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Tag Archives: Grange Park
‘Path Wars’: Time to park worries about these improvements
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Not everyone shares the concern for the future of a protected public park expressed on these pages last week, as BEN GADSBY, a Thornton Heath resident, pictured right, explains As a resident of Thornton Heath, I am a … Continue reading
Council sends in bulldozers to village’s cherished green space
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Contractors working for the council have had the bulldozers in one of the borough’s much-loved, and too often neglected, public parks. Old Coulsdon resident SALLY ANN VOAK shares her concerns On Monday morning, residents in Old Coulsdon woke … Continue reading
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VE Day 75th anniversary Giant Picnic, Grange Park, May 8
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Friends of Grange Park litter pick, Old Coulsdon, Oct 6
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Old Coulsdon Village Fair, Grange Park, Jul 6
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Grange Park Easter Eggstravaganza, Old Coulsdon, Apr 20
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Old Coulsdon turns out for Grange Park’s commemoration walk
More than 100 residents took part in last weekend’s commemoration walk in Grange Park, Old Coulsdon, as we enter the final 100 days until the centenary of the Armistice at the end of World War I in 1918. Chris Wright, … Continue reading
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Centenary Fields commemoration walk, Coulsdon, Aug 19
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Old Coulsdon park awarded poignant Centenary Field status
Grange Park in Old Coulsdon, which includes one of the borough’s war memorials, is to become the first Centenary Field in south London. The occasion will be marked on Saturday when Toni Letts, the deputy mayor, unveils a plaque in … Continue reading
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Grange Park Easter Eggstravaganza, Old Coulsdon, Apr 15
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Friends groups wary of cash-strapped council’s park plans
Another resident closely involved with a parks group has aired reservations about Croydon Council’s “Premier League” of the borough’s parks, questioning the lack of consultation regarding a public survey conducted last year, and the failure to discuss proposals with friends … Continue reading
All’s fair for Old Coulsdon charity event despite wet weekend
When the Old Coulsdon Village Fair was postponed in July because its venue, Grange Park, was waterlogged, the organisers, the Rotary Club of Coulsdon Manor, picked another date hoping for kinder weather for their charity fund-raiser. Come the re-arranged date, … Continue reading
Grange Park play area, official opening, Sep 10
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Work begins next week on Grange Park’s new playground
Work is expected to start on building a new playground in Grange Park, Old Coulsdon, from Monday, with local children able to enjoy the new facilities as soon as the work is completed, through much of the summer holidays. Depending … Continue reading
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Waterlogged park forces organisers to cancel village fair
The very wet spring and early summer has claimed a casualty in Old Coulsdon, where this Saturday’s Village Fair has had to be postponed because Grange Park is waterlogged. The event is organised by The Rotary Club of Coulsdon Manor … Continue reading
Marathon grant helps playground scheme cross the finish line
A children’s playground in Grange Park in Old Coulsdon has received a £20,000 grant from the London Marathon, allowing the community-led re-building project to begin work this summer. Separately from the tens of thousands of individual runners who raise millions … Continue reading
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