Tag Archives: Lewis Carroll

Wandle Park to be transformed into a summertime Wonderland

Posted on July 18, 2023 by insidecroydon

Something a little weird and a bit wonderful will be appearing around the bandstand in Wandle Park next week. In its 80th year, CODA, the Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association, is performing Alice Through Wonderland, an innovative production of Lewis … Continue reading →

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Croydon painter Sant, a portrait artist by Royal Appointment

Posted on April 23, 2023 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: One hundred and fifty years ago, Queen Victoria chose a Croydon-born artist to be her ‘Principal Painter in Ordinary to Her Majesty’, but as  DAVID MORGAN discovered, she never liked his work As Croydon celebrates being the London … Continue reading →

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£30m library deal referred for scrutiny – by report’s author

Posted on May 28, 2013 by insidecroydon

It was past 9pm last night, Bank Holiday Monday, when the official Croydon Council Twitter feed spluttered into life (double time for someone in the press office, perhaps?), offering a link to some new content on the official council website. … Continue reading →

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£3.1m on HQ’s furniture is “value for money” in Croydon

Posted on March 25, 2013 by insidecroydon

Lewis Carroll couldn’t have made this up. There is a proposal going before Croydon Council’s corporate services committee on Wednesday that suggests spending £3.14 million of public money on new furniture and fittings for Bernard Weatherill House, the council headquarters … Continue reading →

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Potter’s Dreamchild gets rare screening at Shirley this Saturday

Posted on October 1, 2012 by insidecroydon

The Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign is on the road again this week, with a special showing of Dennis Potter‘s Dream Child at the Shirley Community Centre in Shrublands Road from 7.30pm this Saturday, October 6. This is a … Continue reading →

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“Procurement” or how Croydon recruits while axing staff

Posted on April 12, 2012 by insidecroydon

There’s a recession on, isn’t there, with jobs and council services being cut across the board? Not in Conservative-controlled Croydon, where a dedicated website is being used to recruit 10 staff in management roles for one department, most of the … Continue reading →

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