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Purley engineering works means more rail disruption
If you’re hoping to visit Auntie Edna in Brighton over Christmas, or maybe take in the pantomime at the Palladium or embark on some New Year sales shopping down Oxford Street, then you had better not plan to travel by … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged East Croydon station, GoVia, Govia Thameslink, Southern, Thameslink, West Croydon
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TfL’s loopy scheme will strangle town centre to a stand-still
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Multi-million pound proposals for the trams in the town centre could see the Croydon road network being gridlocked, says bus passenger VALERIE HUNTER According to Transport for London, the improvements – new platforms and more frequent services – … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addiscombe West, Business, Commuting, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Cycling, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, New Addington South, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Ruskin Square, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, Hammerson, TfL, Transport for London, Wellesley Road, West Croydon, Westfield
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‘Agitators’ to ask CCC: ‘Where’s the council money gone?’
The Croydon Communities Consortium holds its annual meeting on Thursday evening, just eight months since the council-funded body staged its previous AGM. It is doing so after refusing to make audited accounts available ahead of the event, and with its … Continue reading
Commuters face 18 months’ disruption as bus station closes
West Croydon Bus Station closes this weekend, with 18 months’ worth of disruption ahead for bus, tram and rail passengers as works are undertaken to reconfigure the interchange at the north end of the Whitgift Centre. Each year, eight million … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Broad Green, Centrale, Commuting, Connected Croydon, London-wide issues, Planning, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Connected Croydon, East Croydon station, Hammerson, TfL, Toni Letts, Transport for London, West Croydon, West Croydon Bus Station, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Inflation, Inflation, Inflation: C4 gives house prices a bump
BUMP! There. Did you feel that? That was the sensation of property prices in Croydon jumping another one, two, even 10 grand following the latest visit from that estate agents’ wet dream which is Channel 4’s Location, Location, Location. In … Continue reading
Boris plan wants to bulldoze West Croydon bus station
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Plans announced this week suggest a drastic solution to the issue of bus and tram congestion alongside the soon-to-be £1billion Hammersfield shopping centre – knock down the bus garage. The replacement proposed, says ANDREW PELLING, lacks imagination, proper … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Commuting, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Steve O'Connell, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Hammerson, Ken Livingstone, London, London Assembly, Steve O'Connell, Surrey, West Croydon, West Croydon station, Westfield
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Green Heritage Fair at Heathfield House: Sep 21-22
The Croydon Ecology Centre at Heathfield House invites you to join them to celebrate the dedicated work of volunteers and professionals from conservation groups who have been caring for the wonderful woodlands and open spaces in and around the borough. … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Education, Environment, Gardening, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, East Croydon station, England, Heathfield, London, Recreation and Sports, West Croydon
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Inside Croydon’s Heroes of the Week: MOT Centre staff
Inside Croydon’s loyal reader has been in touch. They write: “I would like to nominate the mechanics of the Croydon MOT Centre in West Croydon. “Today, at approximately 4.30pm, I witnessed a very nasty road rage incident, yards from the … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Crime, Policing
Tagged Croydon, England, London, Road rage, Violence and Abuse, West Croydon, West Croydon station, Wilfried Zaha
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Abandon Ship: West Croydon locals lament pub closure
ROBERT CANNING on the closure of another much-loved Croydon local, the Ship of Fools Croydon’s pub-goers are well used to seeing their locals closed and boarded up or turned into flats or supermarkets. Yesterday, it was the turn of JD … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Planning, Property, Pubs
Tagged Croydon, London, London Road, Sanderstead, South Croydon, West Croydon, West Croydon station
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£1.5m gym opens offering easy rates for exercise
Bit by bit, some things are coming together. Thus, opening on London Road, West Croydon, in the past couple of weeks, is easyGym, where £1.5 million has been spent on refurbishment and equipment at the site of the Fitness First … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Business, Croydon 8/8, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon, easyJet, Fitness First, iPod, London, London Road, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, West Croydon
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Campaign groups unite for Croydon’s May Day Rally
The annual Croydon Mayday March takes place on Saturday, May 4. Organised by the Croydon Trade Union Council, the march begins at noon from a meeting point in Elmwood Road, West Croydon, and progresses to Coombe Road’s Ruskin House, the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Education, Health
Tagged Croydon, England, London, National Health Service, NHS, Trade union, West Croydon, West Croydon station
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Bizarre weather sees bazaar’s SOS for wildlife
The wettest summer in recorded history could cause the deadliest winter yet known for wildlife, according to local ecologists, who are staging a charity event on Sunday to raise cash to help feed the birds and animals. The Heathfield Ecology … Continue reading
Boris says he’s using riots funding to cover-up police cuts
London Road businesses and residents are to have a massive insult heaped upon the injury that many of them suffered in the Croydon riots last year, with Mayor Boris Johnson admitting that the Riots Recovery Fund he promised the area … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, London Assembly, London Road Traders Association, Mayor of London, Policing, Val Shawcross, West Croydon Community Forum
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Police, West Croydon, West Croydon station
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Tram works engineered to deter weekend travel plans
Yet more disruption for people wanting to travel this weekend, as the private companies contracted to conduct engineering work on the Tramlink network concentrate their efforts during daytime on Saturday and Sunday, rather than overnight when the tram system is … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Bromley, Croydon, London, Tramlink, Usain Bolt, West Croydon, West Croydon station
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£4m “secret” treasure found under Croydon’s riot-hit streets
The Financial Times reports today that £4 million of gold and jewellery has just been recovered from the ruins of a Croydon pawnbrokers that was destroyed in the riots on August 8. Involving a secret police operation to foil conniving … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon 8/8, West Croydon
Tagged Business, Croydon, Financial Times, London, London Borough of Croydon, West Croydon, West Croydon station
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Digital hub planned for Surrey St that points to future
The recovery, from the banker-induced recession as well as August’s riots, and the rebuilding process in Croydon will need development from more than just multi-national businesses and millionaire property speculators, and at least one local resident, Saif Bonar, is doing … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon 8/8, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged August, Business, Croydon, Fairfield Halls, London, Saif Bonar, West Croydon, West Croydon station
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Croydon 8/8: Eyewitnesses ask questions of police approach
Wednesday was, thankfully, another peaceful night in Croydon, offering time for more reflection on the events of Monday. Two separate eyewitness accounts of the events offered to Inside Croydon provide different perspectives on how the frightening situation was handled Eyewitness … Continue reading
“Champion Charity” is campaign group against sex trafficking
Here’s a story the Croydon Sadvertiser won’t like. Why? Because the paper, owned within a publishing group that includes the Daily Mail, is still making money from pimping prostitutes in Croydon. According to the Croydon Guardian, “An anti-trafficking organisation that … Continue reading
Posted in Local media, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Guardian, Daily Mail, London, London Borough of Croydon, West Croydon
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