A night at the Dons. My first visit to the new ground @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social

Pasque flowers in bloom today #thankgoodnessforgardens

I do like a red tulip #thankgoodnessforgardens

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The Larches, Addington - what is the story behind this lost Gamekeeper’s Cottage? youtu.be/DKa_GNPr0g8

A moving funeral this afternoon for a teacher who was a legend at @minsterinfants.bsky.social supporting special needs children and for music when it was Parish Church Infants.

Here's the new @waymo.bsky.social car in London

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#Lowestoft from the cabin window of a Norwich to Amsterdam flight today, courtesy of my nephew @john-fielding.bsky.social @geographygem.bsky.social

Thank goodness for @bbc world service

Hairy footed flower bee in garden this afternoon, I think #thankgoodnessforgardens

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And here is a Royal Doulton Jardiniere with a picture of Croydon Parish Church on it. This merits some investigation @insidecroydon.bsky.social @southwark.anglican.org @geographygem.bsky.social

My union @unison.org.uk, who represent many of the staff in Croydon Council, are calling on the Government to cancel the debt Please sign if you think our Council should be focused on delivering services, not servicing exploitative debts to government www.change.org/p/cancel-cro...

The garden is waking up #thankgoodnessforgardens

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Remarkable

Fallen Angels at the Menier Chocolate Factory is a masterclass of verbal and physical comedy. Brilliance. #theatre

275 Addiscombe Road, Croydon - Develop it, don't Demolish it! youtu.be/eRaXiMbQQpA

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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry at the Theatre Royal Haymarket is a 5 star show. The emotion engendered and the music were top notch . Go see .

On Saturday we hosted Truth-Telling in Sacred Spaces at Southwark Cathedral - an opportunity for clergy and lay leaders of Global Majority Heritage and allies within the diocese to reflect on how history, memory, and contested heritage all shape our shared worship and church life.

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The congregation have gathered at @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social for the world premiere of the new mass setting commissioned by the diocese and composed by Dame Errollyn Wallen CBE. The new composition will be sung by The Croydon Minster Choir. Watch live here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjyR...

See one outside #Croydon Minster

Nothing like trying to get ahead of the game, #Sainsbury's Feb 2nd

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Saw the biggest aspidistra in the world @donmarwarehouse.bsky.social . Brilliant production of #whenwearemarried

Coming soon from @insidecroydon.bsky.social : @christianwolmar.bsky.social on Oxford Street and @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social’s transport plans; @kentowl.bsky.social reviews @daraobriain.bsky.social at the Fairfield Halls; and @fisherandrew79.bsky.social interviews #Croydon Mayoral candidates

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Early blooms in the front garden #thankgoodnessforgardens

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Great story telling at Soho Place yesterday #thespywhocameinfromthecold

Looking at old parish magazines and found some old pics of the parish church, now Croydon Minster. This one is dated 1962 #Croydon @insidecroydon.bsky.social

Crocuses out in the garden today #thankgoodnessforgardens

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A superb show @bridgetheatre.bsky.social "Into the Woods". Thoroughly enjoyed this today

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This week's top posts: 'Cockney Wagner' who wrote symphonies, waltzes and operas insidecroydon.com/2026/01/04/c... #Croydon #Music @wearethemu.bsky.social @davidmorgan100.bsky.social

You might even have me greet you on the door

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In a double #theatre weekend, End, at the National is a superb play and Paddington is simply stunning. Creative talents in #London theatre are running high

Brrr . Very light dusting of snow, SW London

Final #theatre trip of 2025 to the National Theatre. Looking forward to this.

That was the year that was: Inside Croydon's pick of 2025 insidecroydon.com/2025/12/28/t... #Croydon #2025 #ReviewoftheYear

A great day out with @geographygem.bsky.social to see Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy at the Riverside Hammersmith. Really good story telling.

Social history is amazing. My grandmother, the baby in the photo, would have been 124 today @geographygem.bsky.social @hellohistoria.bsky.social

Here's wishing all our loyal readers a very Merry Christmas insidecroydon.com/2025/12/25/h... #Croydon #Christmas

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