Please find below link to the September newsletter of Age UK Croydon. Newsletter Sept 2017

The Committee thought it would be a good idea to have a Garden Competition in which every address is involved. Therefore three members of the Committee will be walking around the estate looking at  gardens and have decided to judge on the following:- 1) Most colourful garden 2) The neatest garden 3) The best drive  Read More …

The Croydon and District National Trust Centre has sent us their programme for Spring/Summer 2017: Lunch at Croham Hurst Golf Club Excursion to Highclere Castle, Newbury (see further info below) For information about the Croydon and District National Trust Centre, please go to www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/Croydon-and-district-centre or contact Angela Swan  (Tel:  020 8657 0158, Email : alswan1814@yahoo.com) Read More …

Please see below from the Addiscombe Recreation Ground Gardening Group: We are absolutely delighted to announce that the ADDISCOMBE RECREATION GROUND (aka Bingham Park) GARDENING GROUP has been shortlisted to receive a cash award as part of the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. We are one of only three groups in the region to be Read More …

From Thursday, 16th February, the lamppost heads around the village will be replaced. This is expected to take around 10 working days to be completed. Please note that during these necessary maintenance works, the lamppost heads being replaced will not work for 2 days at a time whilst the new lamppost heads are being fitted Read More …

For awareness: We have received reports of vandalism – a number of car wing mirrors have been damaged near Ash House and Beech House. The police have been informed.

Croydon Council and the Mayor of London have launched a Just Giving page to raise funds for those affected by the Sandilands tram incident. Click here to donate.

Residents can sign up to email alerts to receive information from First Port regarding maintenance works, management updates and development visits. If you would like to receive some or all of those email alerts, you can set this up on the First Port website: Go to www.firstport.co.uk Click on “Your Property Online” in the right Read More …

A SOVRA Committee member has found an engraved silver (or silver looking) ring near the side gate to the allotments in Primrose Lane. If this ring is yours, please email highways@shirleyoaksvillage.co.uk, confirming the inscription in the ring as a proof that the ring belongs to you.

We now have two volunteers who are collecting rubbish from our fields and so far they have collected 10 black bin bags full of plastic bottles, tin cans, spirit bottles and food packaging. The fields are looking a lot cleaner now and we hope that it continues to stay this way. Our thanks to the Read More …