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Tag Archives: Wallington
Harvest Festival at Sutton Community Farm, Sep 23
Posted in Activities, Environment, Gardening, Sutton Council
Tagged Sutton, Sutton Community Farm, Wallington
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Fire Brigade announces summer season of station open days
The London Fire Brigade is opening its red doors to the public for a number of open days this summer, offering residents an opportunity to meet their local firefighters and hear valuable life-saving safety advice. The open days are completely … Continue reading
Posted in London Fire Brigade
Tagged LFB, London Fire Brigade, New Malden, Wallington, Wimbledon
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Community farmers dig for victory with crowdfunder appeal
The organisers and volunteers at Sutton Community Farm, off Woodmansterne Lane in Wallington, have given themselves six weeks to raise £50,000 to secure the enterprise’s longer term future. Their crowdfunder opened last week, offering rewards to contributors ranging from engaging … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Gardening, Sutton Council
Tagged Sutton, Sutton Community Farm, Wallington, Woodmansterne
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Fatal dog attack prompts council to review licensing scheme
A week after the horrific death of a dog walker at a beauty spot near Caterham, the police are yet to name the victim, or to release any of the eight dogs that they seized following what was reported to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, City Commons, Coulsdon, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Lloyd Park, London-wide issues, New Addington South, Policing, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Selsdon and Addington Village, South Croydon
Tagged Caterham, dog attack, dog walkers, Lloyd Park, New Addington, Selsdon Woods, Surrey, Surrey Police, Wallington
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Trinity School goes to top of the class in post-pandemic exams
Single-sex selective schools shine in the annual Sunday Times schools rankings, in which the highest Croydon state school is rated only 186th Trinity, the £20,000 per year boys’ school at Shirley Park, has been rated the top school in Croydon, … Continue reading
Posted in Coloma, Education, Kingston, London-wide issues, Old Palace, Schools, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, Trinity School, Whitgift School
Tagged Coloma Convent Girls' School, Croydon, London, Old Palace School, Sunday Times, Sutton, Trinity School, Wallington, Wallington County Grammar School, Whitgift School, Wilson's
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Wallington 10-year-old is face of campaign to get us dancing
A 10-year-old from Wallington has been chosen as one of the faces of a national campaign, backed by some of the stars of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, to get the whole of the country dancing. Elijah Caraccio is one of … Continue reading
Garden centre offers Christmas on a plate with veg advice
You might not want to go to the lengths of rearing your own Christmas turkey in your backyard, but one local garden centre is offering free sessions to show you how to grow all the vegetables you might need for … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Gardening
Tagged Dobbies, Wallington, Woodcote Green
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Dozens of south London routes to be hit by bus drivers’ strike
There’s more disruption coming on the buses, with nearly 30 routes across south London likely to be affected when around 1,000 drivers based at Croydon, Brixton, Norwood and Thornton Heath garages stage three days of strike action in May. It … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, South Croydon, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Arriva, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon, South Croydon, South Croydon bus garage, TfL, Transport for London, Wallington
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Sutton Nightwatch gets donations boost from New Mill Quarter
Residents and staff at the New Mill Quarter in Hackbridge have been collecting donations for homeless charity the Sutton Nightwatch this Christmas. Over the last month those involved have been encouraged to drop off their contributions to collection boxes placed … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Sutton Council
Tagged Hackbridge, New Mill Quarter, Sutton Nightwatch, Wallington
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Verity gets council to face up to the truth on air pollution
Air pollution that is suffered by pedestrians across south London, including Croydon and Sutton, has been well above legal levels for several years. But now one environmental activist in Wallington is doing something about it, at least to draw the … Continue reading
Wallington groups seek to clean-up for Christian Aid Week
Members of St Michael and All Angels junior choir, siblings Viviene and Jansen Lim are getting ready for a sponsored litter pick on May 23. They will be raising money for international relief and development charity Christian Aid in its … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Church and religions, Outside Croydon, Sutton Council
Tagged Beddington, Christian Aid, Christian Aid Week, Wallington
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Residents declare estate ‘no-go zone’ for Sutton’s LibDems
A entire modern housing development in Wallington has gone into self-isolation, not against the threat of coronavirus, but from Sutton’s Liberal Democrat politicians. In a statement issued by the New Mill Quarter Residents’ Association, they say that LibDem Wandle Valley … Continue reading
Buzz off: Extinction Rebellion to protest against idling drivers
A swarm of bees will land in Wallington high street on Saturday morning to demand reducing emissions by eliminating unnecessary car journeys and idling. The bees, who are actually friendly rebels from Sutton’s Extinction Rebellion group, have been roused from … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Schools, Sutton Council
Tagged Extinction Rebellion, Sutton Extinction Rebellion, Wallington
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Potter foster parents awarded MBE after helping 200 children
A Wallington couple who have cared for 200 children over 43 years of fostering were awarded an MBE in this month’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Brenda and Gordon Potter have fostered for Croydon Council since 1989. Brenda had trained as a … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council
Tagged Chrildren's Services, Wallington
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BINMAGEDDON!: Sutton is worst borough for bin complaints
Our Sutton reporter BELLE MONT on how the council has confirmed our report about the ailing LibDem councillor, and how the council leader’s efforts to mislead over its rubbish service have been exposed Sutton’s Liberal Democrats have organised a council … Continue reading
Record-breaker Weir in line-up for his 20th London Marathon
Wallington’s David Weir – the most successful wheelchair racer in the history of the London Marathon – will return to the race for a remarkable 20th consecutive year on Sunday April 28. Weir started his racing career in the London … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Sport, Sutton Council
Tagged David Weir, London Marathon, Wallington
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Modern Wallington History Walk, May 13
Posted in History, Honeywood Museum, Sutton Council, Walks
Tagged Friends of Honeywood Museum, Wallington
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Sutton LibDems horrified by unreal McCoy’s car crash hustings
ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Hustings held ahead of this year’s local elections here in south London have been noticeably… well, dull. Until Tuesday night over in Carshalton, where Sutton LibDems, fighting to retain control of the council, sent in one of their … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Environment, Jayne McCoy, Nick Mattey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Beddington North, Carshalton, Conservative, Jayne McCoy, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Nick Mattey, Tim Crowley, Wallington
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Gotcha! MP Brake caught on Twitter ‘joining’ the LibDems
BELLE MONT, our Sutton correspondent, on an embarrassing gaffe from the local MP Tory councillors in Sutton were today gleefully claiming that Tom Brake, the Liberal Democrat MP for Carshalton and Wallington, had “outed himself” as the user of bogus, … Continue reading
Venue where Stones once played under demolition threat
A much-loved publicly owned venue, which has hosted concerts by the Rolling Stones, David Bowie and Status Quo, while serving generations of south Londoners, is under threat of demolition. Sutton’s LibDem council – yes, that lot again – want to … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Music, Sutton Council, Theatre
Tagged Sutton Council, Wallington, Wallington Hall
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Amazon is parking a dirty problem on residential streets
Christmas must be coming, the goose is getting fat, and van drivers for tax-dodging Amazon are already starting to take the piss. Amazon has a large distribution depot in Croydon, on Queensway, just off the Purley Way. It receives bulk … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Purley Way, Sutton Council, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Amazon, Broad Green, Purley Way, Waddon, Wallington
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