Tag Archives: Selsdon Library

Council’s misleading Open+ and shut case for public libraries

Posted on January 13, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The bankrupt council is spending £1.6m on an untried system that will allow it to reduce staffing hours at our libraries, a decision passed without debate at a Town Hall meeting. Our libraries correspondent, GENE BRODIE, investigates … Continue reading →

Posted in Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Education, Heather Cheesbrough, Libraries, Manju Shahul Hameed, New Addington, Norbury, Old Coulsdon, Planning, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon and Addington Village, Shirley, South Norwood, Thornton Heath | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Under-threat libraries missing from council’s re-opening plans

Posted on April 9, 2021 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council this morning released details of its phased re-opening of some of the borough’s public libraries – but with no immediate plans for three of the buildings which it has listed for permanent closure in its recent consultation. Broad … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashburton, Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Libraries, New Addington, Norbury, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon and Addington Village, Shirley, South Norwood, Thornton Heath | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Book Buddies sessions, every Friday, Selsdon Library

Posted on January 9, 2020 by insidecroydon
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Cabinet member says Brick by Brick could build on libraries

Posted on December 20, 2018 by insidecroydon

GENE BRODIE, our bookish gyms correspondent, on the latest inadvertent slip by a council cabinet member which betrays the next possible target for the council’s ‘award-winning’ house-builders Brick by Brick’s insatiable appetite for turning public property into mainly private flats … Continue reading →

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Author event with Christopher Bowden, Selsdon Library, Jan 27

Posted on January 1, 2018 by insidecroydon
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Author talk with Monica Bose, Selsdon Library, Mar 8

Posted on January 1, 2018 by insidecroydon
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