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Tag Archives: Open House London
Open House London: The White House, Norwood Grove, Sep 13
Posted in Activities, Croydon parks, London-wide issues, Norwood Grove
Tagged Croydon, Norbury, Norwood Grove, Open House London, The White House
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Crystal Palace Subway is ready to open after £3.5m restoration
One of the highlights of this month’s Open House London weekend looks certain to be the opportunity for the public to get a first sight of the impact of the £3.5million restoration project to the historic Grade II*-listed Crystal Palace … Continue reading
From #MerkyFC to murky No10, Open House opens their doors
Open House is back next month, with a range of events in and around Croydon and the rest of the capital city, to give the public a glimpse behind the front doors and net curtains of some of London’s most … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art
Tagged Croydon Town Hall, Downing Street, John Grindrod, No10 Downing Street, Open House London, Shirley Windmill
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New edition of Nairn takes us on a journey back in time
JOHN GRIDROD reviews a favourite old book, reborn Fancy a spot of mid-century time travel? Well, take a trip back to London in the early 1960s, and go exploring with Ian Nairn, in his recently reissued 1964 guidebook to modern … Continue reading
London is opening its doors… just not so much in Croydon
The programme for the 2023 Open House London has been released this week. And this year, with Croydon being London’s Borough of Culture, there’s just nine events or buildings, public and private, in the borough listed as being open for … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Community associations, Crystal Palace Park, ECCO, Environment, History, Museum of Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Minster, Crystal Palace, Museum of Croydon, Open House London, Pullman Court, South Norwood Library, Stanley Halls, Streatham, Whitgift Almshouses
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Closed doors in Croydon for London’s Open House festival
If the 2022 Open House Festival is anything to go by, then when Croydon is London’s Borough of Culture next year, the capital could be looking at a cultural desert. There are only nine venues in the whole of the … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Stranack, Art, Borough of Culture 2023, Croydon Council, Croydon Minster, Fairfield Halls, History, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Property, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, South Norwood, Waddon, Walks, Whitgift Foundation, Woodside
Tagged Addington, Andy Stranack, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Minster, Elis David Almshouses, London, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of Croydon, Open House London, South Norwood, St Mary's Church, Tory, Waddon, Whitgift Foundation, Woodside
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South Norwood’s ‘brutalist’ library in Top 10 attractions
Yet more sphincter-clenching embarrassment for the Blairites who control Croydon’s Labour Party, as the public library which their local council wants to flog off, for possible demolition and redevelopment, is to feature in September’s Open House London celebration of all … Continue reading
Your chance to travel in same lift as Rob Brydon… or Jo Negrini
Ever wanted taking a closer look at what cost Croydon residents at least £140million? Or just fancied taking a ride in the lift used by actor Rob Brydon in the film Swimming With Men? On the weekend of September 22-23, … Continue reading
Croydon U-turn as it opens its doors for Open House weekend
Might this weekend represent the latest minor victory for Inside Croydon? Just over a year ago, we broke the news that, like a churlish, spoilt child having a tantrum, Croydon Council had withdrawn from the Open House London weekend. As … Continue reading
