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Queen's
Diamond Jubilee

The
main event to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee in Old Coulsdon
will be a 'Giant Picnic' in Grange Park on Tuesday 5th June
aimed mainly at children, but with plenty for adults as well,
including a jazz band and lots of food.
You
can start the day in St. John’s Church at 10:30 am where
the Service of Thanksgiving in St. Paul's Cathedral will be
relayed live on the big screen and then move into Grange Park
from 12 noon until 4pm for the Giant Picnic. Bring you own
food, drink and something to sit on. There will be Junior
Races, Face Painting, Tug of War, Beat the Goalie, Jazz Band,
and for those that don’t want to bring their own food, a
Barbecue and Teas. Come along to the celebration and have a
great day.
Leaflets
like the one above are being distributed to every household and
posters and banners will be displayed soon to ensure that
everyone knows about the event.
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Diamond
Jubilee Plans
The
organising Committee plan to mark the event in a permanent
manner by arranging the naming of the unnamed stretch of road
across Bradmore Green as 'Jubilee
Way'.
The signs will also identify Bradmore
Green Conservation Area.
Another
long term way to mark the occasion will be the planting of a
Royal Oak tree following the example of the Chestnut tree near
the Coulsdon CofE Primary School planted for Queen Victoria's
Diamond Jubilee. Both trees will have plaques attached to
record this information.
Waste
Collection
The
collection dates for this month are:
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Mon.
7th May
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Green
week
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Green
(glass)
box and food waste container and Green
Waste
bags (up to six)
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Mon.
14th May
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Blue
week
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Blue
(paper)
box, food waste container & landfill bin
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Mon.
21st May
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Green
week
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Green
(glass)
box and food waste container and Green
Waste
bags (up to six)
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Mon.
28th May
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Blue
week
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Blue
(paper)
box, food waste container & landfill bin
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For
full collection details, click here.
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Marlpit
Lane Bowling Green
Croydon
Council have announced plans to close the Bowling Green in
Coulsdon Memorial Ground, Marlpit Lane because lack of use and
to save money. A Friends of Marlpit Lane Bowling Green group is
being formed to try to take over the maintenance of the Green.
If you would like to join this group, please ring Terry Lenton
on 020 8660 5152 or email to terry.lenton@btinternet.com.
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OCRA
Planning Applications Service
From
1st April 2012 Croydon Council will no longer send letters to
neighbours who might be affected by a planning application and
the only way you would know about an application is from a
notice on a lamp-post or checking the Council's website.
However,
if you live in Old Coulsdon, you will
receive
a letter from OCRA about applications near to you and all
applications in our area will be posted on the OCRA
Planning page
on this website.
This
is a free service from your OCRA committee and part of our
commitment to serve the local community and preserve the unique
character of Old Coulsdon. If you are prepared to help us,
please get in touch via the Contact
OCRA page.
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OCRA
Committee
The
members of your new Committee elected at the recent AGM are
listed on the Who's
Who in OCRA
page.
This is not an exclusive club! If you would like to join us,
please get in touch.
OCRA
Rules
The
Rules of the Association have been updated and were approved at
the last AGM. They are displayed on the About
OCRA
page.
A copy can be downloaded here.
OCRA
Road
Stewards
We
now have road stewards for every road in our area - thanks to
all our volunteers. However, we like to have others that we can
call on, so please let us know if we can put your name on our
'reserve list'.
If
you would like to know more or would like to become a road
steward, please telephone or text Membership Secretaries Alan
and Marion on 07538 792812.
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OCRA
on Facebook
Don't
forget that you can follow OCRA on Facebook to keep up-to-date
with the news and chat to other local people about issues that
concern you.

Just
click on the
logo
and type OCRA in the search box.
Christmas
Dinner
The
Old Coulsdon, East Coulsdon and Hartley & District
Residents' Associations are joining together to have a
Christmas Dinner on the Friday 23rd November 2012 at Coulsdon
Manor Hotel. This is early notice but please put the date in
your diary.
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Old
Coulsdon Village Fair
The
Old Coulsdon Village Fair organised by the Rotary Club of
Coulsdon Manor will be on Saturday 7th July. OCRA will have a
stall there as usual together with numerous other
organisations. If you want a stall, you can contact Coulsdon
Manor Rotary Club. If you are just attending, please make a
note of the date.
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City
Commons

Click
here for the
latest report from City Commons including a link to their
newsletter for May 2012 with details of all the activities on
the Commons.

Cane
Hill development
Barratt
Homes have been chosen as the preferred
development partner for the regeneration of the Cane Hill
site
by Homes
and Communities Agency (HCA) and Croydon Council to deliver a
residential-led, mixed-use scheme that will integrate this
derelict site with the surrounding area and strengthen links to
Coulsdon town centre.
Click
here
for the full announcement.
This
will be the start of a lengthy process to develop a masterplan
that will encompass both Cane Hill and Coulsdon town centre and
your OCRA committee will be part of these discussions. If you
have views on the subject, please let us
know so that they can be passed on.
Bradmore
Green Library
Although
there is nothing to report at present, we are monitoring the
discussions on outsourcing library services and possible
closures with the help of the Old Coulsdon Library Supporters'
Group. For background information, click here.
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