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• ARCHIVE PHOTOS: 32 pictures of Croydon people taken in 1998 - Croydon Advertiser

  07-08-2016 19:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  ARCHIVE PHOTOS: 32 pictures of Croydon people taken in 1998
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  We have pictures of Pupils from Addington High School and Oaklands School working at Midland Bank for a day, pupils from Elmwood School, pupils from Farleigh School, School Fair John Fisher School, and Roke Gardening Society Fair. Have a scroll ...
  
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• ARCHIVE PHOTOS: 32 pictures of Croydon people taken in 1998

  07-08-2016 18:04 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  We have pictures of Pupils from Addington High School and Oaklands School working at Midland Bank for a day, pupils from Elmwood School, pupils from Farleigh School, School Fair John Fisher School,and Roke Gardening Society Fair.Have a scroll through them and see if there is anyone you recognise.And don't forget to come back to our website every day, as we are regularly uploading new nostalgia galleries.If you have any old pictures of Surrey or events in the town which you would like to share...
  
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• The most dangerous places to live in Croydon according to crime stats - Croydon Advertiser

  07-08-2016 16:47 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  The most dangerous places to live in Croydon according to crime stats
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  A breakdown of the most recent crime statistics reveals the most and least dangerous places to live in Croydon. The latest figures recorded by The London Metropolitan Police show that 3,345 crimes were reported in the borough in May this year - the ...
  
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• 'Riots were the one time young people worked together', says...

  07-08-2016 15:33 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The riots was the one time that all of the young people in Croydon worked together even if it was not for a good reason, a charity founder has said.Monique Rebeiro, director of Lives not Knives, remembers when her daughter Eliza – who set up the charity – said this to her after the riots in August 2011.Nearly 50 per cent of those arrested in Croydon during the riots were aged between 18 and 25 and 17 per cent were 17 and under. Monique said since then, the charity - which supports...
  
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• Former House of Reeves site being tidied by family to mark 5th...

  07-08-2016 15:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The Reeves family have been so determined to show how far they have come in rebuilding their business and in helping Croydon as a whole recover from the riots they have been out weeding ahead of Monday's fifth anniversary.The plot where half of their business stood before Gordon Thompson torched it during the night of August 8, 2011 has since been turned into a green space with trees and a white picket fence.Croydon Council has been planning to carry out maintenance work including repainting the
  
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• The most dangerous places to live in Croydon according to crime...

  07-08-2016 12:27 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A breakdown of the most recent crime statistics reveals the most and least dangerous places to live in Croydon.The latest figures recorded by The London Metropolitan Police show that 3,345 crimes were reported in the borough in May this year - the most recent figures that have been published on www.police.ukThe crime with the highest number of offences recorded was violence and sexual offences with a total of 816 incidents across Croydon during that month.Anti-social behaviour offences were...
  
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• Croydon Council homelessness programme wins London-wide award - Croydon Guardian

  07-08-2016 06:09 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
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  Croydon Council homelessness programme wins London-wide award
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  A Croydon Council programme aimed at preventing those on the brink of homelessness from ending up on the streets has been shortlisted for a London-wide award. The Gateway initiative has been named one of three winners in the London Homelessness ...and more »
  
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• 'Mum made me stay in during Croydon riots and saved me from going...

  07-08-2016 06:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The carnage during the Croydon riots attracted many teenagers and adults to loot businesses and rob people of their livelihoods.One man, of Thornhill Road in West Croydon, who asked not to be named, revealed he wantedto go out onto the streets and join the rioting, but was stopped from doing so on the night by his mum.Speaking to the Croydon Advertiser ahead of the fifth anniversary of the riots, on Monday, he said: "Personally I wanted to riot, I was coming back from work but I had to...
  
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• Croydon Council homelessness programme wins London-wide award

  07-08-2016 06:00
  
  A Croydon Council programme aimed at preventing those on the brink of homelessness from ending up on the streets has been shortlisted for a London-wide award.
  
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• The rebirth of Croydon: The London borough is having a makeover - Express.co.uk

  07-08-2016 01:03 via express.co.uk
  
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  The rebirth of Croydon: The London borough is having a makeover
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  WHEN the National Trust announces heritage tours you imagine a historic market town surrounded by idyllic rural villages – not the London borough where model Kate Moss grew up, singer Amy Winehouse went to school and BHS billionaire Sir Philip Green ...
  
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