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The Tories are just like the church……..try to make you conform with threats and fear!

24 Monday Feb 2014

Posted by spideysaves in Politics, Religion, Social History

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Apart from Cameron, Osborne and Co threatening to take their ball home, if Scotland don’t play the right game they haven’t actually come up with any benefits of remaining in the Union.

It may be better for Scotland to remain within the UK, but after years of Thatcher, Blair and now these fucking clueless scum, I wished South Norwood could become Scottish with them.

This countries political system no longer has anything to offer working class people.

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South Norwood came together to tell the council to ‘fuck off’.

02 Sunday Feb 2014

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Up popped a bloke with a stove pipe hat.

Up popped a bloke with a stove pipe hat.

South Norwood came together yesterday for the naming go Lake Conan Doyle, despite the councils bureaucratic attempts to stop us. It was real heart warming to walk up the road to the visitor centre and see approx 100 people waiting for the ceremony to begin. South Norwood is a fantastic place to live, even though Croydon Council are doing their best to turn it into their unwanted relation that is locked in the shed, only given the bare minimum to survive.

Yesterday, we, as the South Norwood Tourist Board, helped unite the community for a day of fun and merriment, for that I thank you all.

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Croydon Council plan to sell anything that not nailed down.

25 Thursday Jul 2013

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As Croydon council plan to sell the bequeathed 206 antique Riesco ceramics in order to raise additional council funds, I was wondering what will be next:

  • The stolen paintings from Stanley Halls in South Norwood,
  • Sell it’s name, Croydon sponsored by Sports Direct!
  • Neighbouring boroughs to the rich, once buying football teams becomes boring – they have been disowning South Norwood for years

Its fucking ridiculous (just like the media reaction to ARP), as the Riesco is actually public property, and will remain in Croydon regardless to which party runs the council. It would be like a bank giving your money away, yes you chose them to look after it but that would be beyond their remit.

Croydon Council are a bunch of fucking crooks and will also set a precedent to all other councils. Soon everything will become private with nothing left to the public – tolls on footpaths, privatising the air etc….

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Happy Christmas South Norwood

24 Saturday Nov 2012

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We have just put this on the South Norwood Tourist Board website:

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The rise of payday loans and cheque cashing – the cause of problems or a result of bigger issues.

20 Tuesday Nov 2012

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We have all seen them, claiming their empty space in the declining high street, pawnbrokers, cheque cashing, payday loans and even log book loans (now referred to as fucking parasitic leeches), but their rise that there is really a issue in society. DON’T BE JUDGEMENTAL, the majority of people who use these services are because they have no where else to go, but can end up digging a bigger hole.

The Government allow big corpations to take advantages of corporation law, and pay minimal taxes but we cannot set anything up to help those in difficulty. Why can’t reputable financial services help without charging 2000% interest; life has to be more than profit for the few – if there is no quality for the majority then there is little point.

Comet, premier foods are just two recent companies that have had to let thousands of people facing unemployment, and will no doubt initially struggle for money. The fucking parasitic leeches will be rubbing their hands with glee at this news. These companies shouldn’t be regulated but closed down with a Government backed help scheme, funded by banking profit (or even MP’s expenses) for those in financial trouble. It isn’t a nanny state its ofefring genuine support (not just advice) for those in a difficult situation.

I live in South Norwood, and it is regretable that a fucking parasitic leech of a company sponsered a community event – Oh the irony. It is even more abhorrent that they spent £2k to raise £200 pounds for charity – what a fucking joke. 

Fucking parasitic leeches have no place in local communities.

 

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Are the Croydon Police racist?

29 Sunday Jan 2012

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No – unless you originate from a different country and happen to Run a pub in South Norwood.

PC Darren ‘Cecil’ Rhodes is determined to make his mark in South Norwood, having failed with The Gold Coast, he now has his sights on a Vietnamese Couple who run the Jolly Sailor. Han, the landlord was a Vietnamese refugee, so if he can survive the Might of Nixon and Ho Chi Mingh, I’m sure Croydon Liscensing Police shouldn’t drive him away.

This isn’t to say that all coppers are bastards (ACAB) but I don’t see many supporting our ethnic publicans.

Support the Jolly Sailor.

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Reclaim the High Street before it’s too late.

23 Monday Jan 2012

Posted by spideysaves in Economy, Politics, Social History

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There was an interesting investigation on Radio 5 last night about the ‘scam’ of landlords letting charities occupy their empty shops as the landlord will then get reduced business rated from the council. The investigation was based around that many of these charities never actually open, having just a poster in the window or actually give stuff away. My take on teh whole investigation is – well at least shops are being used.

South Norwood and Portland Road is a typical example of how the high street is suffering; decades ago it used to have all some of the main high street shops but now many units remain empty. I think it would be a good incentive for the council to offer a massive reduction  in business rates (to the point of withdrawing them) for any landlord that will allow their shop to be used for any community projects. Getting the community back into the high street may then have a knock on effect to the business of others. With another recession looming it would be an ideal opportunity to encourage an uptake of empty premises.

If something isn’t done soon all the local high streets will soon become long forgotten, with the industrial park becomming king.

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Emile Zola – the South Norwood Connection

17 Monday Oct 2011

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Little do people know but South Norwood has a wonderful history, and many famous people have embarked a pilgrimage to South Norwood (or nearby) as some point in their life.

Émile François Zola (1840 – 1902)  was a French novelist who lived at The Queen’s Hotel, 122 Church Road, Upper Norwood 1898–1899. He was a major figure in the political liberalization of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in the renowned newspaper headline J’Accuse.

Émile Zola risked his career and more on 13 January 1898, when his “J’accuse“,was published on the front page of the Paris daily L’Aurore. The newspaper was run by Ernest Vaughan and Georges Clemenceau, who decided that the controversial story would be in the form of an open letter to the President, Félix Faure. Émile Zola’s “J’Accuse” accused the highest levels of the French Army of obstruction of justice and antisemitism by having wrongfully convicted Alfred Dreyfus to life imprisonment on Devil’s Island. The case, known as the Dreyfus affair, divided France deeply between the reactionary army and church and the more liberal commercial society. The ramifications continued for many years; on the 100th anniversary of Zola’s article, France’s Roman Catholic daily paper, La Croix, apologized for its antisemitic editorials during the Dreyfus Affair. As Zola was a leading French thinker, his letter formed a major turning-point in the affair.

Zola was brought to trial for criminal libel on 7 February 1898 and was convicted on 23 February and removed from the Legion of Honor. Rather than go to jail, Zola fled to England.

From October 1898 to June 1899, Zola lived in Upper Norwood until he could return to France in time to see the government fall.

South Norwood has had it’s fair share of radicals and I see the future being no different.

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Bless me with Green Fingers Oh Mighty Lord!

07 Friday Oct 2011

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Tomorrow is the day that I finally get my allotment, and become a member of The South Norwood Allotment Association, but best of all is I will have a shed.  I don’t know why but it feels like a monumentous occassion to be responsible for a plot of land with a shed……….with great power comes great responsibility…………. so from time to time I will be posting stuff about the size of my onions etc (note I did not use any innuendo).

I shall not be undertaking my new found freedom lightly or in solitude, as I have a few comrades to help; South Norwood Allotment Cooperative (SNAC for short) is born. The overall plan is for Christmas dinner 2012 to be provided entirely from the allotment, except for the fattened goose, (apparently livestock is not allowed).

Pictures to follow tomorrow!

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Several Libraries, Libraries for sale. They’re going cheap. Only seven guineas. That — or thereabouts.

29 Thursday Sep 2011

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libraries, library for sale, mr bumble, oliver twist, south norwood, south norwood library

Mr Bumble would be proud of Croydon Council; although there is no real detail as yet, it has been announced that Croydon are looking for private partners to buy the libraries.

http://www.croydon.gov.uk/news/leisure/libraryfuture

This is something that must be opposed as our library in South Norwood will probably be closed for property development, with the excuse that there are perfectly good new libraries in central Croydon & Thornton Heath. Yes there are but IT”S NOT FUCKING SOUTH NORWOOD IS IT!

Watch this space for details of any proposed direct action. This decision will be fought.

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