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Youth theatre brightens the gloom with amazing technicolour
CROYDON COMMENTARY: There are ways, safely, to break out of lockdown, as KIRSTIE SMITH, pictured right with her sons, discovered when they visited a local kids’ theatre One of the (many) things I’ve missed over these strange times is the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, CYTO, Dance, Education, Kirstie Smith, Music, Theatre
Tagged Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation, CYTO, Kirstie Smith, South Norwood
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Council survey on future of green spaces is shutting people out
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Is the council’s consultation on green spaces simply an exercise in providing planners with excuses to build on our less-loved parks? KIRSTIE SMITH, for one, is cynical about the exercise, which she says potentially excludes a large number … Continue reading
Pressure of SATs risks creating mental health problems
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The irony meter went off the scale this week, when during Mental Health Awareness Week, thousands of primary-aged children were sitting their SATs. KIRSTIE SMITH, right, argues that our youngsters don’t need such stress just for government data … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Health, Kirstie Smith, Schools
Tagged Kirstie Smith, Mental Health, SATs
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Businesses left to count cost of Shurgard fire devastation
The Shurgard fire that raged for three days and saw the tram network disrupted for almost a week has also robbed hundreds of residents and business people of their possessions. Now, they face uncertain times. Report by KIRSTIE SMITH Abby-Rose … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Kirstie Smith, Shurgard self-storage
Tagged Croydon, Kirstie Smith, Shurgard self-storage
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Rewards for school attendance send out the wrong message
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Just who are those attendance certificates that the children brought back from school at the end of term for: the kids, or their parents? KIRSTIE SMITH has a view Many children will have come home after their last … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Kirstie Smith, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Kirstie Smith, primary schools, schools
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Like it or lump it: how school Christmas dinner left a bad taste
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Some children’s approach to food often goes beyond a (very reasonable) disliking for sprouts, as KIRSTIE SMITH knows only too well “It’s Christmas-time, there’s no need to be afraid…” Unless, of course, your child has allergies. Last week, … Continue reading
BINMAGEDDON!: Let’s build a Christmas tree with old boxes
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Three months after the ‘changeover’ in rubbish contractor Veolia’s bin collection schedules, with new bins, smaller wheelies and recycling boxes which were supposed to be taken away, loyal reader KIRSTIE SMITH, right, has penned on open letter to … Continue reading
When going to a kids’ party can be a matter of life or death
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The coroner’s inquest into the death of a teenager from eating a sandwich may have raised broader public awareness of food allergies, but as Croydon mum of two KIRSTIE SMITH (pictured right) writes, it has only served to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Health, Kirstie Smith, Schools
Tagged Kirstie Smith, Pret a Manger
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BINMAGEDDON!: How our new collection has passed us by
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The first week of Veolia’s new bin collection schedule has been and gone, with varying reports of successful, and less successful, experiences, of still-missing new wheelies, and wheelie bins that have come, and then gone again. Here, South … Continue reading
BINMAGEDDON! Why can’t the council engage with residents?
CROYDON COMMENTARY: So just how might Croydon’s householders cope with the invasion of wheelie bins we have been told to expect over the coming weeks? KIRSTIE SMITH, right, has some suggestions Inside Croydon’s coverage of Binmageddon coincided with the day … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Kirstie Smith, Refuse collection, Veolia
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Kirstie Smith, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Veolia
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The day I cried over my child’s nursery’s ‘Lockdown Policy’
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Much has been made since Saturday night’s atrocities around Borough Market and London Bridge about how the capital has carried on as normal. But as KIRSTIE SMITH asks, how can we do ‘normal’ when even children’s nurseries in … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Crime, Kirstie Smith, London-wide issues, Policing, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Kirstie Smith, London Bridge attack, London Bridge station, Sadiq Khan
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Taking the milk from babies is an NHS cut too far
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Our under-funded NHS has chosen to make cuts which will adversely affect women, as KIRSTIE SMITH, pictured, knows very well from her own experience The decision of Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group, or CCG, to stop prescribing specialist baby … Continue reading
