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Croydon Events & News at 31 May
Events Listing on Just Croydon: http://www.justcroydon.com/events Saturday 4 June. Noon to 6pm. Wandle in the Park Acoustic live music involving Ruskin House Folk & Blues Club at the Bandstand in Wandle Park. Tuesday 7 June. 5.30pm. South West London Waste … Continue reading
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Tagged Academies Pension scandal, Andrew Kennedy, Boundary Changes, BWH rent deal, Charlotte Davies, College Green flaws, Fairfield Halls, Fairness Commission, Free gardening, Land Registry Privatisation, Ruskin House events, Town Centre, Waste Partnership Preferred Bidders
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Croydon News at 4 April
Croydon’s April Fools Well done Croydon Advertiser and Croydon Guardian for their spoof stories about Croydon Council’s plan to paint Croydon’s tower blocks the same colour as the sky, and Gavin Barwell’s book on his winning Croydon Central last year … Continue reading
Croydon Assembly Plans Action On Positive Agenda
Thursday 31 March 31. 7.30pm. Croydon Assembly Steering Group There was an enthusiastic welcome for the Croydon Assembly’s manifesto which was launched on March 19 at an Assembly addressed by Matt Wrack, the leader of the firefighters’ union, Dr Philip Howard … Continue reading
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Tagged Assembly Manifesto, elected mayors, Environment Forum, Fairness Commission, London Mayor election, parks consultation, positive action, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry
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Useful Answers to 29 February Croydon Council Meeting Questions
As usual it is always worth looking through the answers to Council questions to the Leader and the Cabinet members. Because the 29 February meeting was a budget setting one only Councillor questions were permitted, not ones from the public. … Continue reading
Croydon Planning News & Issues At 10 February
The 69 story tower at 1 Lansdowne Rd Andrew Kennedy posted up about this new application on Historic Croydon. At the time the documents had not been posted up. They were finally posted up on 9 February and the consultation … Continue reading
Croydon Events & News at 11 January
Diary Tuesday 12 January. 6.30pm. Council Children & Young People Scrutiny Sub-Committee, Town Hall Agenda items: Question Time with the Cabinet Member for Children, Families and Learning; Education quality and standards (report on improvement in results); Education budget (up £3.18m … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Gorgians, Charles Dickens, contract award, Council meetings, Council tax, Croydon Assembly, Croydon Town Transition, cuts, Education, Fairness Commission, house price rise, housing homeless, Labour history, London Rd history, public land sell off, rail investment, Ship Pub, Upper Norwood Library, Youth employment, youth project
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Croydon Events & News at 23 December
Events Tuesday 29 December. 2pm. Dr Zhivago Wednesday 30 December. Suffragette These two films are being shown by the Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign. See http://davidleancroydon.ticketsource.co.uk Mondays 11 January-11 February; 22 February- 21 March. 7-8.30pm. Croydon Community Choir Croydon … Continue reading
Croydon’s Looming Cuts Crisis
Libraries could be closed The Croydon Advertiser warns that libraries could be closed as part of the Council’s attempt to meet the cuts required by the Conservative Government. In his Croydon Radio interview on 29 November Cabinet member Timothy Godfrey … Continue reading