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Stroller Group walks, every Tues, Park Hill Recreation Ground
Posted in Activities, Croydon parks, Park Hill Recreation Ground, Walks
Tagged Park Hill, 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
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon parks, Education, Environment, Jade Appleton, Park Hill and Whitgift, Park Hill Recreation Ground, Schools
Tagged Cressey College, Friends of Park Hill Park, Horizon Care and Education Group, Jade Appleton, Josi Kiss, Park Hill, Park Hill and Whitgift Estate, Park Hill Park
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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
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
Posted in Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Park Hill and Whitgift, Planning
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, Ian Kierans, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Park Hill, Planning, Tory
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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
Posted in Business, Environment, Housing, Park Hill and Whitgift
Tagged Liberty Property Services, Moat, Park Hill, Regis Court
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St Matthew’s 50th anniversary service, Park Hill, Jun 12
Posted in Church and religions, Park Hill and Whitgift
Tagged Park Hill, St Matthew's Church
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St Matthew’s Flower Festival, Park Hill, June 11-12
Posted in Church and religions, Gardening
Tagged Chichester Road, Park Hill, St Matthew's Church
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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
Posted in Charity, Park Hill and Whitgift
Tagged Bupa, Macmillan Cancer Support, Park Hill, Red Court Care Home
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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
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
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, Gardening, Mayor of London, Park Hill and Whitgift, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Labour, London Assembly, Mayor, Park Hill, Park Hill Park, Sadiq Khan
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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
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
Posted in Addiscombe West, Croydon Council, Environment, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Park Hill and Whitgift, Patricia Hay-Justice, Refuse collection, Sean Fitzsimons, Stuart Collins, Tom Lawrence, Veolia, Vidhi Mohan, Waste incinerator
Tagged #Binmageddon, #CroydonBinChaos, Addiscombe West, Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Park Hill, Sean Fitzsimons, Stuart Collins, Veolia, Vidhi Mohan
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Dogs Trust Community Event, Park Hill Park, Aug 30
Posted in Croydon parks, Park Hill and Whitgift
Tagged Dogs Trust, Park Hill, Park Hill Park
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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
Park Hill Allotments Open Day, Deepdene Ave, Aug 12
Posted in Community associations, Gardening, Park Hill and Whitgift
Tagged Park Hill, Park Hill Allotments
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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
Posted in 2018 council elections, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Lloyd Park, Lloyd Park, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Ashburton Park, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Happy Valley, Labour, Lloyd Park, London Borough of Croydon, Park Hill, South Norwood, Timothy Godfrey
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Croydon Bach Choir Dvorak workshop, Park Hill, Feb 25
Posted in Addiscombe West, Croydon Bach Choir, Music
Tagged Addiscombe West, Croydon Bach Choir, Park Hill
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Park Hill Schools’ Summer Fair, Stanhope Road, Jul 9
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Park Hill Junior, Schools
Tagged Park Hill, Park Hill Junior School
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Citizens Advice Fundraising Quiz Night, Apr 2
Posted in Charity, Croydon CAB
Tagged Citizens Advice Bureau, Croydon, Croydon CAB, Park Hill
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