POETRY WORKSHOP: Peppertons vegetarian restaurant, 5 Selhurst Road, Selhurst. Write poems in a friendly environment. 8pm to 10pm, November 24. 8645 9956. CIRCLE DANCE: Small Hall, Methodist Church, Brighton Road, Coulsdon. Circle dance to live music.
FAIRFIELD: Sunlounge, Croydon. Mixed Media Exhbition Out and About, until December 11. Enamels by Julie Higgins, December 13 24. SOUTH CROYDON HERITAGE GROUP: Sanderstead United Reformed Church Hall. SE Wales: Castles and Tintern Abbey, December
CROYDON OUTDOOR PURSUITS AND SPECIAL EVENTS CLUB: Meets St Andrew's Church Hall, Lower Coombe Street, Croydon. Every Tuesday, 8.30-10.30pm. 8688 5051. OLD PORTLIANS CYCLING CLUB: Weekend cycle rides. Meet at bottom of Corkscrew Hill, West Wickham. Saturday
UP THE CREEK TOO COMEDY CABARET CLUB: 3 Brighton Road, Croydon. Rob Heaney mc, Nina Conti, Ninia Benjamin and Steve Hughes, December 9. Julia Morris mc, Stewart Francis, Nina Conti and Ian Cognito, December 10. Col Parker mc, Ian Cognito, Mark Watson
FAIRFIELD CONCERT HALL: Park Lane, Croydon. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's Christmas Concert, December 8. That'll Be The Day, December 9. Aled Jones with guest Soprano, December 10. Glenn Miller Tribute Concert, December 11. The Salvation Army: Festival
ASHCROFT THEATRE: The Fairfield, Park Lane, Croydon. The Magnificent Christmas Music Hall Matinee, December 15, 2.30pm. 8688 9291. WAREHOUSE THEATRE: Dingwall Road, Croydon. Theatre4Kidz: Wake Up It's Christmas, December 11, children aged two- six
Purley Scout Group will play out the tale of Dick Whittington and his cat this weekend. The pantomime has been written by the 8th Purley Scout Group's leaders and will be performed at the scout hut at St Mary's Church, off Purley Oaks Road, Sanderstead
60 years ago on December 15, 1944, Glenn Miller flew from Twinwood Airfield in Bedford, bound for Paris, never to arrive, and the world lost a music legend. Glenn Miller was without question the world's most famous Big Band leader, and at the height
The annual Arthur Davison Family Christmas Concert takes place at Fairfield Concert Hall on Saturday, December 11, at 11am. With the Little Symphony of London Croydon and the Guildford and Epsom Symphony orchestras performing under the baton of Darrell
It's Chriiiiistmaaaaas! Remember Slade's hit Christmas song? It's the highlight of Slade's Christmas Show that comes to Fairfield Concert Hall on Friday, December 17, at 8pm. Slade are joined by T-Rextasy and Dr and the Medics in a sensational, seasonal
Scrooge will be a humbug once again when an acclaimed one-man performance of a classic festive story returns to Guildford's Mill Studio at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre this Christmas. A Christmas Carol (from December 21 to 24) features celebrated actor
Croydon Clocktower in Katharine Street, presents Strawberry the Clown in Don't Panic on Sunday, December 12 at 3pm. Aimed at children aged over five and their families, the comedy centres on the clown who is all at sea in his bath tub. He is joined by
In keeping with Theatre Workshop's tradition of inventive seasonal shows, Dr Ho takes all the most famous elements of the cult Bond movies, and cunningly blends them with all the very best bits of traditional pantomime (shaken, not stirred, naturally)
Male strippers. Love them or loathe them, they have done their bit for equality of the sexes. But some have done it so much better than others. The Chippendales are the billed as the "ultimate girls' night out" and to stay top of the eye-candy charts
First the bad news: there's no Dick Barton at the Warehouse Theatre this Christmas. Now the good news: the creators of the memorable DB series have created a new production for the seasonal treat Femme Fatale. Created by Phil Willmot and directed by
Famous for singing as a child in surplice and ruff, Aled Jones has now made a name for himself as dance floor sex god, strutting his stuff in figure-hugging dance wear and looking every inch like Fred Astaire in his tails! All this from the man who admits
Cray Wanderers bought AFC Wimbledon's remarkable 78 match unbeaten run to an end on Saturday. They scored a goal in each half to finish off the Dons. There was only one win for our sides. Croydon Athletic got a much needed victory, beating Burgess
Addiscombe 1st XI 6 HAC 3 Addiscombe's rollercoaster season continued with their best performance in several weeks against HAC. The visitors took the lead with a clever deflection from their first attack, but Addiscombe responded well and Jones
Old Caterhamians 3 WARLINGHAM 9 The deadly boot of Mark Kozminski helped Warlingham move themselves back into promotion contention on Saturday after a hard-fought victory at local rivals Old Caterhamians. Kozminski slotted home a penalty early on
Old Mid-Whitgiftian 37 Sidcup 0 Old Mid-Whitgiftians moved up to fourth place in the league with a resounding win against Sidcup on Saturday. Skipper Mark Macaskill opened the scoring with a penalty and seven minutes later Rob Clarke touched down
Croydon sprinter Joscelyn Hopeson returned from the Commonwealth Youth Games in Australia with two gold medals this week despite being one of the youngest competitors. The 16-year-old Archbishop Tenison School pupil won gold in the 100m and 4 x 100m
Croydon's world light-middleweight champion Wayne Alexander says the withdrawal of his opponent has not affected his preparation for his non-title fight on Saturday night. The 31-year-old was set to face the former Belgian light-middleweight champion
A full-page interview in the Sunday Times conducted by Alison Kervin has had our chairman supposedly mouthing off about not caring "about football protocol and the other club owners", writes Neil McSteen. Responding to the article before the Charlton
- We are again holding our ever-popular family day for the Premiership game against Blackburn here at Selhurst on Saturday. Before the game there will be entertainment from a Kylie Minogue tribute act, clowns, jugglers, stilt-walkers and face painters
Croydon Schools' Football Association's borough sides fared well in cup-ties at the weekend, writes David Lomas. The U11s got off to a dream start in their English Schools' Area Eleven Patrick Haugh Trophy away to North Kent Schools, when Sam Driver
Palace midfielder Aki Riihilahti said Dennis Rommedahl's last-ditch strike felt like a "kick in the. somewhere" as Charlton somehow took all three points. The 28-year-old Finn nearly put Palace ahead in the first-half when his header re-bounded off the
CRYSTAL PALACE 0 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 1 Rommedahl (90) Dennis Rommedahl's late strike left Selhurst Park in a state of shock on Sunday as Charlton produced an unlikely smash-and-grab raid at their old stomping ground. With 10 seconds of injury time
Palace boss Iain Dowie hopes his side can use last Saturday's disappointment to their advantage when the Eagles take on Blackburn in a relegation six-pointer' on Saturday. Dowie admitted that Charlton's last-gasp win at Selhurst Park was a cruel blow
Palace boss Iain Dowie admitted being paired up with Sunderland was "not the easiest draw" for Palace in last Sunday's FA Cup draw, but vows to take the competition seriously. The third round clash will be the first time Palace have returned to the Stadium
Crystal Palace defender Emmerson Boyce is set to be offered a new bumper pay deal as a reward for his impressive performances so far this season. The 25-year-old has been one of Palace's most consistent players this campaign and has proved one of the
The St Aidan's School Choir will be performing a selection of carols at Coulsdon library. The Catholic school's choir will be singing on December 14 at 11am at the library on Brighton Road. For more details contact the library on 020 8660 1548 or email
More than £15,000 has been raised for Regina Coeli Primary. The South Croydon school was given £17,175 by the Regina Coeli Parent and Friends Association. The money which was raised with a series of fundraising events including an '80s Night and a Children's
A primary school in Woodside has allayed parents' concerns that pupils will not be involved in any Christmas activities this year. Staff at Woodside Nursery and Infant School, on Morland Road, have blamed "ill-founded rumours" on misleading parents to
An education minister has praised Croydon College for investing in further education with a £6million improvement programme. Dr Kim Howells, minister for further and higher education and lifelong learning, officially opened the college's improved beauty
A new booklet commemorating the centenary of the foundation of the Selhurst Schools was published last month by the Old Croydonians Association. The book looks at the changes at both the girls' and boys' schools since 1904 through an impressive collection
A man has been given an award by his employer for improving business after 20 years' service. Keith Lawson, 43, of Upper Norwood, received the award from his employer Sodexho which has 48,000 employees at their annual awards ceremony held at Lord's
Croydon Marketing and Development (CMD) has hit back at a recent survey that suggests Croydon is finding the current economy hard to contend with. Cheltenham-based company Blue Sheep, which information-providers to businesses, conducted the study in
I always take great pleasure in slowing back down again and seeing the hilarious look of double shame once boys see that they've just been burnt off by a 4ft 6in female," says Vietnamese-born Khanh Dinh. The 24-year-old is just one of the growing band
They say a dog is a man's best friend and a group of four-legged pooches won over shoppers when they took part in an event to promote the Pets as Therapy (Pat) charity on Saturday. Among them was three-year-old west Highland terrier Hamish, who was nominated
A convicted paedophile who failed to inform police he had moved to Croydon has been sentenced to a year in prison. Thomas McGuire, labelled as a high risk sexual offender after being convicted by Newcastle Crown Court in 2000, failed to tell the authorities
Eleven artifice burglaries were committed in the borough last month. Police are appealing for people not to let people into their homes without proper ID.
If having a new baby wasn't demanding enough, a Coulsdon mum has released an exercise DVD to help women avoid piling on the pounds. Helen Cartwright together with her friends Lorraine and Steven Penny produced the DVD called Pregnancy and Postnatal
Calling all Crystal Palace fans. The search is on to find the fans captured in a snapshot of the Selhurst Park terraces more than 30 years ago. The picture was taken by Palace photographer Hy Money on one of her first trips to the football ground. The
Crystal Palace star Wayne Routledge gave some Croydon youngsters a few tips on how to become a Premiership footballer last week as part of their Princes Trust personal development programme. The England U21 winger and Palace fitness co-ordinator John
A South Norwood post office is to close permanently in the New Year making it 14th branch to cease trading in the last two years. The Post Office announced the South Norwood Hill branch would close from Wednesday, January 5, as part of its urban network
A man, upset over problems in divorce proceedings between him and his wife, set fire to her lock-up garage. The blaze wrecked chartered engineer David Common's wife's brand new car, Croydon Crown Court heard. Common, who admitted a charge of arson,
A minicab driver who had his throat slit in Croydon has spoken of his relief as his attacker was jailed for seven years this week. Dost Mohammed says he still suffers nightmares and cannot work full-time since he was attacked by 26-year-old Reginald
Riding a bike in the centre of Croydon can be a stressful experience, but riding a rickshaw is a totally different kettle of fish. This is exactly what Richard Rogers has been doing since May. He is one of four rickshaw drivers working in Croydo. He
A computer game whizz will be using his playing prowess to raise money for an asthma clinic which his son attends. Paul Gordon, of Lodge Lane, New Addington, won the UK championships of the Xbox FIFA Interactive World Cup. He will travel to Zurich to
Five defendants charged with violent disorder following England's Euro 2004 defeat against Portugal in June pleaded guilty when they appeared at Croydon Crown Court last Friday. Peter Goodwin, 21, from Warren Avenue, Matthew Carroll, 19, from Cheyne
An appeal has been launched to find the owners of a neglected alleyway in Coulsdon town centre. The council wants to use money from Transport for London to resurface the pot-holed alleyway which runs behind Lion Green Road and the shops in Brighton Road
A 76-year-old woman is fighting for her life after suffering serious head injuries when a mugger snatched her handbag. Police are now hunting the man who stole just £90 from the woman on Saturday. The elderly woman was walking in St Andrew's Road, Croydon
The cost of travelling by train is set to rise again with above-inflation price increases coming into effect in the new year. From January 2 season and saver tickets on Southern will rise on average by four per cent with cheap day returns and advance
If you need a little help getting into the Christmas spirit then help is at hand. All Saints Concert Band will be performing a festive musical extravaganza at Christ Church hall in Brighton Road, Purley, next Tuesday. The concert starts at 7.30pm. Tickets
A 69-year-old woman died after being hit by a bus opposite East Croydon railway station. Marie Jeantou, from Tottenham, was hit by a single decker route 367 bus in Addiscombe Road at 10.20am last Tuesday.
