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Tag Archives: England
Letting the Goode times roll at rugby summer training camp
Saracens and England full-back Alex Goode will be assisting with the coaching at Warlingham RFC’s summer training camp next weekend. Also assisting with training at the club’s Hamsey Green ground on July 27 and 28 will be Mel Deane, the … Continue reading
Posted in Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Alex Goode, England, Hamsey Green, London, Maidstone, Mel Deane, Training Camp, Warlingham
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Coulsdon bowling green re-opens after council cuts
Marlpit Lane bowling green in Coulsdon, after facing possible closure when Croydon Council withdrew funding for the sports venue in 2011, is once again open. The green can be used by experienced players to enjoy a game of bowls, or … Continue reading
Mayday Hospital’s care record warrants closer inspections
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Are we, as patients, safe in the hands of the NHS? DAVID CALLAM welcomes moves for more stringent, and transparent, scrutiny Is Croydon’s Mayday Hospital a completely safe place in which to be treated? Or is it badly … Continue reading
Posted in David Callam, Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Care Quality Commission, CQC, Croydon, England, National Health Service, NHS, Patient
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Community Question Time: Wed July 17
The Voice newspaper and Croydon BME Forum are holding a Community Question Time on Wednesday, July 17, from 5.30pm to 8pm at Croydon Town Hall in Katherine Street. The panel will include local MPs and council representatives and topics will … Continue reading
Lessons learned at Warlingham’s School of Hard Knocks
Warlingham rugby club is set to feature on Sky television’s School of Hard Knocks again next month. The Hamsey Green club has just hosted a youth version of SoHK for a third year, with coaching visits from Sky Sports regulars … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Croydon, England, Hamsey Green, Ollie Phillips, School of Hard Knocks, Scott Quinnell, Warlingham, Will Greenwood
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Transition Town team ready to open community garden
SUSAN OLIVER on a couple of important Green events around the borough in the coming week Chard and turnip greens have already been reaped. The onions are coming along, the potatoes are starting to peep, and the calendula and cosmos … Continue reading
South Norwood Arts Festival finale: Sunday July 14
Posted in Activities, Art, Community associations, Dance, Music, South Norwood
Tagged Croydon, England, London, Recreation and Sports, Religion, Shopping mall, South Norwood
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Putting in a BID for blooming town centre
Croydon in Bloom was a small-scale council spend which was long ago axed by our penny wise and pound-foolish Town Hall chiefs, as they opted to put £140million of public cash into providing themselves with lovely new offices instead of … Continue reading
Croydon Folk and Blues music festival: July 13
Ever fancied going to one of those posh summer garden parties, but never received the invite? Then get along next Saturday to Ruskin House, where the 23rd annual Folk and Blues Festival offers a family-friendly day, and evening, with at … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Dance, Fairfield, Music
Tagged Arts and Entertainment, Coombe Road, Croydon, England, London, Music, Ruskin House, West Croydon station
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Beddington incinerator is a burning issue for Surrey
TERRY GARDENER doesn’t live in Croydon, but across the southern boundary in Surrey. He still realises that the smoke and particulates from an incinerator built in Sutton could harm the health of his family and his neighbours. Here, he sends … Continue reading
Croydon Central open primary: Alisa Flemming
Alisa Flemming, an Upper Norwood councillor, worked for Croydon North MP Malcolm Wicks for 10 years. Her employment as a busy caseworker in the MP’s office leaves Flemming well-qualified to tackle the job of helping constituents as an MP. Flemming … Continue reading
Art for heart’s sake: seeing the world afresh
SUSAN OLIVER, pictured left, ahead of the South Norwood Arts Festival, outlines how she discovered her own artistic bliss Most people know me as a gardener and bee-keeper. But quietly, in the background, I’ve been seeking my own personal revolution … Continue reading
Posted in Art, South Norwood, Susan Oliver
Tagged Croydon, England, London, Recreation and Sports, Religion, South Norwood, Susan Oliver
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Sticky fingered thief makes off with tree from garden
This notice was spotted by our loyal reader in South Croydon. It requires no further comment. Unless, of course, you wish to post your views with this article…
Posted in Crime, Environment, Gardening
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, England, Health care, London, Religion, South Croydon
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Inside Croydon’s Heroes of the Week: MOT Centre staff
Inside Croydon’s loyal reader has been in touch. They write: “I would like to nominate the mechanics of the Croydon MOT Centre in West Croydon. “Today, at approximately 4.30pm, I witnessed a very nasty road rage incident, yards from the … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Crime, Policing
Tagged Croydon, England, London, Road rage, Violence and Abuse, West Croydon, West Croydon station, Wilfried Zaha
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Whitgift wing Yarde poised to go all the way for England
IAN LAMONT on the international call-up for a rugby player made in Croydon Another benchmark for sport in Croydon will be made tomorrow, when Marland Yarde runs out in an England shirt at the Velez Sarsfield stadium in Buenos Aires … Continue reading
Posted in Marland Yarde, Rugby Union, Sport, Whitgift School
Tagged Danny Cipriani, England, Freddie Burns, Lancaster, Rugby League, Stuart Lancaster, Whitgift School, Yarde
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Help to put Park Hill Juniors centre stage at Youth Games
The children at Park Hill Junior School need your help. Park Hill’s dancers, with a polished Bollywood-style routine, have been short-listed from schools across London to take part in the opening ceremony for this year’s London Youth Games, being staged … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Dance, Education, Park Hill Junior, Schools
Tagged Croydon, England, Facebook, Lambeth, London, London Youth Games
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Marlpit Lane bowlers appeal for help … and new balls
A year after they were formed, the Friends of Marlpit Bowling Green are appealing for help – volunteers, new players, donations, equipment, and they even want some new balls. Marlpit Lane bowling green is one of the facilities available in … Continue reading
GPs ditch anti-smoking service due to “unachievable” targets
Cuts in health spending have prompted one South Croydon NHS doctors’ surgery to withdraw two key services, issuing an angrily worded leaflet decrying “unachievable” targets and saying that the government-imposed changes could be “detrimental to patient care”. The Parkside Group … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Health
Tagged Brighton Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department of Health, England, London, London Borough of Croydon, NHS
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Community group stages Park Hill Park meeting: June 20
The South Croydon Community Association is staging a public meeting, open to all, to discuss Park Hill Park. The meeting will take place from 7pm on June 20 at St Peter’s Church House, Heathfield Road (behind Arundel House, just down … Continue reading
