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Classic Scrooge heads David Lean Cinema’s Christmas films
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Charity and Fire Brigade concern over rocketing fire incidents
Safety charity RoSPA has issued a fireworks warning ahead of Bonfire Night, after official figures showed a 42% increase in incidents this time last year compared to 2023. “Organised displays remain the safest option,” says the Royal Society for the … Continue reading
Croydon movie studio to begin horror filming next month
Just in time for Halloween (well, Halloween 2026 if post-production goes smoothly), a chilling supernatural horror is about to be filmed in and around Croydon. Starring actress Lucy Russell, Sticks and Stones is director Lily Howkins’s debut feature, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Cinema
Tagged Croydon, Disauthority Originals, halloween, Horror, Lily Howkins, London, Lucy Russell, Sticks and Stones, Supernatural
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David Lean Cinema screenings, Nov 2025, Croydon Clocktower
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Check your child’s costume for fire safety ahead of Halloween
‘While candles can create a spooky atmosphere on Halloween, they also risk turning the night into a horror show’ Before the kids go out trick or treating this Halloween, check out this safety warning from the London Fire Brigade over … Continue reading
Posted in London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues
Tagged Candles, Children's costumes, Croydon, Fire risk, halloween, London Fire Brigade, Sutton
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Spook-tacular screening at David Lean Cinema for Halloween
The David Lean Cinema in the Croydon Clocktower will be screening Children of the Wicker Man this Halloween, Friday October 31, followed by a very special question and answer session with the documentary’s maker, and sons of The Wicker Man … Continue reading
Family Haunted House, Brown and Green Café, Oct 17-18
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Special Halloween screening at David Lean Cinema in October
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Haunted House Extreme! Brown and Green Café, Oct 18
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Family Haunted House, Brown and Green Café, Oct 17-18
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Haunted House Extreme! Brown and Green Café, Oct 18
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Join the Coulsdon Trick or Treat Trail, Halloween, Oct 31
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Tagged Coulsdon, Coulsdon Community Partnership, halloween, Trick or treat
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Coulsdon Photo Shop offers top tips for Halloween pictures
A Coulsdon photography expert has offered some tips to turn this year’s night of “Trick or Treating” into lasting family memories, creating photo books and gifts to document kids’ scary costumes this Halloween. Oscar Palmieri owns The Photo Shop, an … Continue reading
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Tagged Coulsdon, Fujifilm, halloween, Oscar Palmieri, The Photo Shop
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Conan Doyle ghost story to be brought to life in South Norwood
A South Norwood arts centre is to be transformed next month, as it stages an immersive adaptation of a darkly thrilling short story by probably the most famous author to have ever lived in South Norwood – Sir Arthur Conan … Continue reading
Signalling works mean only a ghost train service at Halloween
If you were hoping to plan any trips by train for the October half-term week – forget it. There will be no train services on parts of the railway and London Overground network across a large part of south London … Continue reading
Coulsdon Community Partnership’s Trick or Treat, Oct 31
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Halloween Party at Royal Standard, Sheldon Street, Oct 28
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Tagged Croydon Flyover, halloween, Royal Standard, The Royal Standard
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Trust appeals against dumping of pumpkins in the woods
The Woodland Trust has issued a Halloween plea to witches, wizards and spooks everywhere not to endanger wildlife by dumping pumpkins in woodland. The country’s largest woodland conservation charity has noticed Halloween pumpkins being taken to the nearest wood and … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, Nature Notes, Wildlife
Tagged halloween, Pumpkins, Woodland Trust
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Don’t waste it! How to make use of your Hallowe’en pumpkin
Want to make good use of that pumpkin flesh carved out of your kids’ Hallowe’en lantern? This recipe for pumpkin soup is easy, quick and entirely veggie. And you don’t have to use it only at Hallowe’en. Preparation time: less … Continue reading
12.6 million pumpkins heading for landfill this weekend
We could all be contributing to another Hallowe’en nightmare this weekend, as commercial waste experts estimate that the nation is about to consign 25,000 tons of perfectly good food to landfill. That’s according to Charlotte Green, from TradeWaste.co.uk, who has … Continue reading
