Monthly Archives: June 2023

Council Meetings Tuesday 27 June. 10.30 am. Licensing Sub-Committee On MS Teams Variation to premises license at The Spread Eagle, Katharine Street; application for a premises licence at 100 Beulah Road. Tuesday 27 June. 6.30 pm. Scrutiny Children & Young … Continue reading →

Windrush75 And Enslavement This week is full of events about the 75th Anniversary of the arrival and the Empire Windrush. Today’s Guardian has the reminiscences of Alford Gardner who came back to Britain after having been here in the RAF … Continue reading →

This new book by my cousin Simon Potter tells the stories of the problems of directing school pays at Wimbledon College. Available for Kindle from Amazon. ‘Hilarious and fascinating account of 50 years of school play direction.’ – Education Review … Continue reading →

Unite says that households and businesses are being ripped off by rampant profiteering in the energy market, with companies boosting shareholder pay-outs and executive pay, instead of reducing our bills. It says that the ‘Big 4’ energy providers, Centrica, E.ON, … Continue reading →

Saturday 17 June saw the launch of Croydon’s Music Heritage Trail app exploring the past and present musical culture of Croydon from classical Samuel Coleridge-Taylor to grime artist Stormzy, from punk singer Captain Sensible of The Damned, to dub music … Continue reading →

Knitting Norbury Together Display By Closed Entrance To Norbury Station Council Meetings Tuesday, 20 June. 10am. Pension Committee Conflicts of Interest Policy; Governance Policy; Governance Best Practice Compliance Statement; Pension Administration Strategy; Croydon Pensions Administration Team Key Performance Indicators for … Continue reading →

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Tuesday 13 June. 7pm. A Distant World, Growing up on Tyneside in the Early Fifties John Charlton will talk about the first volume of his autobiography. A Distant World is John Charlton’s account of growing up in the 1950s. He traces … Continue reading →

Although Croydon Labour is not in power it needs to develop a strategy of policy initiatives and campaigning. It could learn from Wandsworth controlling Labour Group. My Wandsworth friend Tony Belton explains what has been achieved in the last year … Continue reading →