Andy Pag arrested in India!! Free Andy Pag Now! January 18, 2010
Andy Pag is well into his marathon bio diesel trans continental journey by now. But has been arrested in India for having a satellite phone – a terrorism charge! He was traveling on an Italian passport. Please send messages of support.
see Croydon Guardian
See his blog on:
Andy Pag Blog</a
Parks to be proud of now on facebook! December 14, 2009
Parks to be Proud of is a major project aimed at improving the quality of Croydon’s local parks. It is run by the council and gives local people the chance to vote on which six of Croydon’s 127 parks should get a share of £1.5million….and then have a say in what the money gets spent on.
So please make sure you vote for Grangewood Park.
Thank you.
Voting ends: 24th December 2009.
Picture Palace Campaign Request for Support -Come on the Campaign Coaches and show your support at the Bromley Planning Committee 7pm Thursday 17 December December 10, 2009
Dear Friends of the Picture Palace Campaign,
After such a fantastic show of support at the Queens Hotel in October, we are asking everyone who volunteered their details and gave offers of help, if you could come and show your support again please at the Planning Committee to be held at Bromley Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley BR1 3UH on Thursday 17 December starting at 7pm. (more…)
Traditional Sunday Roast £5.50 December 2, 2009
Trad jazz from 1pm with a good Sunday roast for £5.50 from 2 – 4pm. Only at the Lord Napier.
The Paving Stones of Thornton Heath – A Plea November 23, 2009
“If you can tell a man by his shoes, you can tell a city by its pavements” goes the corny old saying but de-cluttering, better quality surfaces, less barriers, more freedom of movement, X-crossings as in Oxford Circus and the junction outside Balham Station, better thought out planting, focal points. really do make a big difference to the environment and how we feel about a place. The pavements, from the Pond and soon to be FAB new library to the station and on past the venerable Clocktower down the old High Street, could all really do with a redesign and (more…)
Heath ‘eritage – as it got any? November 8, 2009
The word ‘heritage’ usually refers to buildings that were once owned by aristocrats. I’ve been thinking about what it might mean to ‘ordinary’ people around here. I think heritage is anything that we think has artistic merit and deserves to be kept and maintained if at all possible. I’ve taken some photos of aspects of our environment in Thornton Heath that I think its worth valuing. You can see a few of them at the end of this article. The rest are a set on Flickr. I have tagged all the photos that relate positively or negatively to this idea of heritage with the word ‘heritage’ so you can bring them all up as a group.
Heritage suggests something old that is worth saving. Much of the Heath is Edwardian and about 100 years old. Most of the fabric of our houses needs (more…)
Thornton Heath Festival 2009 September 22, 2009
Community spirit abounded at the second ever Thornton Heath Festival on Sunday. It was great to see that the efforts and achievements of last year had been recognised and built on so well. I hope we can assume that this will now be a yearly event which will continue to provide the Thornton Heath community with an opportunity to get together and celebrate it’s richness and diversity.
The community stage, a shining success of the first festival, was given more prominence and space this year with a very professional rig and didn’t fail to deliver endless talent from groups and individuals of every age and nationality all day long. It really was fantastic to see and so well organised too.
I was also pleased that there seemed to be an increase in stalls promoting various local small businesses and enterprises, from chilli sauces and ice creams to great fairtrade products. Plus a good range of local community groups – it would be great to see even more of these next year! I have to say, I was glad to find less of an army presence this year, I felt it made for a bit of a heavy atmosphere at the last one and seemed somehow contradictory within a community that is striving hard for peace, harmony and positivity. The Endurance Steel Orchestra that occupied the far end of the High Street this year did a brilliant job and played on for hours with endless smiles and beautiful sounds.
A new addition to the festival, and one that I was privileged to be a part of, was the wonderful Children’s Procession, with a huge crowd of local children and parents parading down the middle of the high street, marshalled successfully through all the crowds of beaming faces on either side. The parade was the initiative of local community artist Karen Barnett, who had run workshops throughout the year to create two stunning giant puppets that rose high above the crowd and other eye-catching carnival props for the children to wave and wiggle. It was a fantastic sight, headed up by members of the Steel band mentioned earlier, who heroically stepped in at the last minute to provide a true carnival atmosphere. I think this procession made the day for many people, taking part and watching, and I really hope that it becomes a regular feature of the festival and is able to grow and develop each year.
I went home tired, fed and happy with my young daughter still humming the sounds, wearing a smeared facepaint and ketchup grin. We’re already looking forward to next year.
Stop the South London Incinerator September 21, 2009
Please do all you can to help to stop plans for the building of a privately run incinerator to burn our waste. Stop the ‘South London Waste Partnership’ becoming a licence to burn away our health, the health of our children and any hopes for a sustainable future. Visit www.stoptheincinerator.co.uk for more info.
Four South London Boroughs are being targetted – Croydon, Kingston, Merton and Sutton. The incineration of household waste:
Depresses recycling and wastes resources
Releases greenhouse gasses
Is often forced through against strong public opposition
Relies on exaggerating future quantities of waste instead of strongly increased recycling and composting
Creates toxic emissions and hazardous ash
Poses significant health risks
The conclusions from a report produced last year by the British Society for Ecological Medicine make truly disturbing reading….. (more…)
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