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Tag Archives: Surrey
Banstead Rotary Club charity walk, Epsom Downs, May 5
Posted in Activities, Charity, Outside Croydon, Surrey, Walks
Tagged Banstead, Epsom Downs, Rotary Club, Surrey
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Report warns that Tory-run Surrey council could go bust
All those residents in true blue wards to the south of the borough, who dream of the day when Coulsdon can declare their own little version of UDI and hitch themselves to a neighbouring council, might want to be careful … Continue reading
Posted in Outside Croydon, Surrey
Tagged Chris Grayling, David Hodge, Jeremy Hunt, Joanna Killian, Michael Gove, Philip Hammond, Surrey, Surrey County Council
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Downlands Partnership anniversary event, Chipstead, Jul 7
Posted in Chipstead, Community associations, Outside Croydon, Surrey, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged Chipstead, Chipstead Downs, Downlands Trust, Surrey
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109th annual Chipstead Village Flower Show and Fair, Jul 14
Posted in Activities, Chipstead, Outside Croydon, Surrey
Tagged Chipstead, Coulsdon, Surrey
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Faithful hounds will have much to celebrate on birthday walk
The Surrey Sighthound Walking Group will celebrate its first anniversary this Sunday, February 25, by returning to Mogador, near Kingswood, the site of its first group walk. The group will set off from The Sportsman pub at 11am for a … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Walks
Tagged Surrey, Surrey Sighthounds Walking Group
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Conservation group offers skills training to volunteers
TCV – The Conservation Volunteers – are seeking volunteer project leaders to plan, lead and deliver projects and help expand to take on new projects in and around Croydon and Surrey. “We run project days every week, taking groups of … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Education, Environment, Peter Underwood
Tagged Croydon, Surrey, TCV, The Conservation Volunteers
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Coulsdon suffers a nasty dose of irritable vowel syndrome
Coulsdon isn’t so cool any more. According to the Old Coulsdon Residents’ Association, when talking about the town at the southern end of the borough, positioned on the old Brighton Road route at the foot of the North Downs’ chalk … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Coalsdon, Coolsdon, Coulsdon, Croydon, London, Surrey
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£4.9m bid submitted by Surrey councils to stem the floods
It was around this time one year ago that the weather became a news story, and as snow and rain fell on to the hills to the south of Croydon, so half-forgotten streams re-emerged from their subterranean courses to begin … Continue reading
Posted in Caterham, Croydon Council, Environment, Kenley, Outside Croydon, Purley, Surrey
Tagged Croydon Council, floods, Kathy Bee, Kenley, Purley, Surrey
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Five-try Whitgift blitz John Fisher in local schools’ derby
RUGBY ROUND-UP: After scoring 24 points in a first-half blitz, Whitgift School’s first XV took the local bragging rights (again), as they beat John Fisher 38-10 last Saturday. They are probably entitled to expect such a performance, given the financial … Continue reading
Rams are heading back home after their FA Vase showdown
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Croydon Athletic face Chessington in the FA Vase tonight in what could be one of their last “home” games that has to be played away. BRIAN GRANVILLE reports As we enter the third month of the season, one … Continue reading
Crouch kicks Midwives to victory on his return from injury
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Old Mid-Whitgiftians welcomed Dan Crouch back into their side after more than a season out through injury, and 10 points from the boot of their fly-half, including a important penalty late in the game, was enough to secure … Continue reading
Surrey end summer pot-less, despite Roy’s batting power
So near, yet so far. Surrey’s last, albeit outside, chance of success this summer – promotion back to the first division of the County Championship – somehow slipped through their batting-gloved fingers on Friday at New Road Worcester, when from … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Graeme Smith, Jason Roy, Kevin Pietersen, Sport, Surrey CCC, Whitgift School
Tagged cricket, Jason Roy, Surrey, Surrey CCC, The Oval
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Golf course offers charities a way out of financial bunker
One of the area’s leading golf courses is offering £84,000-worth of free rounds and sessions to local charities for use in fund-raising activities. Farleigh Golf Club has established a social responsibility scheme which offers to donate use of their facilities, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Community associations, Golf, Sport
Tagged charity, Croydon, Farleigh Golf Club, Golf, Surrey, Warlingham
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Character beginning to show for back-to-form Surrey
With improving results, Surrey go into a busy period at The Oval with more optimism among the members in the pavilion, reports JASON COURT There is an autograph in the Surrey cricket museum at The Oval. It has a short … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Graeme Smith, Sport, Surrey CCC
Tagged Jason Court, Jason Roy, Surrey, Surrey CCC, The Oval
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Chipstead farm throws open its gates for Sunday open day
As any listener to The Archers would know, it’s national Open Farm Sunday this weekend, June 8, and south of Coulsdon, Shabden Park Farm and the Back to Nature Farm Shop, just off Chipstead High Road, will be open to … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon Ramblers, Education, Environment, Outside Croydon, Surrey, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged Chipstead, Coulsdon, Farm, Shabden Park Farm, Surrey, The Archers
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LibDems bid for more liberal and more democratic council
VOTE 2014: What do the Liberal Democrats have to offer the people of Croydon ahead of the local elections? GILL HICKSON gives their party line The LibDems feel its time to break the two-party duopoly in Croydon politics. For too … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Cane Hill, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Housing, Planning
Tagged Cane Hill, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Surrey, Tory
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Tory council votes to increase payments to its leadership
Mike Fisher, the florid-faced leader of the Conservatives who have been running Croydon Council since 2006, is keen to see next Thursday’s election contested on his record in office. Unsurprisingly, the £1 billion debt that Croydon Council has built up … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Kenley, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Surrey, Tim Pollard
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Fisher's Folly, Helen Pollard, Labour, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Surrey, Tim Pollard, Tory
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Warlingham in heaven with Sevens tournament, May 3
There will be an international feel to this year’s Sevens Heaven tournament at Warlingham rugby club’s Hamsey Green grounds on Saturday. More than 200 rugby players are expected to take part, plus nearly 100 netball players competing in a netball … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Hillcrest NC, Netball, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Beer, Old Mid-Whitgiftians, rugby, Rugby sevens, Sport, Surrey, Warlingham
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