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Sanderstead Community Day, Sanderstead Rec, Sat Sep 27

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New managers for public library need crowdfunding to operate

CROYDON IN CRISIS: After a year’s delay, only now are ‘plans’ slowly emerging for the future of four public libraries, with no leases yet agreed on at least two sites. GENE BRODIE, education correspondent, reports  It’s been a whole year … Continue reading

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Council digs up Sanderstead park just days before annual fair

Contractors’ tractors and other heavy vehicles moved in on Sanderstead Rec last week to start a council works project. Trouble is, no one at Croydon Council bothered advising local residents, who have spent many months organising their annual local festival, … Continue reading

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Locals demand to know why Sanderstead Rec looks wrecked

CROYDON IN CRISIS: With each passing week, the impact of living in a cash-strapped, poorly managed and neglected borough is becoming clear to residents, even in what used to be regarded as the leafy suburbs. PEARL LEE, our south of … Continue reading

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Cherry Orchard Garden Centre could be offered CAT reprieve

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The cash-strapped council’s efforts to reduce its operating costs could see up to seven public-owned assets transferred to community groups, including a much-loved garden centre in the town centre that was under threat of closure. EXCLUSIVE by … Continue reading

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Sanderstead and Riddlesdown lead battle to save Green Belt

In 1953, the Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Council was granted a coat of arms, and this included two trees, one an oak to represent the Purley Oaks and the other a beech for Purley Beeches. In 2020, Croydon Council … Continue reading

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CPRE makes appeal: just one week left to save the Green Belt

Conservation charity the CPRE has added its voice to residents’ associations across the borough calling on the public to take urgent action to try to save Croydon’s green spaces from development. Last week, Inside Croydon reported how the Labour council’s … Continue reading

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Sanderstead Community Day, Sanderstead Rec, Sep 28

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