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Tag Archives: South London
Storms ahead after Great North Wood fuelled the industrial age
There are reminders all around us of what our ancestors have destroyed, and a new book about the Great North Wood reminds us that it is future generations who will have to deal with its effects. By STEVEN DOWNES Could … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, History, Wildlife
Tagged CJ Schüler, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Great North Wood, John Ruskin, London, Selhurst, South London, South Norwood, The Great North Wood, Thornton Heath
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Purley’s £11m hospital scheme sweeps value under the carpet
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The much-needed redevelopment work at Purley Hospital may not be money well-spent. And DAVID CALLAM is not surprised Work continues on the £11 million refurbishment of Purley Hospital. The new-look NHS facility will re-open later this year in … Continue reading
Posted in David Callam, Health, Purley, Purley Hospital
Tagged Brighton Road, Croydon, Croydon University Hospital, Hospital, London, National Health Service, NHS, South London
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Ooo errr, missus: Music Hall jokes return to Streatham
Up the A23 in Streatham, the bill-writer for the South London Press must have been on a Frankie Howerd fan club weekend.
Posted in Comedy, Gardening, Local media
Tagged Brighton Road, Croydon, England, Frankie Howerd, London, Recreation and Sports, South London, Streatham
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Kick off the weekend with Community Games at the BRIT
Leaders of Tomorrow is a Community Games event being staged at the BRIT School in Selhurst this Friday, organised by local volunteers with help from the Crystal Palace FC Foundation, South London YMCA and the local anti-street crime charity, Lives … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Lives Not Knives, Sport
Tagged Brit School, Community Games, Croydon, England, London, Selhurst, South London
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Taylor Smith’s goals tailor-made for Croydon’s Vase run
Croydon FC hope to bring their away form home to the Arena tomorrow, when the Trams will need to reproduce the sort of performance that saw them win 6-2 at Epsom on Tuesday to carry them past Newbury Town in … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon FC, FA Vase, London, Newbury FC, South London, Taylor Smith
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Painful memories may lead to opening of the Shop of Hope
Matthews Yard hosted a packed charity benefit gig last night, where a moving reflection was heard from a Purley resident about her son’s suicide, as Patti Boyle sought backing to try to avoid other mothers losing their children in such … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Health, Music, Purley
Tagged Mental Health, South London, Suicide, William McCrea
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A real award won by new YMCA build on Dingwall Road
South London YMCA’s Alexandra House in the centre of Croydon has won a prestigious award at the Construction News Awards. This appears to be a genuine award, with contractors Warings selected as winners of the “Best Project Under £10 million” … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Church and religions, Fairfield, Housing
Tagged Croydon, Homelessness, Jeremy Gray, London, London Borough of Croydon, South London, YMCA
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A tale of sound and fury: Shakespeare’s Croydon facelift
BELLA BARTOCK’s big night out this week was in Carshalton, to see Macbeth re-set amid the flames of last year’s riots. She found much to admire Dubstep remixes of Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky are not what you’d expect in the auditorium … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydon 8/8, Outside Croydon, Theatre
Tagged Adidas, Lady Macbeth, London, Macbeth, Scottish Play, Shakespeare, South London, William Shakespeare
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Cancer risks from £1bn Croydon incinerator, warn Greens
Next week marks a turning point in a process that could determine the health and well-being of generations of south Londoners. Here, Inside Croydon’s GREEN MAN explains some of the risks we all face if plans for a waste incineration … Continue reading
