Tag Archives: Wandle Park cafe

Croydon gets a new booze park as council grants café’s licence

‘Vertical drinking’ to be banned in park’s re-opened venue, which is located in a newly extended no-alcohol zone, as council grants licence to its new tenants. By our Town Hall reporter, SANDRA STEAD  Croydon Council has managed to grant a … Continue reading

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Council cover-up over security costs for empty community café

CROYDON IN CRISIS: With no prospect of a business taking over the long-vacant Wandle Park café during the busy summer period, the council is spending thousands of pounds on ‘private security’ EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Despite repeated promises by Croydon’s … Continue reading

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Humiliated Perry gets police to evict Wandle Park squatters

EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES and AUSTEN COOPER Officers from the Metropolitan Police moved in on the squatters at the Wandle Park café this morning – without any prior notice as is usually required to secure an eviction. It is suggested … Continue reading

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Where Mayor Perry has failed, squatters have opened park café

Squatters have taken over the café in Wandle Park. And they have been making a better job of serving the community than the council has managed in more than five years. Mayor Jason Perry first promised to have the café … Continue reading

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Mayor Perry challenged over broken promises in Wandle Park

Locals in Waddon and Broad Green are challenging the Croydon Mayor to keep his promise to re-open the café in Wandle Park. Wandle Park, wedged in alongside railway and tram tracks, on the western edge of the borough close to … Continue reading

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