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Council does a play street U-turn after Inside Croydon report
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The borough’s senior Labour councillors continue to appear to be in power, but not in control. Just days after a report on this website about attempts to charge organisers of kids’ play schemes hundreds of pounds, a … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Education, Muhammad Ali, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Woodside
Tagged Emma Hope-Fitch, Love Lane, Muhammad Ali, Play Streets, South Norwood, Woodside
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Croydon In Crisis: Now council wants to charge kids to play
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Our cash-strapped council is so hard-up, they want to charge kids hundreds of pounds for the simple pleasure of playing in the street outside their homes. EMMA HOPE-FITCH explains Back in 2015, I had the pleasure of organising … Continue reading
Tears in Love Lane as developer ‘parks his tanks’ in play area
KEN LEE reports on a troubling move in the battle for a community garden in Woodside, and the challenge it represents to the promises made by council leader Tony Newman The community in South Norwood and Woodside was left reeling … Continue reading
Posted in Paul Scott, South Norwood, TfL, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Woodside
Tagged Croydon Council, Emma Hope-Fitch, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Love Lane, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Woodside
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Community activist is leading fight to save Love Lane gardens
Hear how a group of neighbours and friends in South Norwood is fighting to save their community gardens from Mayfair-based property developers, as featured in our latest Under The Flyover podcast The strength of the council’s commitment to protecting Croydon’s … Continue reading
Council abandons ban on kids’ bikes on World Car-Free Day
Inside Croydon has made a difference, yet again, after Croydon Council was forced to drop its ban on scooters and bikes from the play street it has planned for the High Street this Saturday. Inside Croydon yesterday highlighted the imbecility … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Cycling, Transport
Tagged Croydon High Street, Emma Hope-Fitch, Love Lane, Woodside
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Reader with windmills on his mind wins our tourist prize
Inside Croydon loyal reader Tony Skrzypczyk will be able to lead his guided tours around Shirley Windmill through the rest of this summer proudly wearing a South Norwood Tourist Board T-shirt, as the winner of our latest competition. There were … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Airport, History, Inside Croydon, Shirley
Tagged Croydon Airport, Love Lane, Shirley, Shirley Windmill, South Norwood Tourist Board
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Woodside’s Love Lane named Play Street of the Year 2017
Love Lane in Woodside is officially London’s Play Street of the Year. It’s the second time that Love Lane has won the award, having taken the title in 2016, too. Children from the neighbourhood, who play in the street when … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Education, South Norwood, Woodside
Tagged Love Lane, Woodside
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Residents fear Love Lane’s garden could face the bulldozers
“You don’t tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive”. That’s a quote from Margaret Thatcher which appears prominently, approvingly, on the website of a firm of property consultants who have been leafleting residents in Woodside ward over … Continue reading
