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Tag Archives: Streatham
Bishop in call for calm after police shooting of Chris Kaba
The Bishop of Croydon has appealed for calm ahead of a demonstration to be held later today that will call for justice for Chris Kaba, the young black man who was shot dead by police in Streatham earlier this week. … Continue reading
Hope Is Everything: Rookery gardens gets a Gervais bench
Today is supposed to be “Blue Monday”, which some claim to be the gloomiest day of the year. But depression doesn’t care what day it is, which is one of the reasons why CALM – the Campaign Against Living Miserably … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Gardening, Health, Norbury, Outside Croydon
Tagged After Life, Netflix, Norbury, Ricky Gervais, Streatham, Streatham Common, The Rookery
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‘Surge testing’ for South African variant starts in Streatham
Lambeth today began carrying out “surge testing” for the South African variant of covid-19 in Streatham. It is the second area bordering Croydon to be subject to surge testing in a week, following cases of the South African variant being … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lambeth Council
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Lambeth, Pollards Hill, Streatham
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Flemming runs for Streatham – and Newman gives his backing
Alisa Flemming, the Croydon council cabinet member who was in charge of the borough’s children’s services when they descended into a dangerously “inadequate” state, as judged by Ofsted inspectors, is now looking to advance her own political career by running … Continue reading
Fanfare for the Common man, and here’s a toast to two ‘saints’
WANDLE WANDERER: Our non-resident rambler KEN TOWL is off on his travels again, but he hasn’t had to venture very far afield to discover some overlooked treasures St Reatham is not, of course, a church named after a saint, but … Continue reading
Streatham Society Guided Tours of Henry Tate Gardens, Sep 2
Posted in Environment, History
Tagged Henry Tate Gardens, Streatham, Streatham Society
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Ice hockey team swaps controversial title for handgun name
South London’s leading ice hockey team goes into the new season having dropped its controversial nickname. Streatham have decided to abandon “Redskins”, which has been part of the club’s nomenclature for more than 40 years, but which today is widely … Continue reading
Posted in Ice hockey, Sport
Tagged ice hockey, Streatham, Streatham ice hockey, Streatham Redskins
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Streatham v Chelmsford ice hockey cup final, Mar 26
Posted in Ice hockey, Sport
Tagged ice hockey, Streatham, Streatham Ice Arena, Streatham ice hockey
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Streatham ice hockey: complete 2015-2016 fixture list
Posted in Ice hockey, Sport
Tagged Sport, Streatham, Streatham Ice Arena, Streatham ice hockey
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MP Reed clings to shadow job under ‘unelectable’ Corbyn
Never let it be said that Steve Reed OBE isn’t a… hmm… let’s call him a pragmatic politician. Although many others might regard him as a political chameleon or, worse, a hypocrite. Just a few weeks after declaring that Jeremy … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Chuka Umunna, Conservative, Croydon North, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Member of parliament, Progress, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham, Tory
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Ice hockey season underway at Streatham on Sunday
The ice hockey season gets underway in earnest this weekend, with south London’s team, at Streatham, playing their first home fixture against Bracknell Hornets on Sunday, face-off at 6.45pm.
Posted in Ice hockey, Sport
Tagged ice hockey, Streatham, Streatham Ice Arena, Streatham Redskins
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17th annual Streatham Common Kite Day, June 21
Posted in Activities, Lambeth Council, Outside Croydon
Tagged Lambeth, Streatham, Streatham Common, Streatham Common Kite Day
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Maynard’s men start to turn things round with derby win
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Surrey 2 is the lowest of the RFU’s leagues involving local clubs’ first XVs, but it is showing how readily fortunes may change. Last year, Thornton Heath-based Streatham-Croydon, one of south London’s senior clubs from the “old days” … Continue reading
Streatham Crewe heads to Trinidad for a new scrum
Charlie Crewe, Streatham-Croydon’s scrum half, is to spend the summer playing rugby with Trinidadian champions Harvard. Crewe was put in touch with Harvard on the recommendation of club captain Garvin Toussaint, a former Harvard player. Harvard are the Trinidad and … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Rugby Union, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC
Tagged Bob Dean, Croydon, Dick Towers, Rugby World Cup, Streatham, Streatham-Croydon, Surrey, Thornton Heath
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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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Streatham-Croydon dig in for the future at Frant Road
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Redevelopment work on Streatham-Croydon’s stand and changing rooms has begun in earnest at Frant Road this week following a “breaking the ground” ceremony after the last home league game of the season against Old Rutlishians. Steve O’Connell, the … Continue reading
No wooden performances, but carpenter was star of the show
A farce in Croydon involving someone called “Gavin”? The lure of the greasepaint and the smell of the crowd proved irresistible for our arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK Farce requires great timing, precise pace and some well-functioning doors. In the case … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Comedy, Shirley North, Theatre
Tagged Addiscombe West, Caught in the Net, Croydon, Edinburgh, London, Ray Cooney, Streatham
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End of an era sees Streatham Redskins put on ice
Another local amenity closed down last week, after 80 years of delighting the people of Croydon, whether they enjoyed ice skating or seeing what was once Britain’s leading ice hockey team. ANDREW PELLING witnessed a piece of sad history Another … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon North, History, Local media, Outside Croydon
Tagged Croydon, London, London Arena, Streatham, Streatham Redskins, Tesco, Thornton Heath
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Historic rugby fixture that plays for ghoulish trophy
It is possibly the most ghoulish trophy in world sport, the sort of thing that Damian Hirst might have devised if he’d been asked. The Skull and Goalposts is the trophy contested between Streatham-Croydon and Esher rugby clubs, with the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Rugby Union, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Thornton Heath
Tagged Jeff Probyn, London, Maurice Colclough, Skull, Sky Sports, Streatham, Streatham Common
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