INTERIOR DESIGNERS Do South have had a new ‘assistant’ working for them – actress Kelly Brook.   The star of Piranha 3D and Keith Lemon: The Movie has been shooting scenes for her new film ‘Taking Stock’ in the shop on the corner of Central Hill and Westo

  BUYER FOUND FOR THE CAMBRIDGE……….   CHRISTIE and Co have found a buyer for the Cambridge pub on the corner of Church Road and Westow Hill.   A spokesman for the licensed property agents said: “We have  exchanged contracts but not completed. “As you can

A MASTERS STUDENT is putting together a community audio trail of memories of Crystal Palace park.   Sarah Glover is nearly at the end of a Masters in Museums and Galleries in Education and has written about Crystal Palace for a couple of pieces of coursework. “I am passionate ab

 Crystal Palace Transition Town is leading a tidy up of the Upper Norwood Joint Library car park – behind the library – at 2pm tomorrow (Saturday).   Transition Town say: “The idea is to clear the rubbish, do some weeding and explore the possibility of creating a cou

ANERLEY REGENERATION PROJECT have won a £25,000 Bromley council grant to help improve Anerley Road.   On hearing the news ARP spokeswoman Gill Wing said:  ’This is the boost Anerley Road has needed for decades. “Residents, traders and commuters travelling via Crystal Palac

A NEW ART gallery being set up in the former Thicket Tavern pub on Anerley Hill will raise money for the Upper Norwood joint library.   Property developer Lightbox is opening the gallery as part of the acclaimed residential re-development of the former pub, in conjunction with Bigger

FIVE NEW ZEBRA CROSSINGS are being planned for Church Road, Upper Norwood. Details of the proposals have been taped to lamp posts in the area. The five sites proposed are: adjacent to 5 Forsyte Crescent to replace existing islands; adjacent to 283 to 337 Church Road to replace existin

CRYSTAL PALACE PARK Community Stakeholder Group are looking for helpers to carry out a survey in the park on Wednesday 19th June and Saturday 22nd June. Bromley council are currently in the process of co-ordinating the submission of a first round application to the Heritage Lottery Fu

HAYNES LANE MARKET’S Harriet Press will have her head in the clouds in August – when she takes part in a sponsored parachute jump for the Demelza children’s hospice. Harriet, who sells crystals at the market off Westow Street, Crystal Palace, said: “I know some

LIBRARY CAMPAIGNER Robert Gibson has expressed his sadness at the introduction of the new – and reduced – opening hours at Upper Norwood joint library on Westow Hill. “This week I have been feeling very low. “The result of Croydon council’s savage cut to