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Council agrees deal to allow 4G cells on its lamp posts
The council claims that more residents, businesses and visitors will soon benefit from better and faster mobile connectivity in Croydon following a deal to boost 4G coverage across all networks. Network service provider Freshwave is to instal additional small cells … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council
Tagged 4G, Croydon Council, Freshwave, Norwood Junction, Purley, Thornton Heath
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Organisers cancel South Norwood ‘Reclaim These Streets’ vigil
Organisers of a vigil this evening at Norwood Junction say they have abandoned their plans “with a heavy heart”, following yesterday’s High Court ruling that banned an event being held at Clapham Common to protest against violence, following the abduction … Continue reading
Railway group launches appeal to sock it to homelessness
Govia Thameslink Railway, the country’s largest rail network which operates services through East Croydon, South Croydon, Selhurst and Norwood Junction stations on Southern and Thameslink routes, will join forces once with a variety of its regional charity partners again this … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, East Croydon, Norwood Junction, Transport
Tagged East Croydon, Govia Thameslink, GTR, Norwood Junction, Southern Railways, Thameslink
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Train operators offer advice for travelling in the ‘new normal’
During this coronavirus pandemic, not everyone works in No10 and can just drive to Barnard Castle when they fancy a day out. But as lockdown measures are eased, and there’s a gradual return to work for some, railway operators … Continue reading
East Croydon expansion plans are to go online from Monday
The latest stage of Network Rail’s consultation over the expansion of East Croydon Station, improvements at Norwood Junction, the rebuilding of Windmill Bridge and the unblocking of the railway bottleneck at the Selhurst junction, will be launched online on Monday. … Continue reading
South Norwood’s road closures cause mile-long tailbacks
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, took a socially distanced stroll around South Norwood yesterday and found the council’s roads experiment delivering predictable results Two weeks in to the council’s coronavirus road closure experiment, and the brains trust in Fisher’s Folly … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Cycling, Norwood Junction, South Norwood, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Jane Nicholl, Norwood Junction, Portland Road, South Norwood
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At 8pm show NHS your support with minute’s warm applause
JANE NICHOLL reports from South Norwood where covid-19 mutual aid groups have found a way for a daily break from the isolation, and to helpfully check on the neighbours It’s a little bit like Network, the 1976 Peter Finch dystopian … Continue reading
Posted in Health, South Norwood
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Jane Nicholl, Norwood Junction, South Norwood
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Neighbours rally round to help in coronavirus emergency
As supermarkets decide to ration some products in their stores after panic-buying over the weekend, and the first Croydon school announces a partial closure, meanwhile hundreds of good neighbours have been mobilising to help others through the pandemic crisis, as … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Business, Community associations, Coombe Wood School, Fairfield Halls, Health, Mayday Hospital, Schools, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Fairfield Halls, New Addington, Norwood Junction, South Norwood
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South Norwood high street suffers Thames Water torture
Long-suffering South Norwood residents have been having to deal with more traffic gridlock in and around the high street, after private utility giant Thames Water broke an undertaking to have a new leakage repaired within a week. A water main … Continue reading
Posted in South Norwood
Tagged Norwood Junction, Portland Road, South Norwood, Thames Water
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Network Rail moves to give Norwood Junction a bit of a lift
Residents and rail passengers are invited to four drop-in events in June, as Network Rail’s long-awaited proposals to upgrade Norwood Junction Station, with step-free access and longer platforms, are put to the public. According to Network Rail today, “The proposals … Continue reading
Posted in East Croydon, Norwood Junction, South Norwood, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Network Rail, Norwood Junction, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood
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Cabinet member says Brick by Brick could build on libraries
GENE BRODIE, our bookish gyms correspondent, on the latest inadvertent slip by a council cabinet member which betrays the next possible target for the council’s ‘award-winning’ house-builders Brick by Brick’s insatiable appetite for turning public property into mainly private flats … Continue reading
MP backs Network Rail plans to unblock Croydon bottleneck
Croydon leads the way in one respect, at least: it has become the “most challenging bottleneck on Britain’s railway”. That’s according to Network Rail, and they should know. Network Rail has announced a public consultation into its multi-million-pound plans to … Continue reading
Timetable promises to get commuter trains back on track
What does the timetable changes later this month do for the rail users of Croydon and Sutton? CHARLES KING takes a look In March, Charles Horton, the chief executive of Govia Thameslink Railway, stated in the Metro newspaper that the … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport
Tagged East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, GTR, Norwood Junction, Southern Railways, Thameslink
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Energy Garden at West Croydon joins Overground grand tour
Energy gardens at Norwood Junction and West Croydon are to form part of a magical tour of the London Overground network this Saturday. The organisers say, “Energy Garden is one big community and we want to get together to take … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, South Norwood, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Norwood Junction, South Norwood, West Croydon station
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Page Turners to tackle Hardy classic at their February meet
The Page Turners, now touting itself as South Norwood’s friendliest book group, will be looking at Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd at its February meeting. At just over a year old, the group has read authors as diverse … Continue reading
Page Turners’ book club looks to Winter this month
The South Norwood book club, Page Turners, meets on November 3, to share their views on Patrick Gale’s acclaimed novel, A Place Called Winter. Short-listed for the 2015 Costa Prize – which makes it eminently suited for reading in a … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, South Norwood
Tagged Norwood Junction, South Norwood, Yeha Noha
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Croydon passengers have to stand against worsening service
Government figures confirm the dire over-crowding on our commuter rail services, but as transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports, the Department of Transport refuses to take any immediate action It will come as no consolation to all those commuters from Croydon, … Continue reading
Latest novel offers Page Turners some Swedish escapism
The Page Turners book group meets next week, June 15, at 7.30pm at Yeha Noha, Station Road, SE25, just up from Norwood Junction Station. This month, the book the group has been reading and will be discussing at the meeting … Continue reading
Norwood Junction book group opens new chapter at Yeha Noha
The Page Turners, Norwood Junction’s new book group, has decided to stick to holding its meetings on the third Wednesday of the month, at 7.30pm in Yeha Noha. So the next meeting will be on April 20. Members have also … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Community associations, South Norwood
Tagged Norwood Junction, Page Turners, South Norwood
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Norwood Junction ready for take-off with new station name
Council leader Tony Newman and the man pulling his strings, council CEO Nathan Elvery, clearly remain uncomfortable with being in… well, Croydon. This week’s Carve-up Croydon Conference was full of talk of “city status” from some of the estate agent-types. … Continue reading
Community rallies to support Norwood Junction cafe owner
Cafe Basmaccino, which has been serving teas, coffees and refreshments to long-suffering commuters at Norwood Junction for the past nine years, could be forced to close on Tuesday, as its landlords, LOROL – London Overground, a subsidiary of Transport for … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Commuting, South Norwood, Transport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Mayor, Norwood Junction, South Norwood, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Goat House Bridge re-opens after six months’ repair works
Goat House Bridge on Penge Road in Norwood, which has been closed for repair works by Network Rail for six months, is now fully open to traffic again, which may come as a relief to any Crystal Palace fans on … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, South Norwood, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Network Rail, Norwood Junction, rail, Railway, roads, South Norwood, Transport
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South Norwood gets in on the festival activity
Another day, another local fair. Today’s takes place in deepest SE25, with the South Norwood Community Festival – not to be confused with the longer running South Norwood Arts Festival. Starting this morning in South Norwood Recreation Ground, the SNCF … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Dance, Music, South Norwood
Tagged Arts and Entertainment, Croydon, Festival, Food, London, Norwood Junction, Norwood Junction railway station, South Norwood
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Norwood celebrates railway project that linked communities
Croydon’s controversially partisan Tory mayor, Eddy Arram, will be doing the honours tomorrow when he unveils two plaques marking the centenary of the opening of the pedestrian subway under Norwood Junction station. The tunnel links South Norwood town centre with … Continue reading
