No wellies required
Festival culture kicked off at Worthy Farm forty-four years ago then went mainstream somewhere in the ’90s. Nowadays no summer is complete without a rock band playing outdoors to a mildly stoned...
View ArticleBuy now – Croydon will not be this pocket friendly for long
“Impressive new housing developments are under construction and we have penthouses selling well in excess of £1m.” “We have a real issue in the mainstream market, in that 80 per cent of houses in...
View ArticleMeeting Mr Sims: interview with the Chief Executive of Croydon Business...
Banners promoting the activities of Croydon Business Improvement District hang all over the town centre, sending out messages of positive change to a population that still, to judge from responses to...
View Article£1 parking in central Croydon over Christmas
In the run up to Christmas shoppers will be able to park in Croydon for a flat fee of £1 on Thursdays between 13th November and 1st January. The scheme includes Centrale Shopping Centre Car Park,...
View ArticleWhy every town needs its Croydon Visitor Centre
Croydon Visitor Centre has closed for business Like many people, I was saddened to see Croydon Visitor Centre close at the beginning of the month. The visitor centre was an ongoing service provided by...
View ArticleWhere is ‘Ambition for Croydon’?
Flyposters now adorn the boarding in front of the closed Visitor Centre next to East Croydon Station while we wait for the Boxpark retail facility to be built. The short-termism and lack of strategic...
View ArticleNews in brief: November
Thornton Heath ‘stormz’ to victory at 2015 MOBO Awards Musicians and performers from Thornton Heath dominated the 2015 national MOBO (Music of Black Origin) awards held in Leeds on Thursday 4th...
View ArticleNovember 2016 in brief
Tram derailment near Sandilands kills seven Shortly after 6am on the morning of Wednesday 9th November, tram number 2551 derailed after leaving the Sandilands tunnel. The tram, which was travelling...
View ArticleMoving forward: Croydon’s Cultural Vision 2018 reflects on Borough of Culture...
A panel is setting its sights forward after Croydon lost the bid to become London’s first Borough of Culture in 2019. The London Borough of Culture award was a new initiative launched by the Mayor...
View ArticleCroydon High Street: a new hope?
This summer I’ll be watching Croydon town centre with interest. I usually avoid its grotty warren of cut-price shops and a life-expired shopping mall where, on rainy days, the buckets stand in rows to...
View ArticleWhy Croydon needs a visitor centre, and how it could pay for itself
If you happened to venture down the covered section of St George’s Walk on Saturday 25th August, you may have noticed a man sitting at a table with another chair opposite him. A sign on his table...
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