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Tag Archives: London
The best thing to come out of Croydon since… the riots?
With a strapline sure to cause acid reflux for Dudley and Two Permits at the Town Hall and for the MP for the Whitgift Foundation, while prompting knowing smirks from Captain Sensible and the rest of London, How The World … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy
Tagged Croydon, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, London, London Borough of Croydon
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Friends of Miller’s Pond Summer Fayre, July 14
It is the Friends of Miller’s Pond Summer Fayre this Saturday, July 14, from noon to 4pm. Being staged at Shirley Way, the entrance to the park is from Farm Lane and Worcester Close (Millers Pond is served by 194 … Continue reading
Something fishy about Fisher’s stubborn silence on HQ costs
ANDREW RENDLE wrote to the leader of Croydon Council on June 10 with simple questions of fact about spending on the new council HQ. How has he got on? On June 10 I wrote an open letter to council leader … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Mike Fisher, Property, URV
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House
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Beaten 4-1, but Croydon Athletic are back in the game
Did somebody mention Lazarus? As phoenix football clubs go, if Croydon Athletic ever manages to regain its former position, even in the non-league pyramid, it will make even the comeback achievements of AFC Wimbledon seem modest. Having played an unwitting … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, AFC Croydon Athletic, Crime, Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged AFC Wimbledon, Beckenham Town FC, Croydon, Croydon FC, Fisher FC, Kent League, London
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There will be no Olympic crime spree here, says Musker
Dave Musker, the borough police commander, today sought to reassure the Croydon public that there would be no reduction in service in the coming month because of the Olympic Games. “Anybody out there who thinks that there will be opportunities … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Crime, Croydon 8/8, David Musker, Policing
Tagged Crime, Croydon, London, London Borough of Croydon, Olympic, Olympic Games
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Unconnected Croydon and the £20m footbridge to nowhere
The incompetence of Croydon’s planners and politicians means that our council has been turned over by developers once more, hoodwinked into spending about £20 million of public money on what an official report this week concedes could become “a walkway … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Boris Johnson, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Transport, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, London, London Borough of Croydon, Network Rail, Ruskin Square
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Ibis re-opens Norfolk Hotel on London Road
At least there’s one new business opened in the north of Croydon, with the overhaul and re-branding of the Norfolk Hotel, opposite Mayday Hospital near Thornton Heath. Multi-national French hotel chain Accor, which runs more than 4,400 hotels in 92 … Continue reading
“Croydon was on fire and we had to just sit in a car park”
Malcolm Wicks, MP for some of the areas worst affected by the rioting in Croydon last August, has demanded that the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police should hold an inquiry into reports that up to 100 back-up police were left … Continue reading
Sun Lounge fails to shed much light on future of Croydon
An exhibition of architectural plans for a “New Croydon” is long on waffle and short on fresh ideas, says a disappointed CRO CRUSADER You might have expected that the grandly titled “New Croydon Architecture & Design Exhibition”, which is open … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Business, Centrale, City status, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield Halls, Housing, Jon Rouse, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, URV, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Hammerson, London, London Borough of Croydon, Ruskin Square, Whitgift Centre
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South Norwood Community Festival: next Saturday, July 7
The South Norwood Community Festival takes place next Saturday, July 7, from 10am, offering a range of free activities, music and displays throughout the day, all in aid of local charities. Based around South Norwood Clock Tower on Station Road, … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Charity, Community associations, Dance, Education, History, Music, South Norwood, Youth Services
Tagged Art, Bollywood, Croydon, Islamic art, London, London Borough of Croydon, South Norwood
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Addiscombe wrestles with Jack Black’s fund-raising scheme
ANDREW PELLING tries to do a Kent Walton impersonation and unmasks a potential new method of funding voluntary groups In the words of Bonnie Tyler, we need a hero. But we may need to search no further than the Sir … Continue reading
Croydon Photoblitz: Addington Hills walk, July 1
Tomorrow, Sunday July 1, sees the latest outing by Croydon Photoblitz, a small group of local enthusiasts who combine walks and photography. This expedition will take in Lloyd Park, Addington Hills and the Shirley Windmill, and with some fair weather … Continue reading
Young architects highlight real need for human scale
ANDREW PELLING sat in on an ideas session at the architecture exhibition at Fairfield Halls, and was unsurprised by what he heard The London Festival of Architecture programme, which includes an exhibit of “New Croydon” at the Fairfield Halls through … Continue reading
Boris called to answer for 22% rise in cyclists’ deaths
There were 571 cyclists killed or seriously injured in London in the past year, a 22 per cent increase over 2010, leading to one senior London Assembly Member to blame Boris Johnson, the capital’s “cycling mayor”, for policies applied through … Continue reading
Westfield to display their Whitgift Centre plans next week
Re-designing Croydon for the 21st century appears to be some kind of favourite fantasy game among architecture students. Until July 3, the Fairfield Halls is staging an exhibit called “New Croydon”, “celebrating Croydon’s architecture” – yes, seriously – as part … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Allders, Business, Centrale, Planning, Property, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Hammerson, London, Margaret Thatcher, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Uncollected Council Tax reaches £42.2m in Croydon
Eight of the 10 councils with the biggest amassed Council Tax debts are Labour-run, today’s tabloids report as the latest figures have been released. No prizes for Croydon residents who guess the identity of the non-Labour local authority which is … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, England, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Southwark
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Alexandra House offers a bright new future for vulnerable
A new building will be opening for business next month. Here, LEE BUSS explains why South London YMCA is important for some of Croydon’s most vulnerable people At South London YMCA, we have been providing community services in Croydon for … Continue reading
Concrete Croydon gets a pop-up youth club: for one night only
For one summer’s evening only, Croydon is going to be able to enjoy having a youth service. Don’t blink or you’ll miss it. “The Croydon Club” will have an official opening. And then it will close just four hours later. … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Andrew Pelling, Art, Church and religions, Community associations, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Croydon Federation of Allotment and Garden Societies, Croydon Greens, East Croydon, Education, Environment, Fairfield, Gardening, Parking, Property, Youth Services
Tagged Big Society, Conservative, Council, Council Tax, Croydon, Fairfield Halls, London, Rowan Williams
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Here’s an election pledge that Boris now dare not break
Boris Johnson, who four years ago scrapped a costed and funded scheme to build a Tramlink extension to Crystal Palace, this morning paid a flying visit to East Croydon station to have his picture taken alongside a tram with “Crystal … Continue reading
Sutton councillor calls for “all-out war” on the Tories
Croydon politics may be a red-blue duopoly but next door in Sutton, the LibDems have just completed 25 years in charge. Here, Sutton councillor LESTER HOLLOWAY outlines his progressive approach to the national government coalition and the 2014 local elections … Continue reading
Posted in Lester Holloway, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Sutton Council
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, LESTER HOLLOWAY, LibDem, Liberal Democrat, London, Sutton, Worcester Park
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Folk and Blues festival sets itself cancer charity target
The 22nd annual Folk and Blues Festival takes place at Ruskin House on Saturday, July 7. This year’s festival is raising money for the Royal Marsden Cancer hospital and organisers are hoping to raise £1,000 for the charity. All bands … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Charity, Community associations, Dance, Fairfield, Music
Tagged Bee Gees, Croydon, London, London Borough of Croydon, Robin Gibb, Ruskin House, Schiehallion
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Discus date with destiny for Okoye, the Olympic opportunist
It is a year since the wheels fell off for the discus-throwing juggernaut that is Lawrence Okoye. At 6ft 6in tall and 21-stone, Okoye was in only his first full season as an international discus thrower, and he had known … Continue reading
