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NEWS FROM PURLEY TRADERS and this weeks Planning and BlogsMOTHERS DAY SUGGESTION & wine for Mum offer and 20 per cent off at Homecraft:
Planning: Appeal allows Pharmacy in Foxley Lane and another wine bar in the High Street.
BLOGS: Purley pigeon infestation reported and action suggested gets two quick responses . . . . .
Dealing with council is slow and frustrating says another blogger. Editor: Please keep blogs short and as we are running up to local elections no personal criticisms allowed.
FARMERS MARKET TO BE HELD IN PURLEY PARADE EVERY THIRD FRIDAY
A Farmers Market is to be held every third Friday in Purley Parade, at the junction of Purley High Street and Brighton Road. The first market will be held on March 19th and be open from 9am to 2pm.
Small Farmers Markets have been held in the car park of the Jolly Farmers pub over the last year or so. A major three-day French Market in Purley High Street (photo) was a major success last year. The new Farmers Market is planned to develop steadily. Commenting on the market new Town Centre Manager, Amber Rusk, said - These sort of events will benefit local residents and businesses in the town.-
COUNCIL LEADER ACCEPTS THE CHALLENGE OF PURLEY MAIL BLOGGER
Croydon Council leader, Mike Fisher, has agreed to meet a group of users of Purley Swimming Pool to hear their views on the Council’s previously announced plans to close the pool. The meeting follows protester Fred Wallis posting a blog in the Purley Mail asking why the Council had refused face to face meetings. The blog aroused the interest of the Croydon Advertiser who have arranged the meeting with the Council Leader as part of the community support policy of the Advertisers new Editor-in Chief.
The current issue of the Councils publication - Your Croydon - reports that the Councils 2010-11 budget includes improvements to Purley Pool.
PLANNING MEETINGS TO HELP FORM STRATEGY TO GUIDE PLANNERS
Meetings to give residents the opportunity to consider the latest changes in the Core Strategy currently being prepared by the Councils Planning Department are to commence this week-end. The first outline of the Core Strategy was detailed in the - Imagine Croydon - consultations held last year. The first meeting to consider the latest revision of the plan is to be held at the Fairfield Hall on Saturday, and concentrate on areas including South Croydon, but another event will be held at the Christ Church Hall in Brighton Road, Purley on Saturday, March 6th, will include coverage of Purley.
For full details of the consultation meetings go to the full story. (Click here for more details)
SNT PANEL SET PRIORITES FOR POLICE IN PURLEY
The priorities for the Purley Safer Neighbourhood Team to focus on are discussed by a panel of members of the local community who meet regularly. The current priorities they have given to the police team operating out of the Whytecliffe Road South offices are tackling anti-social behaviour in the town centre and reducing burglaries and theft from cars. But the report from the Purley Police team – see full report – also reports a drug arrest in Woburn Avenue. (Click here for more details)
MORE PURLEY NEWS . . . .
Turf lifting ceremony today . . . . . PLANNING: Application for 9 6-metre floodlights in residential road . . . . BLOGS: Missy is missing . . . . Will free parking change disabled parking . . . . no reason to close the pool. . . . . House concert in Dale Road on Saturday . . . . Local Poet at Croydon reading (Click here for more details)
BUILDING WORK to START on NEW PURLEY COMMUNITY CENTRE next MONTH . . . . .SWIMATHON ATTRACTS nearly 400 swimmers
Photo: Schools taking part in the PURLEY SWIMATHON to raise funds for their school, or their chosen charity, included Beaumont Primary, Croydon High, St Giles, Oasis Academy, Riddlesdown and Thomas More. This youngster was one of them. Photo: Paul Martyniuk, Croydon Advertiser
CHURCH RAISE a MILLION-POUNDS for COMMUNITY CENTRE AT CHRIST CHURCH
The building of the new Community Centre at Christ Church, Purley, is now ready to start next month. Members of the church have raised over one-million pounds in the last seven years to enable building to commence.
To celebrate, there is a Turf-Lifting Ceremony at the rear of the Church next Friday (26th) at 11.30am, followed by a reception with refreshments in the Hall.
The first turf will be lifted by Croydon South MP, Richard Ottaway, who will be aided by the longest serving member of the Church, Tony Bird. Tony started attending Christ Church in 1936 when he was 8, and in his first year at Christ Church school. The brief ceremony will be conducted by Christ Church Vicar, Rev. Charles Trefusis.
The Community Centre will cost £2.7m and will be undertaken in two phases as the balance needed is raised. The main feature will be a new showpiece Foyer, including a coffee bar, which will be open to everyone to drop in to meet and chat and attend events.
SWIMATHON raises OVER £20,000 for local CHARITIES and ORGANISATIONS
A record number of local organisations entered this year’s Purley Swimathon to raise money for the charity or organisation of their choice. Forty-eight teams entered teams of up to 10 swimmers in the annual event organised by Purley Rotary Club at Purley Pool over two days. Organisers estimate the swimmers covered around 70 miles.
Early indications are that the event will raise well over £20,000 pounds from sponsorship coming from the nearly 400 swimmers that took part. “The Swimathon is a great community event that has not only not raised over £300,000 pounds since it was first started, but is a fun event that is enjoyed by the hundreds of swimmers that take part,” commented Neville Thirtle, president of the Purley Rotary Club, “It is a good example of how Rotary works as a facilitator within the Purley community.” (Click here for more details)
PURLEY HEALTH CENTRE on WISH-LIST of NHS EXECUTIVE
Purley is one of three places in the Borough where local Chief Executive of NHS Croydon, Caroline Taylor, would like to see a GP-led Health Centre. The centre would open from 8am to 8pm. Other locations suggested are central Croydon and New Addington.
Previous NHS plans suggested that Mayday Hospital Accident & Emergency would in future only deal with patients not needing emergency treatment. Those with major trauma and hyper-acute stroke teams would be treated at St Georges Hospital in Tooting. Commenting on this Caroline Taylor said - It is not a case of how quickly you get to the hospital or medical centre, it is what happens when you get there.
One Purley resident disagrees with her opinion. See the Purley Village Blog section and send us your blog.
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