The next meeting of the Full Council is on Monday 14th October 2002 in the early evening.

A huge number of residents turned out for the Croydon Council Traffic Management Cabinet Meeting tonight. Our lobbying has had a major impact on the Council's plans. Such was the effect that the first motions that were passed in the meeting allowed council members whose wards are affected by the plan, and the member...

We have now built a page for the action against the parking plans. Update Should have mentioned where the new page was and what it was about but I did not. We did build a new website though.

After the residents and businesses of Croydon successfully fought the first proposals to change the parking restrictions, Croydon Council are now trying to push through dramatic changes to the existing zoned parking arrangements for Central Zone as follows: Existing hours for the Croydon CPC 9am - 5pm Monday to...

Croydon council have decided to put up the cost of residents permits and, rather more importantly to extend the parking restriction times from 9am-5pm to 7am-7pm inclusive of Sundays. Allegedly this is in line with the Mayors public transport initiative. My arse. Its simply a way to get more money from the...

I have got my act together at last and started shifting content to a dedicated web space. Previously it has been kept in three different locations. If the look is familiar then you are working on a certain lizardy project - thing is this version IS css and has a cms system behind it. Please dont ask how long it took...

Had a bit of an exciting weekend. Went to our friends FB and Lou's for Lou's birthday party in the very large, very old barn to the side of their cottage. A most excellent party eschewed. We rescued some poor lass from the clutches of the loo floor. Long story and she won't remember - unfortunately for her we do. :)

We went to Coolings Garden Centre at Knockholt in Kent last Friday. They are truly worth a visit for the quality and diversity of the plants (and the scrummy cake in the tea shop!). We were thrilled to find a small leaved bamboo with unusually coloured canes, changing from yellow to green to red as they age. It's...

Our friends Simon and Minnie got married at Oaks Farm. Simon was properly dressed in frock coat and cravat along with the ushers including me. Minnie, her bridesmaid and her mum wore the traditional Japanese kimono and obi. It the first wedding I have been to where the Registrar was the first to cry! A fantastic day...

I made a small trellis, from bamboo that I had pruned out of the garden last month, which I have dug in with the first clematis up against the fence. We wanted to paint the fence before we had any established plants in alongside it. I have put a large stone over its roots to keep them cool during summer as this will...

We have painted the eastern boundary fence black. We tried to get some more of the black fence paint that we had already used but the local DTY Superstores no longer stock it - how annoying! We looked up the Cuprinol website and found that they still make it and it is also available in 5ltr cans which is great - we...

I have upgraded the Gallery software and started to change its appearance to match the rest of the site. Enhancements include a slide show facility within each album so you can site back and enjoy the show! Update Sadly I had to remove the gallery in 2010 due to some technical issues at the time and have not rebuilt...