A pensioner and a little boy named Finlay got the biggest cheers of the night as Croydon council held their consultation meeting on the future of library services in Upper Norwood last Wednesday night. 78-year-old Shelagh McDonough told Croydon’s cabinet member for culture Cllr Sarah Bashford: ”Councillor Sarah Bashford you don’t remember me. “I went...
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The KICC pentecostal church which has been carrying out major works on a former cinema in Crystal Palace faces enforcement action if it breaches planning laws, says a report to a Bromley council sub-committee. The report says that if the old cinema at 25 Church Road is brought into an unlawful use then the council can take enforcement action. “But...
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The background to the row is over who sits on the Upper Norwood library joint committee. The agreement states that there should be four councillors from each council. In February 2006 the library joint committee adopted a resolution that it should consist of at least two members from each side who represent the Upper Norwood area...
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Croydon Council’s ‘takeover’ of Upper Norwood joint library has been slammed as “not only unreasonable but wrong in law” by the boss of Lambeth council. In a seven-page letter to Croydon, Lambeth’s chief executive Derrick Anderson CBE challenges Croydon to set out its legal position The letter confirms what many people have suspected – that Croydon and...
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The news came in a shock announcement from Croydon council’s press office which stated: ”Croydon council has terminated its joint library agreement with Lambeth council in respect of the Upper Norwood Library after nearly two years of failure to get co-operation from the neighbouring borough.” Now Lambeth council – which says Croydon’s move has come...
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“There will have to be compromise among all parties” – Bromley council leader Community representation on the planned management board for Crystal Palace park will be limited to just one person. Bromley council’s executive committee decided on the move at its meeting last night (Wednesday) amid concerns of ‘infighting’ and local groups ‘jockeying for...
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Major plans to create a management board for Crystal Palace park are being drawn up by Bromley council. If the plans are approved then the board, which would include representatives of Capel Manor College, the Eden Project and the Crystal Palace community, would be asked to make recommendations to Bromley council’s executive which will...
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BACK IN 1851 when the building which became known as the Crystal Palace was first put up, it enclosed elm trees in Hyde Park – and the sparrows which nested there. A perplexed Queen Victoria asked the Duke of Wellington what should be done about the sparrows. “Sparrowhawks, Ma’am” was the terse reply. And that’s...
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“Another insult to the people of Crystal Palace and an affront to local democracy” – CPCA. The annual meeting of Upper Norwood library’s joint committee takes place Thursday -14 months after the same meeting ended in complete chaos. Last year’s chaos was triggered by Croydon’ Conservative councillors’ insistence in trying to install four...
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The second Crystal Palace International Film festival which opens on Sunday (September 15th) has attracted more than 600 entries. More than 80 of the films submitted have been chosen as finalists for the festival – including films which feature famous names such as John Hurt, Keith Allen and Jean Reno (Leon) as well as...
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