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Three people rescued from house in Streatham Park blaze
Three people trapped by fire were rescued to safety from a house in Streatham Park in the early hours of this morning – the Fire Brigade remarking at the difficulty of their operation because of the way the three-storey building … Continue reading
Picnics, beer and flying: Streatham Common Kite Day is back
The 23rd Streatham Common Kite Day will take place on Sunday May 12. From 11am to 5pm, London’s only free family-friendly kite festival combines world-class kite displays with the opportunity to fly your own.
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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Politics teacher Boutall is Tories’ ‘Lambeth South’ candidate
The Tories have picked Anthony Boutall, an assistant head at an Orpington grammar school, as their General Election candidate in the re-jigged constituency of Streatham and Croydon North. In his 20s, Boutall served as a councillor but in Bedford, not … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Anthony Boutall, Claire Bonham, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Anthony Boutall, Claire Bonham, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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Dealer gets 9 years as police seize £3.5m of cocaine and heroin
A criminal from Streatham who used supermarket carrier bags when supplying almost a hundredweight of cocaine and heroin to drug dealers in Croydon and across south London has been jailed. Tishan Hewitt pleaded guilty to drugs possession and supply offences … Continue reading
Bonham gets chance of Croydon North re-match against Reed
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the latest candidate to be confirmed for the upcoming parliamentary election The only Liberal Democrat to be elected as a councillor in Croydon for 20 years has been selected as her party’s candidate at … Continue reading
Posted in Claire Bonham, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Claire Bonham, Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham, Streatham and Croydon North
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Friends of Streatham Common Fun Dog Show, Sep 10
Posted in Activities, Community associations
Tagged Friends of Streatham Common, Streatham, Streatham Common
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London is opening its doors… just not so much in Croydon
The programme for the 2023 Open House London has been released this week. And this year, with Croydon being London’s Borough of Culture, there’s just nine events or buildings, public and private, in the borough listed as being open for … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Community associations, Crystal Palace Park, ECCO, Environment, History, Museum of Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Minster, Crystal Palace, Museum of Croydon, Open House London, Pullman Court, South Norwood Library, Stanley Halls, Streatham, Whitgift Almshouses
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Reach for the skies: Streatham Common Kite Day set to return
After a covid-enforced gap, the Streatham Common Kite Day returns next month for its 22nd staging. The organisers claim the Streatham Common Kite Day is London’s only free family-friendly kite festival, combining world-class displays with the opportunity to fly your … Continue reading
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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