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Fining car drivers is not fine with pro-pollution Mayor Perry
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Not a single fine has been raised on one Healthy School Street after four months of a six-month trial, all because the council has failed to instal any ANPR cameras, leaving the cash-strapped authority missing out on … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Schools, Shirley North, South Croydon, Steve Iles, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion, Waddon
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Old Town, Healthy School Streets, Mayor Jason Perry, Minster Primary School, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Old Town, Shirley Park, Tory, ULEZ, Ultra Low Emission Zone
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New school streets are only ‘temporary’ according to council
Works start this week on 10 “Healthy School Streets” – the council says they are on a trial basis – which will come into effect on March 13. School streets restrict access to motor vehicles on designated roads where there … Continue reading
Council arts fund ignites row 11 years after deadly night of riots
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The decision by the Mayor of Croydon, Jason Perry, to call a Borough of Culture funding stream “The Ignite Fund” has been slammed for being crass, ill-judged and insensitive by victims of the Croydon Riots. The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Boris Johnson, Borough of Culture 2023, Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, West Croydon
Tagged Boris Johnson, Borough of Culture, Broad Green, Bushra Ahmed, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Old Town, Croydon Riots, Ignite Fund, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of Croydon, Old Town, reeves corner, West Croydon
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Hotter than Cairo – but 100 Croydon residents left without water
Around 100 residents, including families with young children, living in a new tower block in Croydon Old Town have been left without any water supply since just after 8pm last night – on one of the hottest days, and night, … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Environment, Health, Housing
Tagged Broad Green, Cairo New Road, Croydon Old Town, heatwave, Old Town, Optivo, Verde House
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Council finally starts work to clear its own Waddon fly-tip
Less than 48 hours after Inside Croydon reported how Croydon Council had blighted a youth centre in Old Town with five years’ worth of blatant fly-tipping, workers were finally dispatched by Fisher’s Folly to start the work to clear the … Continue reading
Start It Right Easter Playscheme, Old Town, Apr 11-22
Posted in Activities, Business, Education
Tagged Croydon Old Town, Old Town, Old Town Youth Centre, Start It Right
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Route masters let TfL know what they think of bus changes
Our transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON takes a closer look at TfL’s proposed changes to 13 routes through Croydon and Sutton, and discovers residents’ groups and ward councillors sceptical about the service reductions London Mayor Sadiq Khan has recently said that … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Chipstead, Commuting, East Croydon, Kenley, London-wide issues, Norwood Junction, Purley, Purley Way, South Croydon, South Norwood, Surrey, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport, Waddon, West Croydon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Caterham, Charles King, Coulsdon, East Surrey, Kenley, London Buses, Old Town, Purley, Purley Way, Surrey County Council, TfL, Transport for London, Waddon
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Covid lockdown ‘could be curtains’ for business, says Reeves
Founded in Croydon Old Town 153 years ago, the House of Reeves furniture business has survived two world wars, the Great Depression in the 1930s and the night of riots and arson in 2011. They’ve even seen off competition from … Continue reading
More than 400 veteran cars heading for Croydon this Sunday
The clocks went back by an hour on Sunday, but this weekend they will be going back more than 125 years as hundreds of veteran cars set off from London on their annual pilgrimage to Brighton, and all of them … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, History
Tagged Coulsdon, London to Brighton Veteran Car Rally, Norbury, Old Town, Purley, South Croydon, Thornton Heath
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Old Town underpasses to be filled thanks to £10m TfL grant
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on moves to remove a barrier to pedestrians and cyclists which has seen the town centre split in half more than half a century The dingy, often intimidating and piss-tainted pedestrian subways under the Croydon Flyover … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Joy Prince, Robert Canning, Stuart King, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Old Town, STUART KING, TfL, Transport for London, Waddon
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Project B ready for daytime opening on ground floor
The old, much-loved Beanos, off Surrey Street, is being put to great use, as Project B launch their daytime Café-Bar on the ground floor of this listed building. Project B’s café-bar provides a day-to-day option for people looking for a … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Fairfield, Pubs, Restaurants
Tagged Beanos, Croydon, Old Town, Project B, Surrey Street
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Life can be a bowl of cherries in your own urban orchard
ESIAH LEVY, @CroydonGardener on Twitter, has already explained how even the most modest of town centre homes can have a herb garden and grow their own vegetables with some raised beds. Here, he explains that producing delicious fruit is possible, … Continue reading
Posted in @CroydonGardener, Gardening
Tagged Broad Green, Croydon, Environment, Gardening, Old Town, urban gardener
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Old Town residents’ meetings, June 7 and 11
Posted in "Hammersfield", Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Surrey Street, Waddon
Tagged Hammersfield, Hammerson, Old Town, Surrey Street Market, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Ambitious plans announced for Old Town arts market
Next month will see the first staging of a Croydon Arts and Crafts Fair in Old Town. April 19 will see budding William Morrises setting up shop in Exchange Square, the open air arena tucked away behind Surrey Street, with … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Arts and Crafts Market, Business, Surrey Street, Transition Town
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Greens, Exchange Square, Old Town, Surrey Street
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