Tag Archives: Simon Brew

#Macarnage: Higher Drive devastated as developers move in

Residents on a plush suburban street on a hillside in Purley have been thrown into a panic since the weekend after demolition workers showed up and started grubbing up trees and clearing the site of not one… not two… not … Continue reading

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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

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Tories Brew up a nice little earner with £26,000 party subsidy

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the thousands of pounds of public money given by the council to the local Tory and Conservative parties Meet Simon Brew. You may never have heard of him before, but through your Council Tax over … Continue reading

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Colour-coded divisions over Black History Month events

It surely cannot be deliberate, since Croydon Council’s press and publicity department is too ham-fisted to organise itself so well. But if anyone ever wanted a demonstration of how we live in a divided borough, then they need only refer … Continue reading

Posted in Activities, Art, Badsha Quadir, Black History Month, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Dance, Education, Fairfield Halls, History, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mario Creatura, Music, Purley, Steve O'Connell, Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment