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Croydon gets a new booze park as council grants café’s licence
‘Vertical drinking’ to be banned in park’s re-opened venue, which is located in a newly extended no-alcohol zone, as council grants licence to its new tenants. By our Town Hall reporter, SANDRA STEAD Croydon Council has managed to grant a … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Friends of Wandle Park, Mayor Jason Perry, Waddon, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Wandle Park, Glen Patnelli, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Patsy Cummings, Reclaim Croydon, Waddon, Wandle Park, Wandle Park cafe
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Council cover-up over security costs for empty community café
CROYDON IN CRISIS: With no prospect of a business taking over the long-vacant Wandle Park café during the busy summer period, the council is spending thousands of pounds on ‘private security’ EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Despite repeated promises by Croydon’s … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Friends of Wandle Park, Mayor Jason Perry, Waddon, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, Broad Green Library, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Wandle Park, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Perry's PIle, Reclaim Croydon, Waddon, Wandle Park, Wandle Park cafe
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Humiliated Perry gets police to evict Wandle Park squatters
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES and AUSTEN COOPER Officers from the Metropolitan Police moved in on the squatters at the Wandle Park café this morning – without any prior notice as is usually required to secure an eviction. It is suggested … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Friends of Wandle Park, Mayor Jason Perry, Waddon, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Wandle Park, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Reclaim Croydon, Waddon, Wandle Park, Wandle Park cafe
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Where Mayor Perry has failed, squatters have opened park café
Squatters have taken over the café in Wandle Park. And they have been making a better job of serving the community than the council has managed in more than five years. Mayor Jason Perry first promised to have the café … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Friends of Wandle Park, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Waddon, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Wandle Park, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Waddon, Wandle Park, Wandle Park bandstand, Wandle Park cafe
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Mayor Perry challenged over broken promises in Wandle Park
Locals in Waddon and Broad Green are challenging the Croydon Mayor to keep his promise to re-open the café in Wandle Park. Wandle Park, wedged in alongside railway and tram tracks, on the western edge of the borough close to … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Friends of Wandle Park, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Waddon, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Wandle Park, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Waddon, Wandle Park, Wandle Park bandstand, Wandle Park cafe
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Complacent Thames Water won’t improve Wandle for 12 years
Under-pressure utility giant Thames Water wants to be able to continue to dump sewage into the River Wandle, a rare chalk stream, until 2035. That shocking admission emerged at the last meeting for Sutton Council’s scrutiny committee this year. The … Continue reading
Posted in Bobby Dean, Croydon parks, Environment, Sutton Council, Wandle Park, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon Council, Feargal Sharkey, Friends of Wandle Park, Merton Council, Mortimer and Whitehouse, River Wandle, Sutton Council, Thames Water, Waddon Ponds, Wandle, Wandle Park, Wandsworth Council
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Only one of Croydon’s 120 parks achieves Green Flag status
This, in case you didn’t already know, is Love Parks Week. In Croydon under Conservative Mayor Jason Perry, it seems, we don’t love our parks very much. Croydon has more than 120 parks and open spaces within its boundaries, ranging … Continue reading
Posted in City Commons, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Wandle Park, Hutchinson's Bank, Mayor Jason Perry, Norwood Grove, Park Hill Recreation Ground, Wandle Park
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Wandle Park, Heathfield House, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Norwood Grove, Tory, Wandle Park
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Croydon Symphonic Band free concert, Wandle Park, Jul 9
Posted in Art, Croydon parks, Music, Wandle Park
Tagged Croydon Symphonic Band, Friends of Wandle Park, Wandle Park
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Enjoy a different kind of Fortnight along banks of the Wandle
Wandle Fortnight is a celebration of the Wandle Valley run by the community for the community, and it all starts next weekend. Much work has been done to uncover the River Wandle and clean it up, from the multi-million-pound work … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon parks, Environment, Wandle Park, Wildlife
Tagged Friends of Wandle Park, River Wandle, Wandle Park, Wandle Trail
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Pond dipping, Wandle Park Pond, Sep 14
Posted in Croydon parks, Education, Environment, Wandle Park, Wildlife
Tagged Friends of Wandle Park, River Wandle, Wandle Park
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Friends of Wandle Park Christmas Wreath-making, Dec 15
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Police make two arrests in drugs swoop on Wandle Park
Local police staged a special operation in Wandle Park yesterday, making two arrests and issuing one penalty notice, as they responded to residents’ concerns over increasing incidents of anti-social behaviour and drug-dealing. According to the Waddon ward police, today they … Continue reading
Rambles, walks and talks to celebrate River Wandle’s history
The Wandle Fortnight continues into its second week with more activities and exhibits in, on and around what was, during the Industrial Revolution, called London’s hardest working river. You can find out much more about the history of the River … Continue reading
‘Shameful’ conduct of planning meeting ignores common sense
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Last week’s council planning meeting, the final one of 2016, was “a shameful night” for the borough, according to CHRIS MASSEY, a concerned local resident The meeting of the council’s planning committee last week was a shameful night, … Continue reading
Council’s £1m discount on flats secures planning permission
WALTER CRONXITE has discovered that if you offer Croydon Council enough of a cash incentive, there’s seemingly no carbuncle monstrous enough that its planning department won’t allow you to build it Tomorrow night’s meeting of the council’s planning committee shows … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Broad Green, Church and religions, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Environment, Friends of Wandle Park, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Stuart Collins, Wandle Park
Tagged Alison Butler, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Friends of Wandle Park, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Wandle Park
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Live and Unplugged at the Bandstand, Wandle Park, Jul 9
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Tagged Broad Green, Friends of Wandle Park, Waddon, Wandle Park
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Wandle Wander heritage walk, Wandle Park, Jun 25
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Tagged Broad Green, Friends of Wandle Park, River Wandle, Waddon, Wandle Park
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Council officer leaves full activity programme at Wandle Park
Wandle Park has issued an updated list of the activities and shows being put on there over the coming months. The revised listing, reproduced in full below, was one of the last actions of Tom Smith as the council’s much-appreciated … Continue reading
Wandle Park sows seeds for a community with flowers and veg
By Catherine Graham Wandle Park Community Garden will be sowing the seeds of future success next weekend when the park’s annual garden party is staged on Saturday, July 27. The garden party, in its second year since the revamped town … Continue reading
