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Frankie & Lola!

By Jilli31

I am a regular shopper at Frankie and Lola and find the staff very helpful and friendly. Frankie is...

By Zanney at 14:02 on 26/07/10

Good afternoon Crystal Palace People! I wanted to give anyone and everyone a heads up if you are looking for basic curtious treatment from those shops and services that you choose to spend your hard earned money with - shops are talking 'service providers' after all. They provide a service, we pay for that service and the products they have on offer that we choose as clients or cutomers choose to buy, with...
Trade Your Skills For Services With Local Skills Swap

By CP_Babe

This is a brilliant idea, I will happily trade my love of interior design for a trimmed new garden!

By Reb_BEvans at 22:17 on 15/06/10

Whilst enjoying a cup of coffee and the local papers/magazines, I came across an advertisement for a truly unique service. The genius behind the local Skillswap venture has captured the spirit of being neighbourly, with the 'you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours', modern approach to getting what you want. The idea is simple: Register for free, find local people who have the skills you require then swap skills with...
KFH moves to a Palace

By Reb_BEvans

I agree! It has prime location on Westow Hill and takes up the space of two shops, given how many...

By Seamus_McC at 10:31 on 12/05/10

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward is expanding with a new flagship branch in Crystal Palace, adding to the company’s tally of 50 branches across the capital and reinforcing it as one of London’s largest independent estate agents. The branch is located on ‘The Triangle’ in the centre of Crystal Palace and will provide both sales and lettings. With the opening of the newly extended East London Line expected later...
Gangs Continue To Terrorise South London

By ak1234

Recent studies have shown the effects of violent games, TV and music have on young people and its...

By Reb_BEvans at 14:01 on 19/05/10

It is a story that unfortunately we are all too familiar with, a teenager is killed by a group of young people, usually boys, usually for nothing more than looking at them in the wrong way. It is May and already 11 teenagers have died at the hands of mindless youths and as more and more of these confrontations occur, the public is rapidly losing faith in the police and the criminal justice services. Although the problem is...
Crystal Palace Festival Celebrates The Arrival Of The Overground

By Digital_Soul

I missed the last triangle festival in December, so it will be great to see what all the fuss is...

By Reb_BEvans at 13:56 on 04/05/10

In just a few weeks time Crystal Palace will finally be put on the map, when the new Overground trains roll into the station platforms and to celebrate this monumental occasion, locals have re-named the annual Triangle Festival to the Underground Festival, or should that be Overground Festival?! Every year locals, traders and visitors to Crystal Palace congregate on the sunny triangle in commemoration of everything that is colourful...

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Best Local Salons, Spas and Natural Pampering Treats

By Reb_BEvans at 14:29 on 01/09/10

The summer holidays are almost over along with the back to school mayhem and with work on the horizon, most of us are dreaming of affordable ways in which to spend time relaxing, getting away is either a distant memory or an expensive dream, so pampering is the next best option, especially for us girls. Here on the Triangle there are a few really great salons, spas and hairdressers, here are my favourites: Hair Westow...
Trams, speeding and immigration

By CrystalPalace-People at 08:00 on 27/08/10

Name: Roger Capham Age: 71 Occupation: Retired Lives: Kenley What would be the one thing you would change about Croydon? I would get rid of Lunar House because it has left Croydon with a massive immigration burden. Why does Croydon have to have Lunar House as a base for immigrants? Immigrants will visit Lunar House and then just stay. What is the best thing about Croydon that you would make more of? The trams. I think...
The Askin Dance Academy set to feature in 2011's Move It London event at Kensington Olympia!!

By askin25 at 19:17 on 25/08/10

Yes thats right people...the dance academy is set to feature at next years Move It London which is Londons largest dance event confirming over 20,000 people every year..will keep you updated :)
Daniel’s joy at being told he could play for Palace

By CrystalPalace-People at 08:00 on 20/08/10

WHEN youngster Daniel Wickenden was told he had been signed by Crystal Palace, he ran onto the pitch, screaming with excitement. A year on and the 13-year-old is still going strong with the club and has even been offered a chance to stay until he is 16. Although Woodcote High student Daniel, of The Mount, Coulsdon, always loved the game, he started playing league football relatively late – at the age of 11. Just a year...
Would You Like To Host A Macmillan Coffee Morning?

By Reb_BEvans at 20:45 on 14/08/10

The 'Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning' is a national fundraising event held every September by Macmillan Cancer Support and partnered by M&S Cafes around the UK. Currently the Coffee Mornings taking place this year, nearest to Crystal Palace are being held at the official M&S Cafes in Croydon, West Wickham and Lewisham. With all the lovely coffee shops, cafes, bars and pubs on our Triangle it seems a shame that we...