Croydon Library recaptures the Victorian era workhouse where children were well fed, unlike the grim picture painted in Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Taking quotes from Oliver Twist, Librarian and historian, Janice Hendry, compared historical records of Croydon Workhouse and workhouses across London. She made this remark during a talk held at…
The first edition of the Croydon Heritage Festival will start on Monday 3 June and will take place in various locations in the borough until 23 June. More than 150 events have been designed to celebrate Croydon’s past, present and future during the three weeks. The festival is organised by…
The idea for the first Croydon based brewery in more than 50 years came to Mark Russell, 30, and Simon Dale, 31, right after the 2011 riots, and now they have launched the Cronx brewery in New Addington. After the riots, the aspiring brewers felt they needed to start a business that…
Yvette Hopley was elected Mayor of Croydon at the full council meeting on Monday. Hopley, 52, has been Conservative Member for Sanderstead Ward since 2006 and said her new role is “going to be challenging.” She is taking over the post from the previous Mayor, Eddy Arram, who has served…
Today is World Cultural Diversity Day. This global event has been going for over a decade, and since 2011 it has been the basis for a 24-hour United Nations campaign called: “Do one thing for Cultural Diversity and Inclusion”. People everywhere are being asked to make one positive gesture towards integration and cultural…
Croydon Council has 700 children currently in care and they urgently need more foster carers to give these young people the chance of a home life beyond council accommodation. Active support for the annual campaign run by the charity Fostering Network aims to highlight the need for more than 9,000 new…
Fairfield Halls will be working more closely together with Croydon Council in the future management…
Planning permission for the Beddington Lane South London Incinerator has been granted following months of deliberation and protest. After a vote on April 24 resulted in a tie, the incinerator was granted the go-ahead at a re-vote at the Sutton Civic Centre on Wednesday May 15. The Sutton Council Development Control…
New Addington window cleaner, Stuart Hazell, 37, has been a jailed for life with a recommendation he serves at least 38 years at his Old Bailey sentencing hearing for murdering 12 year old Croydon schoolgirl Tia Sharp in August last year. Somebody cried “Beast” from the public gallery as he…
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