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Spellings takes on his Italian Job for homelessness charity
Croydon resident NEIL SPELLINGS is off on a challenge, looking to raise thousands of pounds for a very good cause I am doing some work for a large financial institution in Docklands who are holding a banger rally to raise … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity
Tagged Dijon, Eurotunnel, France, Homelessness, London, London Docklands, Milan, Twitter
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Be careful what you wish for in the football sack race
Heard this joke in a Palace pub at lunchtime on Saturday: First football fan: “What’s the difference between Dougie Freedman and Alex Ferguson?” Second football fan: “No one was calling for Alex Ferguson to be sacked after United lost their … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Alex Ferguson, Darcy Blake, Dean Moxey, Dougie Freedman, Freedman, Palace, Selhurst Park, Twitter
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Council changes Twitter profile at Inside Croydon suggestion
Are things really changing? Inside Croydon claims a minor victory for openness and transparency, via Twitter. The council’s new Twitter account, @CROYdemocracy, has taken on board our observation and revised its online profile and picture to make it absolutely clear … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, England, London, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House, Twitter
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Tabula Rasa youth group stages fund-raiser in Shirley
Tabula Rasa Youth Project is holding a free event at the Shirley Community Centre this Saturday, August 18, from noon to 4pm, in order to raise money for the project. The event will give TRP a chance to showcase all … Continue reading
Upstart building was taught valuable lesson on night of riots
The IYLO BUILDING is fast becoming a Croydon “icon”, in all the wrong ways – unfinished, neglected and now the victim of vandals. Yet in its latest column for Inside Croydon, IYLO tells us of the lessons learned from another … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon 8/8, Environment, IYLO, Planning, Property, Thornton Heath
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Twitter
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Alexandra House offers a bright new future for vulnerable
A new building will be opening for business next month. Here, LEE BUSS explains why South London YMCA is important for some of Croydon’s most vulnerable people At South London YMCA, we have been providing community services in Croydon for … Continue reading
Confessions of a Croydon building project gone wrong
The IYLO BUILDING, a “landmark development” for all the wrong reasons, has taken to Twitter to ease its angst. Here it explains what it’s like to be the centre of a roundabout and not the centre of attention Listen up … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Comedy, Environment, IYLO, Planning, Property, West Croydon
Tagged Addiscombe West, Croydon, London, London Borough of Croydon, Lord Byron, Ruskin Square, Twitter
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It’s official: Croydon appoints shrink to be council spindoctor
Our loyal reader may remember that back in December, we published a report stating that Jon Rouse, Croydon’s £248,000 per year chief executive, was about to appoint a trained psychologist with no media experience to head up the council’s communications. … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Hayley Lewis, Jon Rouse
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Lewis, LinkedIn, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House, Twitter
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London AM Steve O’Connell does a runner from Twitter
Just days after he was re-elected with a massively reduced majority as the London Assembly Member for Croydon and Sutton, Steve O’Connell, Britain’s most over-paid local councillor, has done a runner from Twitter. Since O’Connell likes to place himself above … Continue reading
Beddington boxer Edwards’ Olympic dream is at an end
Disappointment, with 100 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics, for one local hopeful, Beddington boxer Charlie Edwards. The 19-year-old, a European bronze medal-winner at light-flyweight last year, needed to reach the semi-finals of this week’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Boxing, Sport
Tagged 2012 Summer Olympics, Boxing, London, London 2012, Olympics, Sport, Twitter
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“There’s daggers in men’s smiles”: this Macbeth is a riot
As if the events of August 8 last year were not dramatic enough, the Breakfast Cat Theatre Company is about to make a drama out of Croydon’s crisis, staging a riot-inspired adaptation of Macbeth later this month. Many of the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydon 8/8, Outside Croydon, Theatre
Tagged Brixton, Carshalton, Croydon, London, Macbeth, Twitter, William Shakespeare, YouTube
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Matthews Yard offers thousands in discounts ahead of opening
Matthews Yard, a new business venture off Surrey Street which combines a cafe with “co-working space“, has set its launch date of April 21. Matthews (note how they’ve abandoned the pesky apostrophe… how very Waterstones) Yard is sited between Surrey … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Local media
Tagged Business, Croydon, London, London Borough of Croydon, Royal Mail, Surrey Street, Twitter, Waterstones
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Accountability? Councillor Thomas parks residents’ questions
Our loyal reader has forwarded to us some email correspondence which, again, demonstrates that our elected council officials believe themselves to be entirely unaccountable to the people of Croydon. Or, despite the generous allowances that they receive, just can’t be … Continue reading
All down the pub for drinks on the meat-eating veggie
Seems we were verging into the realm of prophesy last night when, after the penultimate episode of this week’s Channel 4 Come Dine With Me from Croydon, we wrote: “Now if Preston manages to outdo that on Friday, that will … Continue reading
Posted in Come Dine With Me, Pubs
Tagged Channel 4, Come Dine With Me, Croydon, London, London Borough of Croydon, Twitter
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Council says it applied for riot aid, but refuses to say when
Stirred by Inside Croydon‘s report yesterday that our council (which claims “Efficiency is in our DNA”) had not yet got round to filing an application for £10 million in government funding for riot-affected areas, the council’s press office swung into … Continue reading
Sadvertiser’s cheap photostunt amid other people’s misery
The Croydon Sadvertiser, it has to be said, has had a couple of good weeks editorially. With the Croydon riots, there was no need for stories involving photoshopped giraffes on page 3 (we did not make that up: they really … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Local media, Richard Ottaway MP
Tagged Allders, Cowes, Croydon, Croydon South, Lidl, London Road, Mayor, Member of parliament, Richard Ottaway, Twitter
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Secret meetings and council silence on library sell-off
Bookish GENE BRODIE looks at recent developments over Croydon’s library service, and finds that some things said by Mike Fisher and Sara Bashford just don’t stack up Today is June 26. Croydon Council has yet to announce formally any details … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Mike Fisher, Sara Bashford
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon Council, Library, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Twitter
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