Volunteers came together on Sunday (6th November 2011) to plant 1,500 wildlife bulbs and five mature trees in Westow Park, Crystal Palace. Five alders and one foxglove tree were planted in the playground to provide shade and autumn/winter colour. The foxglove tree is a fast-growing variety so it is hoped will provide some shade...
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To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the destruction of the Crystal Palace by fire on the 30th November 1936, the Crystal Palace Museum will be presenting a special large screen showing of dramatic images of the 1936 fire. This will be shown all day during the normal museum’s winter opening times (11am – 3.00pm)...
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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 Pentecostal church which purchased the former cinema at 25 Church Road, Crystal Palace looks set to move in and open up – using the name ‘The Open Door’ Three new planning applications submitted by KICC – Kingsway International Christian Centre – to Bromley council for consideration state they are for a new canopy...
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Architects Karl Richter and Rolf Peruzzo are planning to bring the historic subway which runs under Crystal Palace Parade back into public use. Karl and Rolf, who both live in the Crystal Palace area, – want the disused subway to become all things to all people – in architect-speak ‘neutral space’ - “The crypt-like period architecture of the subway...
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His face appeared all over national TV, newspapers and websites in the wake of the widespread looting which occurred across London late on Monday night and early on Tuesday morning after the Metropolitan Police issued a photograph of him. On Wednesday Karim Chaoui found even greater infamy on the front page of The Sun...
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The annual Crystal Palace Overground Festival starts at 5 pm today (Wednesday, 10 August) at Westow House, Westow Hill in Crystal Palace with market stalls and entertainers and a fully interactive Rocky Horror Picture Show screening and fancy dress. Now in its 5th year, the Crystal Palace Overground Festival is run over 4 days...
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