Tag Archives: Park Hill

Stroller Group walks, every Tues, Park Hill Recreation Ground

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Cressey College looks to be on the rocks over park and Ofsted

Residents’ anger over the disappearance of large pieces of masonry in Park Hill Park over Easter weekend has forced the owners of a struggling special school business to issue a series of conflicting statements. By our Town Hall reporter, KEN … Continue reading

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Council planners push developers to add 9 storeys to tower

Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on the reasonable concerns of residents in East Croydon about plans for the Croydon Park Hotel site Locals in East Croydon and Addiscombe have organised a campaign opposing the proposals from property developers Amro Partners … Continue reading

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Planners’ misdeeds continue to pile disgrace on our borough

CROYDON COMMENTARY: After the latest revelations of deceit and delay by the council’s planning department, costing the borough tens of thousands of pounds when supporting a profit-hungry developer, iC reader IAN KIERANS says it is time that the Mayor and … Continue reading

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Moat housing upgrades heaters at Park Hill retirement flats

A housing association with properties across the borough has moved to upgrade the heating in some elderly tenants’ homes, which will save residents money on their heating bills while reducing their carbon footprint, too. The high-efficiency, eco-friendly electric heaters were … Continue reading

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St Matthew’s 50th anniversary service, Park Hill, Jun 12

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Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Party, St Matthew’s Park Hill, Jun 5

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Faiths Together Jubilee Summer Picnic, Park Hill Rec, Jun 3

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St Matthew’s Flower Festival, Park Hill, June 11-12

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Sharon’s ‘tuppenny all off’ helps raise £770 for cancer charity

With her colleagues and the residents of the care home where she works cheering her on, a Croydon woman agreed to an old-fashioned “tuppenny all off”, her drastic hair cut helping to raise £770 for Macmillan Cancer Support Sharon Gant … Continue reading

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Groups set off for autumn walks to stride on from covid

The nights might be closing in as we head into autumn, but that doesn’t seem to have deterred the organisers of some group walks being held around the borough, with one set even encouraging participants to bring a head torch … Continue reading

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Mayor of London pledges Park Hill garden £17,500 cash boost

A project to redesign Park Hill Park’s Victorian walled garden has had £17,500 pledged by the Mayor of London in a round of crowdfunding for community projects. Through Crowdfund London, Mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged more than £600,000 to support … Continue reading

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BINMAGEDDON!: Sloppy council dashes pensioner’s hopes

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on how the council has binned the hopes of a Park Hill OAP by first telling him they would remove his unwanted Veolia bins, only to contact him again less than 24 hours later to … Continue reading

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BINMAGEDDON!: Council rolls back on costly bins roll-out

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on the latest twist in #CroydonBinChaos All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others Just as “Binmageddon” made it into the headlines of BBC London’s radio coverage this morning (including a … Continue reading

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Dogs Trust Community Event, Park Hill Park, Aug 30

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BINMAGEDDON!: Council’s rubbish policy has ruined our street

CROYDON COMMENTARY: #CroydonBinChaos, with the imposition of three times as many wheelie bins on households across the borough, is being hardest felt by those living in smaller homes, with small or no front garden space, and by the elderly who … Continue reading

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Park Hill Allotments Open Day, Deepdene Ave, Aug 12

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Long-delayed masterplans for borough’s parks get parked

KEN LEE, our green spaces correspondent, on an expensive waste of time After a consultation process that has taken almost two years and cost Council Tax-payers approaching £100,000 in fees to consultants to produce hundreds of pages of (virtual) glossy … Continue reading

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Cantilena Singers charity concert, Park Hill, Jul 15

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Patience by Gilbert and Sullivan, Park Hill, Feb 11

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Croydon Bach Choir Dvorak workshop, Park Hill, Feb 25

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Park Hill Schools’ Summer Fair, Stanhope Road, Jul 9

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Citizens Advice Fundraising Quiz Night, Apr 2

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Croydon Bach Choir Rossini workshop, Feb 27

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St Matthew’s Church Christmas Fair, Nov 28

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