Canning & Clyde Road Residents Association

www.canni..net 21 March 2020 Contact us: Helping each other edition Gordon Thompson Chairman 020 8656 4941 Inside – Helping each other, roads, new bridge, ideas gordon.thompson@ addiscombe.net How we can help each other Anne Bridge Secretary These are strange times for us. Because of the Coronavirus we have 020 8656 6707 annebridge175@ postponed our Quiz. As we have such a great community, we thought we’d gmail.com do what we can to provide the mechanism for people to be able to help each other out in our two roads. Robert King Treasurer 020 8654 7420 If you are unable to get out because of the Coronavirus – or any other chitchatforum@ reason for that matter – and need some shopping, dog walking etc, please aol.com let Anne know. We can put round an appeal to our Quick Contact group.

Local Police Similarly, if you are stuck at home and feeling fed up, just let us know and (non emergency) 101 we’ll put round an appeal for someone to give you a regular ring or email. Email: snmailbox.addiscomb Many thanks to those in our Quick Contact group who have already [email protected]. volunteered. To join our Quick Contact group, just email or phone Anne. uk www.met.police. We send round emails only when necessary. Those who do not have internet https://twitter.com/ can receive paper copies. MPSAddiscombe Anne’s contact details are: [email protected] 020 8656 6707

Our Councillors Sean Fitzsimons Another way to stay in touch with neighbours and offer or ask for help is our Patricia Hay-Justice new Canning & Clyde Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ Jerry Fitzpatrick CanningandClyde— select the Canning and Clyde link on the left. Do please Town Hall take a look and feel free to use it to connect with neighbours. It’s a great way Katharine Street CR0 1NX to stay in touch. 1stname.surname@ croydon.gov.uk For those who may be interested there are three other local help groups: Or jointly at addiscombe.west@ Our MP, , is compiling a list of volunteers who may be able to croydonlabour.org.uk 020 8819 5597 help people. You can access this via her website at http://www.sarah- jones.org/

Our MP Croydon Covid-19 Mutual Aid Group Facebook group Sarah Jones Addiscombe Covid-19 Mutual Aid Group Facebook group House of Commons SW1A 0AA 0207 219 2963 Local Council support sarah.jones.mp@ parliament.uk Our Councillors are happy for people to contact them and they will respond

Local Office closed with appropriate urgency. They do not have no quick route into health advice during Coronavirus and support, however. For the latest on Council services, see 43 Blackhorse Lane 020 8191 7066 https://www.croydon.gov.uk/healthsocial/phealth/coronavirus-information/ service-updates http://www.sarah- jones.org/

Local things to do within walking distance Keep an eye on the Events page of our Canning & Clyde website for things to do that are within walking distance and don’t need to involve being in crowds. At least the milder weather means it’s more enjoyable to get outside. Our site is at www.canni.addiscombe.net

Roaming camera

For years some residents of Clyde Road have been complaining about drivers who ignore the one-way system. More recently some residents of Canning Road have been asking that the no entry into Canning Road be enforced.

Thanks to the support of our Councillors, Croydon Council will at times unspecified be deploying a mobile camera in Clyde, Canning and Addiscombe Court Roads to photograph the minority of drivers who ignore the clearly visible signs.

Possible road changes We reported in our December newsletter that the Council might have been consulting on possible changes to traffic flows in the local side roads. The Council informed us that owing to some strong local opposition they will not be spending money on a consultation and those potential changes will not be going ahead.

East Croydon Station – bridge from Cherry Orchard Road

Developers, Menta Reddrow, have announced that they are going to start the second phase of their Morello Quarter development on Cherry Orchard Road. This will include linking the bridge over the railway platforms to Cherry Orchard Road.

The development will mean 500 new homes of which 118 will be ‘affordable’. It will also include commercial and community space.

Free things for children to do over the summer holidays For the last two years in our summer newsletter we have included ideas of things that children can do for free over the school summer holidays. We will be doing the same again this year. Please do you have any good ideas? To keep cost down we only include places and activities that are either within walking distance or easy to reach by public transport for the cost of an adult one-day bus and tram ticket (£4.50). Please let Anne know by 1 June if you have any ideas on [email protected] or 020 8656 6707.

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