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ParkBox comes to Croydon full of children’s toys and books
ParkBox is coming to Croydon. They are boxes, in parks (see what they did there?), bringing books, toys and sports equipment, funded by The Shackleton Foundation and operated by community interest company Croydon ParkBox. The free-to-use mini-libraries have been installed … Continue reading
Rotary Field’s history portrayed in State of the Art’s new mural
It is almost exactly five years, since the first days of the covid lockdown, that the work of local street artist Chris Shea became noticed around the borough, his poignant boy with the rainbow watering can lighting up those dark … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Croydon parks, History, Purley, Purley BID
Tagged Chris Shea, Purley, Purley BID, Rotary Field, State of the Art, Surrey Iron Railway
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2024 Purley Festival, Purley Rotary Field, Sep 7-8
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Tagged Purley, Purley BID, Purley Festival, Rotary Field
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Purley Festival returns to Rotary Field with live music stage
The Purley Festival is set to return to Rotary Field next month, hoping to deliver “a wonderful celebration of culture, talent and community”, according to the organisers. The focal point of the weekend of September 9 and 10 will be … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Borough of Culture 2023, Business, Charity, Music, Purley, Purley BID
Tagged Borough of Culture, Purley, Purley BID, Purley Festival, Rotary Field, Simon Cripps
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Potter named winner of £30,000 Rotary Fields art competition
Alan Potter, a sculptor based in Scotland who specialises in public art, has won Croydon Council’s £30,000 competition to design and install a sculpture in Purley’s Rotary Fields to commemorate the Surrey Iron Railway, which ran through the town at … Continue reading
Council seeks sculpture for Purley to mark Surrey Iron Railway
Croydon Council is offering a £30,000 budget to commission the design and creation of a public artwork for Purley which should commemorate the Surrey Iron Railway, thought to be the world’s first railway. An Act of Parliament was passed in … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, History, Purley
Tagged Purley, Rotary Field, Surrey Iron Railway
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Rotary Club Annual Classic Car Show, Rotary Fields, Jun 24
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Purley
Tagged Croydon Whitgift Rotary Club, Rotary Field
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Residents have 48 hours to save 70 parks and open spaces
The people of Croydon have 48 hours left to try to save more than 70 of the borough’s parks and open spaces from being put at serious risk of being handed over to developers to be built on. Alison Butler, … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park, Friends of Ashburton Park, Friends of Croham Hurst Woods, Friends of Farthing Downs, Friends of Grange Park, Friends of Grangewood Park, Friends of Haling Grove, Friends of Heavers Meadow, Friends of Marlpit Lane Bowling Green, Friends of Millers Ponds, Friends of Selsdon Woods, Friends of South Norwood Country Park, Lloyd Park, Peter Underwood, Planning, Queens Gardens
Tagged Addiscombe Railway Park, Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Croydon Local Plan, Croydon parks, Peter Underwood, Planning, Purley, Rotary Field, Sanderstead
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Croydon Classic Car Show, Rotary Field, Purley, Jun 25
Posted in Activities, Charity, Croydon Rotary Club, Purley
Tagged Croydon Rotary Club, Purley, Rotary Field
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Purley Festival pulls the plug on 2016 music in Rotary Fields
There will be no Purley Festival staged on Rotary Fields this year. An announcement on the organisers’ website was posted just before Christmas by the festival’s director, Fiona Lipscombe. The message attempted to compare the event to Glastonbury or Reading … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Dance, Music, Purley
Tagged Fiona Lipscombe, Purley, Purley Festival, Rotary Field
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