Tory club is robbed An armed robber raided a South Norwood Conservative club on Monday, leaving two victims tied up as he escaped with cash and jewellery. A small part of Croydon ground to a halt this weekend when cars were officially banned from a street to raise awareness of an important environmental message. Correction Parents and pupils of Ashburton Community School can meet the head teacher and the organisers behind the 14m plans to use private money to rebuild the school. The date of the meeting is Friday, September 28, at 11am, at Ashburton Library, Ashburton Park, Lower Addiscombe Road, not September 21 as we previously advised. The installation of a new organ, at St Gertrude's Catholic Church, Purley Road, South Croydon, is being celebrated with an Organ Recital, at 8 pm on Saturday, October 6.
Admission is free, and everyone is welcome.
There will be an interval with refreshments, and a retiring collection for the Croydon Refugee Day Centre. Michael Maine, organist at Hove Parish Church, will play music by Bach, Langlais, Liszt and others. Two youths robbed a man at gunpoint in Thornton Heath on Saturday. The victim, a student, was approached at 4.20pm when walking along Parchmore Road, opposite Tesco, and the assailants pulled out a gun and a knife and stole his mobile phone. New fire chief Kevin champions fire safety Croydon will have its own senior fire chief to champion fire safety for residents and businesses in the borough, from the start of October.