Tag Archives: Inside Croydon
A thousand years of history: join our Minster tour, Nov 28
Croydon Minster has been at the heart of the life of the town for more than a thousand years. And on Tuesday, November 28, you will have a chance to discover a myriad of fascinating details of the connections between … Continue reading
Inside Croydon in ‘watershed’ news sites deal with Google
Google has announced what has been described as “a watershed moment for the industry” with a partnership with the Independent Community News Network, including founder member Inside Croydon. Under the deal, Inside Croydon and another 44 hyperlocal publications will be … Continue reading
Mayor to let people’s petition be presented before budget
CROYDON IN CRISIS: ‘It is clearly in the public interest for this petition to be heard before the budget is set,’ Jason Perry has said, clearing the way for the people’s petition opposing his 15% Council Tax hike to be … Continue reading
Council withdraws High Court case against Inside Croydon
Hailing a ‘victory for commonsense’ over legal threats against him, this website’s editor promises to continue reporting on matters surrounding the Penn Report and Croydon’s bungling efforts to bring those responsible for the borough’s bankruptcy to account A week after … Continue reading
About turn! Trams’ town centre loop set to go in reverse
A leak from the Town Hall reveals the latest craziness from the planners that run Croydon. Following the collapse of the Westfield dream, Transport for London pulled the plug on the scheme to put in new tramlines down Dingwall Road … Continue reading
Competition: Win a copy of acclaimed Great North Wood book
Inside Croydon is delighted to offer our loyal readers the chance of winning a copy of the critically acclaimed and important new social history, The Wood That Built London, by CJ Schüler. The book, as reviewed here yesterday, is “A … Continue reading
Inside Croydon’s Person of the Year 2021: Fransoy Hewitt
Best wishes of the season to Inside Croydon’s loyal reader
That’s it from us for a few days. It’s not that we don’t have loads more material to inflict upon our loyal reader. We just realise that you’ll not be bothering to log-on over the Yule log. We’d like to … Continue reading
Thank you Croydon! Website breaks records with 3m views
By STEVEN DOWNES Editor, Inside Croydon Thank you, Croydon. At some point over the weekend, this website eased past the total number of page views we received in 2020, as we set another record in our daily coverage of all … Continue reading
Leisure centre is an asset of community value. Treat it like one
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The time has long passed for polite petitions seeking to save the council-owned Purley Pool. It’s time for the community to take the initiative. By STEVEN DOWNES, Editor of Inside Croydon While Save Purley Pool petitions and banners … Continue reading
Tea time among the tees: 10% off at Farleigh for our readers
Set among 350 acres of beautiful countryside, Farleigh Golf Club also boasts one of Croydon’s top restaurants. And now, in partnership with Farleigh, Inside Croydon is delighted to offer our loyal readers a special 10 per cent off the cost … Continue reading
Reader offer: Signed* copy of Bolt book for annual subscribers
Here’s the latest special offer for our loyal supporters – a free, signed copy of a book written by the editor of Inside Croydon! For a limited period, while (very limited) stocks last, any reader who takes makes an annual … Continue reading
Season’s greeting to all our readers – here’s to 2021!
Well, the Christmas tree has gone up at Inside Croydon Towers (we hope you like it), the mulled wine’s been put on a low gas and the stockings have been placed over the mantelpiece (more in hope than expectation – … Continue reading
Special offer: Win a signed copy of new book Britain 1940
Inside Croydon, in conjunction with publishers Pen and Sword Books and award-winning author Anton Rippon, are delighted to be able to offer two copies of his latest book in an exclusive competition for this website’s subscribers. And all readers can … Continue reading
READER OFFER: Join our post-covid guided ramble, Sep 19
UPDATED Sep 10: With great regret, following the government’s latest change to its covid-19 guidelines, we have taken the decision to postpone this event. Anyone who booked a place will be contacted directly. We apologise for any inconvenience – we … Continue reading
Bounce back from lockdown with free ad for businesses
Inside Croydon is delighted to announce a special offer for locally based businesses, as many of them ready themselves to re-open and work hard to bounce back after the coronavirus lockdown. Inside Croydon is the only news provider based in … Continue reading
Celebrate 20 years of the Croydon Trams with our competition
This month marks the 20th anniversary of the first fare-paying passenger services to run on the Croydon Tram network, and to help our loyal readers celebrate, we have a copy of the recently published Croydon Tramlink, A Definitive History, by … Continue reading
#saveindependentnews: How government health ads are unfair
By Steven Downes, Editor, Inside Croydon Today, the government launched a public health campaign that will not reach you. It won’t reach you because the government has not included independently-owned community news publishers like Inside Croydon in its campaign. The … Continue reading
Best wishes for the festive season to our loyal reader
That’s it from us for a couple of days. It’s not that we don’t have loads more material to inflict upon our loyal reader. We just realise that you’ll not be bothering to log-on over the turkey and the mince … Continue reading
Please be aware: take extra care over malware emails
IMPORTANT: PLEASE DO NOT OPEN ANY EMAILS FROM OUR EMAIL ADDRESS WITH THE SINGLE WORD ‘DOCUMENT’ IN THE SUBJECT FIELD Yesterday afternoon, we were made aware at Inside Croydon Towers that emails containing potential malware were being received by some … Continue reading
Help us to keep reporting news they don’t want you to see
Do you read Inside Croydon regularly? Have you been enlighted, informed and entertained by our coverage of our unaccountable council execs on six-figure salaries, our borderline incompetent councillors and the political machinations within local parties, with our MPs and wannabe … Continue reading
READER OFFER: Win a Croydon true history book in our quiz
Inside Croydon is delighted to have FOUR copies of The Shadow Of The Teapot to give away as prizes in an easy to enter competition – open exclusively for signed up Patrons of this website. The Shadow Of The Teapot, … Continue reading
READER OFFER: Step out on our next guided ramble, May 18
Places are now open for Inside Croydon’s latest guided walk, in and around our bit of south London, and to be held on Saturday, May 18. Ken Towl, our non-resident rambler, will again be leading the way as we explore … Continue reading
Is Scott set to dig for planning victory over Purley ‘skyscraper’?
EXCLUSIVE: Our housing correspondent BARRATT HOLMES on a possible breakthrough to solve a development crisis across the capital A document leaked from the council’s planning department suggests that a solution may have been found to one of the longest running … Continue reading
READER OFFER: Join us for Ken Towl’s Magical Mystery Tour
Inside Croydon’s non-resident rambler is off on his travels again soon. And this time, he’s giving iC’s loyal readers the chance to tag along for the trip. Saturday, April 6, will be Inside Croydon’s first public guided walk, with Ken … Continue reading
