Tag Archives: Surrey Street Market

Local businesses get on their trikes to help Mayday workers

Posted on April 7, 2020 by

As the pandemic crisis heads into its second month in London, even under the toughest economic conditions for generations small businesses rooted in their communities are going out of their way to help, with special offers for NHS staff. Jose … Continue reading →

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Creatura accused of breaking privacy rules over video

Posted on November 2, 2019 by

The Tory candidate in Croydon Central has been issued with what is effectively a ‘cease and desist’ notice after he featured individuals in a campaign video without seeking their permission. KEN LEE reports Mario Creatura, the oleaginous Conservative candidate who … Continue reading →

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Fireworks for Fairfield: council by-election called for Nov 7

Posted on October 3, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE hears the starting gun for a five-week campaign which will present a series of unwelcome challenges for Blairite council leader Tony Newman Remember, remember, the seventh of November Gunpowder, treason and plot Or something like that. … Continue reading →

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Street market licences fall by 87% after council ‘improvements’

Posted on August 14, 2019 by

The number of casual licences issued to stall-holders to trade on Surrey Street Market has fallen by 87 per cent since one of council leader Tony Newman’s closest colleagues at the Town Hall shut down the ancient market to squander … Continue reading →

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Hipsterdom is alive and thriving at £8 per pint in Surrey Street

Posted on July 3, 2019 by

Go on a pub crawl, said the editor. Find the dark heart of hipster wankerdom in Croydon, where beer is overpriced and the sandwiches chewy and taste odd, he said. Play ping pong, or shuffleboard, came the brief. As you … Continue reading →

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Developers get green light for 60 flats on Matthew’s Yard

Posted on April 11, 2019 by

Developers have been give the green light to demolish Matthew’s Yard off Surrey Street, and to develop a multi-use building including 60 flats – 18 of which will be “affordable” – and a purpose-built arts and music venue. A unanimous … Continue reading →

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Street art on Surrey Street can’t fill the gap in the market

Posted on December 19, 2018 by

Armed with his re-usable canvas bag, KEN TOWL strolled down Croydon’s ancient street market to pick up a bargain and find out how the traders are getting along, more than a year after its £1.1million makeover It is a truth … Continue reading →

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Londonist website accuses Croydon of being boring… in 1896

Posted on September 1, 2018 by

Londonist.com, which often takes a sideways glance at matters in and around the capital, has clearly enjoyed the produce of Surrey Street Market, or its ancient public house, the Dog and Bull, a little too much… Someone at the website … Continue reading →

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The Kickback: Youth Violence, at Project B, Apr 17

Posted on April 2, 2018 by
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Council’s figures show traders in exodus from Surrey Street

Posted on March 2, 2018 by

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE has been doing some digging into how a £1.2m ‘improvement’ scheme has driven away businesses from the town’s historic street market The legacy of Mark Watson’s £1.2million, council-funded artwashing and gentrification of Surrey Street is … Continue reading →

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