Stormzy awarded Freedom of the Borough by Croydon together with 110-year-old community champion
Merah Louise Smith, known locally as Mumma, was awarded in recognition of her lifelong service to others working in the NHS.
May 2023
December 2018
Freedom of the Borough awarded to Roy Hodgson and Donna Fraser at special council meeting
Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson and four-time Olympian Donna Fraser have been awarded Freedom of the Borough, the highest civic honour a local authority can give, at a special Croydon Council meeting tonight.
November 2018
Civic honours to be awarded to two prominent Croydon sportspeople next week
Two Croydon sportspeople are to be honoured with the highest award the council can give at a special meeting next week.
October 2018
Four-time Olympian set to receive Freedom of Croydon Borough
A dedicated sprinter who represented team Great Britain at four Olympic Games and now works to help improve equality in athletics is being given the Freedom of Croydon Borough.
May 2018
Croydon Roy’s Freedom of the Borough nod
Croydon’s own Roy Hodgson has been nominated for a Freedom of the Borough award by council leader Tony Newman this week.
October 2016
Borough freedom granted to loyal servants
Two loyal servants of Croydon have been honoured with the Freedom of the Borough.
Monday night’s council meeting in the Town Hall agreed to bestow the honour on the Reverend Canon Colin Boswell and Colonel Ian McRobbie to […]
May 2015
Rifles return for third town-centre parade
Safely returned from a third tour of Afghanistan, B Company 2nd Battalion The Rifles is to stage a homecoming parade through the town centre on Saturday (30).
In common with The Rifles’ two previous Croydon parades, it is […]