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Tag Archives: South Croydon
3rd class service: Royal Mail reduces collections by stealth
Not content with providing only a third-class service on deliveries, across Croydon, the suits who run Royal Mail have been sticking barely visible notices on post boxes to explain how they are now dismantling their previously reasonably dependable collection service. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Royal Mail, South Croydon, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Old Town, Privatisation, Royal Mail, South Croydon
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Raman Subba Row: OW who saved Surrey and changed cricket
There will be a strange, sad, empty space on a bench near the boundary of the Old Whitgiftians’ Croham Road cricket ground in South Croydon this summer. It is a spot where Raman Subba Row used to sit in the … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Surrey CCC, Whitgift School
Tagged cricket, Croham Road, ECB, Jim Laker, Lord's, MCC, Old Whitgiftians, OWs, Peter May, Raman Subba Row, South Croydon, Streatham, Surrey, Surrey CCC, Surrey County Cricket Club, TCCB, Test and County Cricket Board, The Oval, Whitgift School
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Seth to start as Whitgift School’s new headmaster from 2025
Toby Seth is to take over as headmaster of Whitgift School, it has been announced. The financially challenged Whitgift Foundation, Croydon’s biggest landowners, made the announcement at lunchtime today, with Seth to take charge from September 2025. The Foundation and … Continue reading
Illustrated talk: Croydon in old postcards, St Peter’s, May 19
Posted in Activities, Charity, Church and religions, History
Tagged History, Postcards, South Croydon, St Peter's Church
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Table Top Sale, St Augustine’s, South Croydon, Apr 27
Posted in Activities, Charity, Church and religions, South Croydon
Tagged South Croydon, St Augustine's Church
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Raggio di Sole, handmade pizzas made to order, South Croydon
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Hope Not Hate is bringing its message to Croydon this Sunday
CROYDON COMMENTARY by JERRY FITZPATRICK Describing itself as an organisation which has “roots firmly and proudly in the British anti-fascist movement”, Hope Not Hate works to expose and oppose extreme right-wing political activity in Britain. A record number of far-right … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, South Croydon, Susan Hall
Tagged Conservative, Extremism, Hope Not Hate, Jerry Fitzpatrick, London, Mayor, racism, South Croydon, Susan Hall, Tory
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16-year-old Whitgift pupil’s death is linked to text blackmail
‘The world is so cruel’: boy’s father tells Coroner’s Court of family’s pain after latest tragic case The John Whitgift Foundation, a registered charity which has been providing alms and education in Croydon since the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Ramsey, Crime, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Catfishing, Child sexual abuse, Christopher Ramsey, Croydon, Dinal De Alwis, Dr Kevin Ralley, Metropolitan Police, Paul Dodd, Sexual abuse, South Croydon, South London Coroner's Court, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Raggio di Sole, handmade pizzas made to order, South Croydon
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Raggio di Sole, handmade pizzas made to order, South Croydon
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How TfL’s changes to 10 Croydon bus routes will affect you
There’s major changes coming to 10 bus routes serving the south of Croydon, including Purley, Coulsdon, Kenley and South Croydon, as well as Sutton and Wallington, coming into effect on Saturday March 2. Here’s TfL’s blow-by-blow breakdown of their bus … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, Environment, KENDRA, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Purley, Purley Way, Schools, South Croydon, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Charles King, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Surrey Transport Committee, Kenley, Kenley Residents Association, London, London Buses, Neil Garratt, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Purley Hospital, Purley Way, Route 455, South Croydon, St Helier, Sutton, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport for London, Wallington
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Goodbye Route 455… it’s been a long, long journey. Too long
EXCLUSIVE: There’s more than a touch of an old Morecambe and Wise gag about the extensive changes to 10 bus routes in Croydon and Sutton: ‘TfL has chosen all the right routes, just not the right roads’. By JEREMY CLACKSON, … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, Environment, KENDRA, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Purley, Purley Way, Schools, South Croydon, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Charles King, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Surrey Transport Committee, Kenley, Kenley Residents Association, London, London Buses, Neil Garratt, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Purley Hospital, Purley Way, Route 455, South Croydon, St Helier, Sutton, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport for London, Wallington
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South Croydon care company given ‘inadequate’ CQC rating
GGW Care Ltd, a care service provider that operates out of a small industrial estate in South Croydon, has been placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission following an inspection conducted last October. The Home Office has also … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Health, South Croydon
Tagged Capital Business Centre, Care Quality Commission, Carlton Road, CQC, GGW Care Ltd, Mary Monovis, South Croydon
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Croydon Whitgift Rotary Quiz Night, South Croydon, Feb 24
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations
Tagged Croydon Whitgift Rotary Club, Rotary, South Croydon
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Tories warn residents: don’t be ‘negative’ about Allders murals
The hard-working volunteers of a local community association have been harshly criticised by their Tory ward councillor for not being as obsequious and fawning as required over the latest artwashing exploits in the town centre. Tory councillor Michael Neal – … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Art, Business, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Neal, Planning, South Croydon, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Neal, South Croydon, South Croydon Community Association, Tory, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Allotment Foodies’ Quiz Night, Christ Church Purley, Feb 10
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Police investigated child abuse claims at Whitgift last year
The Met has confirmed that they followed up complaints about sexual abuse at the £47,000 per year boys’ private school, after pictures and messages were shared on social media, which may have contributed to the suicide of a former teacher. … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Ramsey, Crime, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Child sexual abuse, Christopher Ramsey, Croydon, Dr Kevin Ralley, Metropolitan Police, Paul Dodd, Sexual abuse, South Croydon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Raggio di Sole, handmade pizzas made to order, South Croydon
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Foundation brings forward Old Palace prep closure by a year
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Early closure of the fee-paying primary school will speed up sale of the site in South Croydon – probably to a profit-hungry housing developer. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The financially troubled Whitgift Foundation is seeking to accelerate … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Chris Philp MP, Housing, Jane Burton, Old Palace, Property, Sarah Jones MP, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon South, Jane Burton, Melville Avenue, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Prep School, Old Palace School, Sarah Jones MP, South Croydon, Westfield, Whitgift Foundation
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Head Ramsey’s exit a ‘shame for school’ admits Foundation
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Borough’s biggest landowners begin search for new head for £24,000 per year private school. By STEVEN DOWNES The shock announcement of the departure of Chris Ramsey as Whitgift’s headmaster is “a great shame for the school”, according … Continue reading
Another Whitgift shock as second head teacher decides to quit
CROYDON IN CRISIS: To lose one head teacher in a single academic year is unfortunate. For Croydon’s biggest landowners to lose two from their private schools is beginning to appear worrying. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Christopher Ramsey, the headmaster of … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Christopher Ramsey, Education, Jane Burton, Old Palace, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Christopher Ramsey, Croydon, Haling Park, Hammersfield, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, South Croydon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Raggio di Sole, made to order handmade pizzas, S Croydon
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Two killed, two critical after house fire on Sanderstead Road
Two men died in a house fire on Sanderstead Road, South Croydon, last night. Two other men are in hospital in what police have described as “life-threatening” conditions. Firefighters and other emergency services were called out just before 11pm last … Continue reading
Emergency meeting agrees to revive flagging community group
The South Croydon Community Association will continue, it was decided at a “do or die” meeting last night. They are just not yet bothering to inform people who it is that has come forward to form a new committee. But … Continue reading
