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About seancreighton1947

I have lived in Norbury since July 2011. I blog on Croydon, Norbury and history events,news and issues. I have been active on local economy, housing and environment issues with Croydon TUC and Croydon Assembly. I have submitted views to Council Committees and gave evidence against the Whitgift Centre CPO and to the Local Plan Inquiry. I am a member of Norbury Village Residents Association and Chair of Norbury Community Land Trust, and represent both on the Love Norbury community organisations partnership Committee. I used to write for the former web/print Croydon Citizen. I co-ordinate the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Croydon Radical History Networks and edit the North East Popular Politics history database. I give history talks and lead history walks. I retired in 2012 having worked in the community/voluntary sector and on heritage projects. My history interests include labour, radical and suffrage movements, mutuality, Black British, slavery & abolition, Edwardian roller skating and the social and political use of music and song. I have a particular interest in the histories of Battersea and Wandsworth, Croydon and Lambeth. I have a publishing imprint History & Social Action Publications.

History Update 21 May

Posted on May 21, 2023 by seancreighton1947

To 27 March 2024. Unforgotten Lives Exhibition at London Metropolitan Archives of the stories of Londoners of African, Caribbean, Asian and Indigenous heritage who lived and worked in the city between 1560 and 1860 and are recorded in London’s archives. … Continue reading →

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Croydon Up-date 21 May

Posted on May 21, 2023 by seancreighton1947

Council Meetings Wednesday 24 May. 6.30 pm. Cabinet Scrutiny Stage 1: Recommendations arising from Scrutiny; Scrutiny Stage 2: Responses to Recommendations arising from Streets & Environment Sub-Committee;  Month 11 Financial Performance Report 2022/23; Waste and Street Cleansing Service Commissioning approach … Continue reading →

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Croydon Update 16 May

Posted on May 16, 2023 by seancreighton1947

Wednesday 17 May. 5.45pm. No to 15% Demo Town Hall Organised by Croydon TUC and Croydon Assembly Thursday 18 May. Georgian Britain/Georgian Croydon: An Epic Era of Exploration, Invention & Controversy Talk by Prof. Penelope Corfield. Norbury Literary Festival Norbury … Continue reading →

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History Update 8 May

Posted on May 8, 2023 by seancreighton1947

Tuesday 9 May. 7.30pm. Where is Wandsworth’s Museum? Talk by Philip Bradley for Tooting History Group. United Reformed Church, Rookstone Road, SW17 9NO. Saturday 13 May. 10am-4pm. Norbury Literary Festival I will be speaking on the history of Norbury Library … Continue reading →

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Croydon Update 8 May

Posted on May 8, 2023 by seancreighton1947

Wednesday 10 May. 6.30pm. On Line Croydon Climate Action Meeting on Trees4Croydon Trees4Croydon campaign Thursday 11 May. Council’s Appointments & Disciplinary Committee It is meeting in private to consider an update on a confidential staffing matter. Saturday 13 May. 10am–4pm … Continue reading →

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Croydon Update 29 April

Posted on April 29, 2023 by seancreighton1947

Shirley Windmill Open Days Re-Start; Borough Of Culture News; South West London Law Centres Impact; Hammerson Sells Centrale To URW; Quest Primary School Mini-Parliament;  Miscellaneous News; Cathedrals of Britain The most important development in the last week has been Hammerson … Continue reading →

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History Update 23 April

Posted on April 23, 2023 by seancreighton1947

Monday 24 April. 7.30pm.  Both Sides of the Barricade Luddite Memorial Lecture by Professor Nick Mansfield about the soldiers and ex-servicemen in early nineteenth-century popular politics. University of Huddersfield https://sslh.org.uk/2023/04/11/both-sides-of-the-barricade-luddite-memorial-lecture-202 Tuesday 25 April. 7pm. Stephen Lawrence Commemorative Zoom meeting Organised … Continue reading →

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Norbury Literary Festival 13-18 May

Posted on April 23, 2023 by seancreighton1947
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Croydon Update 23 April

Posted on April 23, 2023 by seancreighton1947

Council Meetings Tuesday 25 April. 6.30pm. South London Waste Partnership Joint Committee The Council’s website link to Merton Council which is hosting the meeting does  not work. Tuesday 25 April. 6.30pm. Tenant & Leaseholder Panel  Waste Management; Mould and Damp … Continue reading →

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Croydon Update 16 April

Posted on April 16, 2023 by seancreighton1947

Council Meetings, Croydon News, Croydon’s Caribbean Influencers; Croydon Local Plan Review Update; Coulsdon Art Trail; Croydon Radical History Council Meetings Tuesday 18 April. 6.30 pm. Scrutiny Children & Young People Sub-Committee The agenda items are listed in the Croydon Update … Continue reading →

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