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MP Reed accuses library campaign of ‘disgusting’ lobbying
Steve Reed OBE, the Progress MP for Lambeth South/Croydon North (delete according to taste) has entered the row over the closures of four Lambeth libraries, including Upper Norwood Library losing all its professional staff at the end of April, by … Continue reading
Scudamore rides to library rescue with extra £50,000 grant
Bryher Scudamore, one of the trustees, has told Inside Croydon that she is “delighted” that the Upper Norwood Library Trust has squeezed an additional £50,000 over two years from Lambeth Council for the running of the facility. Upper Norwood Library, … Continue reading
Upper Norwood Library Trust chairman in shock resignation
Community groups in Crystal Palace were stunned this afternoon by the shock announcement from Robert Gibson that he has resigned as the co-chair of the Upper Norwood Library Trust. Gibson has worked tirelessly, often in rear-guard actions, to keep the … Continue reading
Posted in Carillion, Charity, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Libraries, Norwood Society, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Lambeth, Robert Gibson, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, Upper Norwood Joint Library, Upper Norwood Library Trust
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Magical Garden Event, Streatham Common Rookery, Sep 12
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Environment, Gardening, Lambeth Council, Outside Croydon, Walks
Tagged Gardening, Gardens, Lambeth, Streatham Common
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17th annual Streatham Common Kite Day, June 21
Posted in Activities, Lambeth Council, Outside Croydon
Tagged Lambeth, Streatham, Streatham Common, Streatham Common Kite Day
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Library closure would be ‘disaster’ warns Society chairman
The chairman of the Norwood Society has sent an open letter to the Croydon councillors who represent Upper Norwood, and to the MP for Lambeth South, Steve Reed OBE, to appeal for help in raising more funds for Upper Norwood … Continue reading
Crystal Palace library celebrates record reading figures
Staff at the Upper Norwood Joint Library have celebrated helping 140 Crystal Palace children complete a six-book reading challenge over the summer. This year’s Mythical Maze-themed Summer Reading Challenge was the latest, annual event, organised nationally, by the Reading Agency. … Continue reading
#WadGate takes to the airwaves with the Metroknobbers
The #WadGate bandwagon rolls on, with the Daily Boris audaciously claiming “to reveal today” the story which Inside Croydon published last Saturday, five whole days ago – and all based on a Tory party press release, no less. But hey, … Continue reading
Posted in Evening Boris, Inside Croydon, Local media, MetroKnobbers, Nathan Elvery
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, JASON COBB, Lambeth, MetroKnobbers, Mike Fisher, Tory
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Union group accuses MP Reed of ‘appalling nonsense’
Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Lambeth South, has lost the support of some of Croydon’s trades unionists, with one group promising to stand a candidate against the Bliarite “New Labour” advocate at next May’s General Election. The Trades Unionist … Continue reading
‘Nothing to see here’, police say over Gipsy Hill election case
The police has concluded its investigation into allegations of electoral fraud in Lambeth’s Gipsy Hill ward in May’s local elections, and says it will be taking no further action. The voters of Gipsy Hill elected three Labour councillors, including Matthew … Continue reading
Streatham Common Six-mile race, Sept 27
Posted in Athletics, Herne Hill Harriers, Sport
Tagged athletics, cross-country, Herne Hill Harriers, Lambeth, Sport, Streatham Common
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Greens take a stand against Chinese takeaway of public park
Green Party figures from the five boroughs that meet at Crystal Palace – Bromley, Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth and Croydon – have united to oppose what they have called the “privatisation” of the Grade II-listed public park in a promised £500 … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Community associations, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Darren Johnson, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London
Tagged Boris Johnson, Bromley, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Park, GLA, Greater London Authority, Lambeth, London, London Assembly, Southwark
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Developer’s donation welcomed by Upper Norwood Library
The Upper Norwood Library Trust has received £1,000 from Neville De Souza, the director of Crystal Palace-based developer Lightbox. The money was donated from the commission on art works sold at Lightbox’s elegant redevelopment of the Thicket pub on Anerley … Continue reading
Assembly Member calls Chinese Palace plans a “fiasco”
An influential member of the London Assembly has warned that Mayor Boris Johnson is trying to flog off a chunk of Crystal Palace Park to Chinese developers for the benefit of a Tory borough council, with little proper consultation or … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Boris Johnson, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Val Shawcross
Tagged Boris Johnson, Bromley, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Lambeth, Lewisham, London Assembly, Southwark, Tory, Zhong Rong
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Public only get to peek in at the uncertain Palace plans
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Nearly a year on since Boris Johnson stood on the terracing of the old Crystal Palace to announce a £500 million “investment” and the handing over of a significant chunk of public property to a Chinese developer, there’s … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, Tramlink, Transport, Val Shawcross
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Bromley, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace Park, Lambeth, Lewisham, London, London Assembly, Ni Zhaoxing, Southwark, Val Shawcross, ZhongRong Group
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Politicians distrusted? Ask Lambeth’s housing co-ops
Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Croydon North, says that it has taken him a year of working at Westminster to realise… People. Don’t. Trust. Politicians. Is this what the acronym NSS* was invented for? After all, Reed had spent … Continue reading
Croydon’s £40m Council Tax arrears make headlines again
Croydon’s Conservative-run council’s failure to collect more than £40 million-worth of Council Tax made it on to the pages of the Daily Wail and The Stun at the weekend, something which, with local elections coming, will have done nothing for … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery
Tagged Bromley, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Eric Pickles, Gideon Osborne, Labour, Lambeth, Lewisham, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Sutton, Tory
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MP Reed ordered investigation of councillor emails at Lambeth
Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Croydon North, had a fellow Labour councillor’s emails spied upon when he was the leader of Lambeth Council last year, according to an official answer provided at Brixton Town Hall. Kingsley Abrams, who was … Continue reading
Upper Norwood Library seeks volunteers for new trust
Trustees are wanted for a new social enterprise in Upper Norwood due to take over the running of the Upper Norwood Library. The Upper Norwood Library Trust (UNLT) has been formed by local residents with the objective of taking over … Continue reading
Invidious comparison on a rubbish route down Portland Road
Our loyal reader has been in contact again. More old rubbish. “Twice last week, I was driving through Croydon to central London, using the main roads through to Victoria at 6am. “Without exception, all the main roads that were lined … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Clocktower, England, Lambeth, London, London Borough of Croydon, Victoria
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Upper Norwood Library seeks clear-up volunteers: June 22
Upper Norwood Joint Library, cut adrift by Croydon’s Tory-run council as it blithely broke a century-old agreement that had seen it share the costs of running the public amenity with Lambeth, is getting a bit of help from their friends … Continue reading
Help to put Park Hill Juniors centre stage at Youth Games
The children at Park Hill Junior School need your help. Park Hill’s dancers, with a polished Bollywood-style routine, have been short-listed from schools across London to take part in the opening ceremony for this year’s London Youth Games, being staged … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Dance, Education, Park Hill Junior, Schools
Tagged Croydon, England, Facebook, Lambeth, London, London Youth Games
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Oi! Could the Town Hall do the Lambeth Walk under Labour?
Croydon’s Labour party looks like adopting a new approach to offer to the electorate ahead of the 2014 local elections. Labour wants to offer “a council run for the town, not the Town Hall”, according to the deputy leader of … Continue reading
