With its pastoral landscape dotted with neat hayricks, it is hard to believe this rural scene is now one of the busiest roads in the borough, writes Kerry McQueeney. However, these amazing images show Croydon's Purley Way in the 1920s before the area
Announcing a partnership with energy company EDF to develop climate change initiatives in the capital, the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone said: "The issue of climate change is shooting up the list of priorities for Londoners. "We must take bold steps
Youngsters from a Croydon nature club got their hands dirty at South Norwood Country Park to create a new community orchard. With help from the council and park rangers children from South Norwood Wildlife Watch Club planted 12 fruit trees on Sunday
Earthdome in Stanford Road, Norbury, looks like any other new housing development the fresh brick of the building contrasts with adjacent 1930s houses and debris from builders applying the finishing touches is scattered around. Once inside, however,
l Sunday, March 19. Fairfield Halls in Croydon hosts an organic food festival this Sunday. A variety of exhibitors will be at the halls, offering everything from organic vegetables to natural cosmetics and food for allergy sufferers. The event begins
Croydon-based business customer service provider Mondial UK is celebrating after making it into the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies to Work For. The company, in George Street, Croydon, was placed a credible 69th in the list of the nation's best employers
Almost 100 people are to be screened for tuberculosis after it was revealed a healthcare worker at Mayday Hospital has been diagnosed with the disease. The member of staff - whose details are not being made public - worked at Mayday Hospital last year
Parents now face a criminal conviction if they remove their children from school during term time. A High Court ruling means if parents do not seek permission from the headteacher to take their children away from school, they are breaking the law.
More than 50 outstanding students from 16 schools gathered at the town hall last week to be honoured in Croydon Schools Sports Council's Excellence in Sports Awards. Croydon mayor Maggie Mansell presented awards to year 11 students who have achieved
Pupils from a Croydon school were given a special drama performance last week to highlight the dangers of carrying knives. Actors from the Comedy School an educational arts organisation visited Selhurst School for Boys in The Crescent, Croydon, to
A Croydon student is bound for India after scooping first prize in a national essay writing competetition. Faria Patwary, 18, an A-level student at Old Palace School of John Whitgift, beat students from across the UK with her essay Journey with a Purpose
There is a large number (around 60 per cent) of Croydon's paid up members of the Labour Party, like me, who are defecting not to the Liberal Democrats but to the compassionate Tories. The reason is very simple the rise of council tax, which has become
Concerning your article about council tax (Has Newman kept his council tax promise? Croydon Guardian, March 8). I am disgusted at the amount we have to pay. As regards paying the extra to the London Assembly and the Olympics, what a liberty. My wife
Purley's Jo Griffiths was celebrating last week after her cat, TC who had been missing for more than 16 weeks reappeared. Jo said she had given up hope of seeing her cat again after he went missing last November. But to her delight the grey mackerel
I am delighted you gave such prominent and positive coverage to the "Which Loo?" document produced by the Aurora group with the support of the Metropolitan Police (Met backs loo plans, Croydon Guardian, March 8). However, I am concerned that your splendid
I could not believe my eyes when I read the article on last week's front page (Met backs loo plans, Croydon Guardian, March 8). "Which Loo?" guidelines pioneered by Croydon's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) police focus group, Aurora, and
Almost everyone now accepts that climate change means we must end our reliance on fossil fuels. Rather than building more nuclear power stations, Greens argue it would be cheaper and better for the planet if we invested the money into turning London's
I was delighted to read Councillor Tony Newman has no intention of abandoning the council's 10-year-old policy of not investing in unethical companies (Notion of moving away from ethical investment quashed, Croydon Guardian, March 8). Deforestation,
Flying Music presents its 21st year of bringing together some of the most outstanding acts from the 1960s in the Solid Silver 60s Show in Fairfield's Concert Hall this Friday. This year the show includes performances from classic talents of Gerry and
Given the right song, Elkie Brooks is as good a blues singer as you'll hear this side of the Atlantic. Released in 2005, her album, Electric Lady, is a marked return to form for the Elk, and here, in among the cover versions and co-writes with her son
Rebecca Carrington brings Me, My Cello and I to Croydon Clocktower. Sassy and multi-talented Rebecca is quite unlike any other comedian performing today; when did you last see a cellist-cum-impressionist perform spoofs of Destiny's Child, Pavarotti,
Icon Theatre presents The Odyssey at Croydon Clocktower. A unique physical production that uses live music, masks, mime and puppetry to bring Homer's renowned story to life. From the songs of the sirens, through the whirlpools of Charybdis, the cave
Students at a Croydon school were treated to a visit from an award-winning string quartet last week as part of its annual Music Fest. The Grammy award nominees and Gramophone Chamber Music Award winning Maggini String Quartet spent a day at Old Palace
Elkie Brooks' smoke-silk vocals are familiar to millions with enduring hits such as Pearl's A Singer, Lilac Wine and Sunshine After The Rain. But it was a long hard road to success and an even longer one to happiness. Recovering at her Devon home from
While cradling her newborn son in a hospital maternity ward Donna Freemantle was suddenly faced with a situation that every parent dreads Dean had changed colour and was gasping for air. Donna, of North Walk, New Addington, explained: "Dean was six
Residents and businesses from Broad Green's Turkish and Kurdish communities are invited to meet their police safer neighbourhood team tomorrow (Thursday). Police community support officer Yasar Tosun will be available to meet members of the community
Crystal Palace FC is due to announce the name of the company which has won the race to become the club's new shirt sponsor. The Eagles' contract with current sponsor Churchill finishes at the end of the season and the club has been in talks with a number
The South Croydon DNA screening centre opened to help catch the killer of murdered model Sally Anne Bowman has taken 771 samples from local men. The centre, which was open for more than two weeks, was set up by detectives for men to voluntarily donate
A unique item of Crystal Palace Football Club memorabilia has kicked-off a shed load of bids on internet auction site ebay. The On Me Shed Son' game has become a half-time hit with Eagles supporters. A roofless shed is placed in the centre circle of
A Network Rail manager and her deputy were jailed for 12 months on Monday for fleecing the Croydon office of their company out of more than £80,000. Sisters Denise Rouse, 49, and Linda James, 51, added three friends and relatives to the books of a local
OLD COULSDON WI: Cameron Hall, Canon's Hill, Old Coulsdon. Meet second Monday every month at 2pm. Guests welcome, 75p. SALE OF PICTURES: United Reformed Church Hall, Sanderstead Hill. Exhibition and sale of pictures by local artists, 20 per cent of
THE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY: The Parlour, United Reformed Church Hall, Sanderstead Hill. NORBURY AND SOUTH LONDON TRANSPORT CLUB: United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove. 8688 9554. CROYDON AIRPORT SOCIETY: Airport House, Purley Way, Croydon. Illustrated
CROYDON OUTDOOR PURSUITS AND SPECIAL EVENTS CLUB: Meets St Andrew's Church Hall, Lower Coombe Street, Croydon. Every Tuesday 8.30pm to 10.30pm. 8688 5051. CHRISTIAN RAMBLING GROUP: Walks of around eight miles on Saturdays. All welcome. Pub lunch and
FAIRFIELD CONCERT HALL: Park Lane, Croydon. Solid Silver 60s show, March 17. London Mozart Players, March 18. Croydon Schools Music Association's annual schools concerts, March 20 and 23. Lunchtime concert: Yehudi Menuhin School, March 21, 1.05pm. 8688
UP THE CREEK TOO COMEDY CABARET CLUB: 3 Brighton Road, Croydon. Rich Wilson, Roger Monkhouse, Geoff Boyz, guest spot, March 17. Greg Davies, Geoff Boyz, Stefano Paolini, Roger Monkhouse, March 18. 8680 5363. SCREAMING BLUE MURDER COMEDY CLUB: Dorking
ASHCROFT THEATRE: Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon. Flights of Fancy: Croydon Schools Dance Schools Association, March 15 and 16. Ikenobo Floral Art: Surrey Ikenobo Group, March 18. Dara O'Briain, March 24. 8688 9291. CROYDON CLOCKTOWER: Katharine
Two men executed in a packed Croydon nightclub were gunned down less than an hour before the drive-by shooting of two young, innocent women in Bristol, a court has heard. Hundreds of clubbers saw Rufus Edwards and Mark Warmington shot inside the Spotlight
Changing rooms at Croydon Arena have been closed after a legionnaires' disease scare. Croydon Council says the risk posed from a suspected Legionella bacterium sample is minimal but it has temporarily closed the South Norwood sports venue's shower facilities
Two men have been arrested in connection with the seemingly motiveless double murder of a young couple who were gunned down in their Upper Norwood home. Jordan Lee Jackson, 20, and Leyla Djemal-Northcott, 21, were shot dead in their Menlo Gardens flat
