of Test cricket… It has been a year of trauma for Surrey cricket. … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Graeme Smith, Kevin Pietersen, Sport, Surrey CCC, Whitgift School
Tagged Adam Hollioake, England, Kevin Pietersen, Oval, Ricky Ponting, Stuart Meaker, Surrey, Whitgift School
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Constant congestion cannot be solved by more road schemes
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Responding to Charlotte Davies’s column yesterday on the borough’s secret parking tax, ARFUR TOWCRATE, the Sage of Waddon, offers his view “For a town that has built itself around the demands of the motor car, parking the vehicles … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Cycling, Environment, Health, Housing, Menta Tower, Parking, Planning, Property, Purley Way, Steve O'Connell, Taberner House, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, England, London, Purley London, Steve O'Connell, Tramlink, Westfield
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Invidious comparison on a rubbish route down Portland Road
Our loyal reader has been in contact again. More old rubbish. “Twice last week, I was driving through Croydon to central London, using the main roads through to Victoria at 6am. “Without exception, all the main roads that were lined … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Clocktower, England, Lambeth, London, London Borough of Croydon, Victoria
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Old schoolmates Daly and Yarde get England rugby call-ups
Marland Yarde and Elliot Daly, who played together in the winning side in the national schools’ cup final at Twickenham when at Whitgift School, today received call-ups to the England rugby squad for the 2013-2014 season. Yarde, the London Irish … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Robshaw, Elliot Daly, Marland Yarde, Rugby Union, Sport
Tagged Argentina, Chris Robshaw, England, London Irish, New Zealand, Stuart Lancaster, Warlingham, Whitgift School
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Coulsdon residents complain over dangers of CURV scheme
It seems that Croydon Council’s strategy of ignoring the interests of local residents and businesses, and instead acting at the bidding of big business, has now been extended to the leafy, largely Conservative-supporting suburbs of Coulsdon. Croydon’s Urban Regeneration Vehicle … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Business, Cane Hill, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, Friends of Farthing Downs, Housing, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Parking, Planning, Property, Schools, URV
Tagged Cane Hill Hospital, Croydon, Croydon Council, England, Eric Pickles, London, London Borough of Croydon, Tory
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