Issue 127 Keeping you up to date with local news and services www.phra.org.uk Spring 2017 Inside: THETHE Page 5 Police Safer Neighbourhood Team Meet the police safer NEIGHBOURHOODNEIGHBOURHOOD neighbourhood team who are there to assist you with non-emergency issues which MEETINGMEETING directly affect your area. Page 6 Croydon Clocktower Café Jazz Every Thursday lunchtime from 12 noon to 2pm, some of this country’s finest jazz musicians THURSDAY play in the back room of the FIND OUT Clocktower Café. 11TH MAY WHAT IS GOING 8PM Pages 8-9 ON IN Park Hill Personalities PARK HILL We talk to Debra Bourne, Events Director at Lloyd parkrun. Pages 11,12 & 13 Here & There Turn to pages 11,12 and 13 Come to the Neighbourhood meeting (formerly known as the AGM) this edition to read about Thursday, 11 May 2017 from 8.00pm, at St Matthew’s Church, Chichester Road new arrangements for permits to use at the council dumps, WHAT’S HAPPENING? local litter, the GP hub at East • The Residents’ Association: what it’s Croydon Medical Centre, been doing and what it plans to do. Fairfield Halls update, waste • Grainne Cook from the Whitgift and mismanagement, Croydon Foundation, on the Foundation’s work and District National Trust with the elderly – especially respite and Centre and the new opening day care. hours at the Kiosk. • Question and Answer Session. Local Councillors and the Police Safer This newsletter is distributed Neighbourhood Team have been to 2,600 households in the invited. Find out the answers to the HOW LONG IS THE MEETING? Park Hill area. questions you want to ask. Ninety Minutes with refreshment break. 4 3 A.W. 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TAYLOR & SON Tel: 0793 2032395/020 8651 4260 • Extra sockets • House rewiring • Heating • Lighting points • Security lighting • Office rewiring • Maintenance DOMESTIC & COMMERCIAL 4 5 Croydon Philharmonic Choir SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAM WITH BASINGSTOKE CHORAL SOCIETY Dear Residents, Conductor David Gibson Ars Eloquentia My name is Sergeant Penfold and my officers are Tom and Andy and we make up the Fairfield Police Team, We also BACH ST MATTHEW PASSION have a Police community support officer Oliver White. THE ANVIL, Basingstoke Our role as a local team is to assist you in the non-emergency Saturday 8th April 2017, 7.30pm issues that directly affect your area. Evangelist: Timothy Langstone We have been working hard on tackling an increasing number of vehicle crime offences that have taken place Jesus: John Lofthouse over the past few months by conducting a large number of Tickets: £27, £21, £16, Students £7 High Visibility patrols and plain clothes patrols in the area. When we have had access to a marked police vehicle we (includes £2 booking fee) are conducting routine stops on vans that are in the area Group rates available as these have been identified to us as targets but also as Box Office 01256 844244 suspects. Fairfield Safer Neighbourhood Team: PC Andy Smith Or book online at anvilarts.org.uk There have been a number of work vans targeted (left), PC Tom Rowlatt (centre), Sgt Dan Penfold (right) throughout the day, where the victims have left their vans NEXT CONCERT: AN EVENING WITH GILBERT & SULLIVAN unlocked whilst they are working nearby but not in view of the van and the suspects have stolen all of the tools in a 999. If it is not an emergency please call 101. Saturday 17th June 2017, 7.30pm matter of minutes. For anything that is longer term then please contact us St Matthew’s Church We are asking that if you have work done on your houses on the email listed below. If you call 101 or 999 we will Chichester Road you remind the contractors to ensure that their vans are generally be informed and can assist with long term issues. Croydon CR0 5NQ locked each time they walk away from them. I know this We are trying to increase our communication with all of our www.croydonphilharmonic.org is sometimes inconvenient but it will prevent them from local residents to keep them up to date with the crimes from Registered Charity 213084 Find us on Facebook becoming victims of crime. each week. This should show you that the area in which you We are also suffering from personal vehicles being broken live is a safe place to be but should the need to contact you into overnight. We are asking that where possible please arise due to a crime trend emerging or an urgent message remove all valuables from display and again if possible then we are best positioned to do this via email. leave your gloveboxes open with nothing on show, this will Please could you send us an email with your name and Wills/Lasting Powers hopefully reduce the temptation to damage and search the address and we can keep you up to date with all that is vehicle where there is clearly nothing to steal. going on. of Attorney If you need to contact the police in an emergency please call Our email is [email protected] c ® 8 We need your subscription please! Cyber Eight Croydon Computer Installations Subscriptions for the coming year to the Residents Association are now due. The landline 020 8688 1893 mobile 07762 525 738 subscription is now £5 – the first increase since 2007. We have over 300 members and we are very grateful to there. (Committee members pay for postage and • Prepared by a Solicitor at a fixed charge “I cannot speak highly enough of the home service them for their support. But we represent 2,600 households stationery themselves.) • All appointments in your home I have received from CCI” - Mrs R.W. and we’d like to have more of you as members. How can you pay your subscription? Please join the Association if you aren’t already a member – • Daytime or evening - the Road Steward who distributes this Newsletter may call “Very impressed... excellent quality of service, or renew your subscription if you are a member. • No VAT in-depth technical knowledge” on you; Here is what your subscription does and how you can pay it. -Davies Nuclear Associates- - you can pay at the AGM on 11 May; Visit: www.gmwatts.com What happens to your subscription? - you can send your subscription of £5 to our Membership Repairs • Upgrades • Installations • Product Advice - it helps cover the cost of this Newsletter which appears Secretary using the form on page 8; or call 020 8657 0391 Data Recovery & Transfer three times a year. The money we get from advertisers - you can pay your subscription by internet transfer. The sort PC/Mac & Phone Security • Virus Removal does not cover the full cost of producing and printing the code for our bank account is 30-92-45 and the account Geraldine Watts LL.B. Solicitor System Setup & Tuition Newsletter. number is 01330171. (The account is held with Lloyds Any other work undertaken upon request - it helps with special projects such as new trees and Bank, George Street, Croydon). Please give your postcode 2A Ridge Langley plantings and our website. as a reference.) Sanderstead CR2 0AR Georey Cox - qualied and experienced PC technician - it helps cover the running expenses of the Association, £25 per hour. No x - no fee. such as hiring the hall for the AGM and refreshments Thank you for your help! 6 7 CROYDON CLOCKTOWER HomeDec M & A CONTRACTORS BATHROOM & KITCHEN CAFÉ JAZZ Painting & Decorating, INSTALLATIONS Home Maintenance & Repair Every Thursday lunchtime from 12 noon to 2pm, some of this country’s finest jazz musicians play in the back room of the Clocktower Café. There is usually a trio, • Reliable and friendly service playing a selection • Fully Insured of standard jazz repertoire, often • References supplied tunes well known by the loyal and • Top quality finish enthusiastic audience. • Property maintenance Brian (who organises • All building work the sessions) collects For a free, comprehensive estimate voluntary contributions for the players at and advice, call David Wilson on • Plumbing, tiling, electrical the half time interval, and there is a great selection of food available at the café at 020 8654 6227 or 07960 073 604 • Same day response very reasonable prices. If you have a spare couple of hours on a Thursday, do give it a email: [email protected] Tel: 01883 623 621 try, but best to arrive early as the place fills up quite quickly and space is limited. Mobile: 07828 195 186 For the current month’s line up of Pictured above: Mark Crooks (tenor sax/clarinet), Dave Green (bass), Abbots Green, Croydon Established 25 years musicians, email [email protected] Dave Warren (guitar). OVEN CLEANING SERVICE in Your Own Home using eco-friendly products (website:www.shirleyparkltc.org) No job too small! Single Ovens ...£39 • Installation Grill .....................£7 • Servicing • Maintenance Hobs ..................£15 • Immersion heaters Extractors .........£15 • Landlord certificates Replace Bulbs .... £5 • Emergencies Microwaves ......£15 • Fully Insured Call: 020 8657 2803 Also repairs to: cookers, ovens, washing machines, dishwashers and dryers. 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