Local families came together in the Friends of Gipsy Hill station garden to help make decorations for our community Christmas tree, and, to help make a family of new guardians for the garden called ‘nisse’. The nisse now live in the garden. In norse folklore, the nisse are traditionally associated as being guardians of the farmstead. Sometimes, … More Can you find nisse!
Lest We Forget. Remembrance Day Services on 13th and 14th Novermber 2021 locally. Sunday 14th – Upper Norwood War Memorial Remembrance (Westow Street) at 10.30am. Salvation Army Band will be playing pre-service music at the War Memorial, with the Service to start 10.45am and two minutes silence at 11.00am. Service to conclude 11.15am. There will … More Local Remembrance Day Services
STOP PRESS! WE DID IT! THANK YOU! Update below Pledge your support and help us bring a community Christmas Tree to Gipsy Hill! Donations will be used to provide the tree and decorations, as well as facilitating carolling and other activities around the tree throughout December so that the residents of Gipsy Hill can enjoy … More Crowdfunder for our Gipsy Hill Community Christmas Tree!
UPDATE! WE DID IT! THANK YOU to everyone who voted, Helene Aldwinckle will be the Southwark Blue Plaque for 2023! Vote now for a special Blue Plaque for Helene Aldwinckle. She was one of the most senior female codebreakers at Bletchley Park, which hosted the British government’s programme to crack the German Enigma code in … More Southwark Blue Plaque scheme – vote for Helene!
LATEST NEWS. Fesitval Republic “Community” page revised on 9th Sept 2021: Wireless Festival – Community Info (click link here) and open “Crystal Palace Residents Info“ Wireless events will now “finish at 21:30 during the festival 10th September– 12th September” (previously it was shown as 10pm Fri and Sat). The adverstiesed end time of Fesitval Republic … More WIRELESS FESTIVAL (CRYSTAL PALACE PARK) 2021
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