Croydon - nightlife, accommodation, things to do and general chat

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I like my street for the most part, and I am only 5 or ten minutes from the ugly hub station area.

As you walk down to the station it gets a little more industrial.

But it's not hideous.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The side streets are generally quite decent.

Near the tram there is the addiscombe railway park. Quite nice if you would rather avoid walking up the busy main road through addiscombe.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

It used to be a railway . . . well dur.

Useful for a quiet
jog to ashburton park.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

And Brixton isn't the only one with a windmill.

Me doing some communityish stuff. . .

. . . and finally. . . about 15 minutes walk from the station, a rather nice place for a picnic.

This has been a public information announcement on behalf of the Croydon tourist board.

 

[Dan U]

Mrs U went to a soft play with our lad today in Addiscombe

Got a thumbs up

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Mrs U went to a soft play with our lad today in Addiscombe

Got a thumbs up

That small one with a cafe right opposite the co-op? I used to go a lot when my daughter was younger. Became a sort of community hub.
Some of the addiscome cafes can be good. PMT was good but closed and has become the tram stop, but pretty much looks like it's just more of the same, though i have not been in since the change.
The addiscombe fishmongers is brilliant. The butchers is good too, but that's not my thing.
The local grocers is a little pricey for me, but does seem to deal in locally grown produce, a lot from the allotments over at Lloyd park apparently.
I prefer the market in town, which is always very reasonably priced.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

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dunno really.

i don't need that much in the way of excitement (i live somewhere obscure near wokingham at the moment)

as i said, i can't quite put in to words what it is about croydon makes me

I'd hate for everyone to come and move in and gentrify the place

not sure my moving there would contribute to gentrification

This has been a public information announcement on behalf of the Croydon tourist board.

I guess I need to spend a saturday or two meandering round croydon. i've not seen much of it other than main roads and the town centre

 

[Dan U]

That small one with a cafe right opposite the co-op? I used to go a lot when my daughter was younger. Became a sort of community hub.
Some of the addiscome cafes can be good. PMT was good but closed and has become the tram stop, but pretty much looks like it's just more of the same, though i have not been in since the change.
The addiscombe fishmongers is brilliant. The butchers is good too, but that's not my thing.
The local grocers is a little pricey for me, but does seem to deal in locally grown produce, a lot from the allotments over at Lloyd park apparently.
I prefer the market in town, which is always very reasonably priced.

Yeah I guess so, can't see their being two on that shops bit.

Used to go to the fishmongers and greengrocers regularly when I loved on Lower Addiscombe Road.

Ok set of shops that.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

dunno really.

i don't need that much in the way of excitement (i live somewhere obscure near wokingham at the moment)

as i said, i can't quite put in to words what it is about croydon makes me



not sure my moving there would contribute to gentrification







I guess I need to spend a saturday or two meandering round croydon. i've not seen much of it other than main roads and the town centre

I lived in Croydon for about four years before I started finding all the interesting things that were on my doorstep. The railway park is not that amazing, but I lived right next to it for years and had no idea it was there.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Yeah I guess so, can't see their being two on that shops bit.

Used to go to the fishmongers and greengrocers regularly when I loved on Lower Addiscombe Road.

Ok set of shops that.

What a bump that fishmonger at prawn brokers is, but his wares are of great quality. Fish mongers should not smell of fish. Fishy smells come from fish that are not fresh. We reguarly eat sashimi we slice up from prawn brokers.

 

[boohoo]

Thanks ATOMIC SUPLEX for the lovely photos. I plan to visit Shirley Windmill when it's open. I think Croydon and it's suburbs are interesting - lots of new things to discover.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Thanks ATOMIC SUPLEX for the lovely photos. I plan to visit Shirley Windmill when it's open. I think Croydon and it's suburbs are interesting - lots of new things to discover.

My daughter looked bored stiff throughout the tour, but later talked quite excitedly about it. Also, tea and cakes, it was very nice.

Croydon has an interesting history, and has basicly been shat all over by the dreadful town planning, and massive roads cutting right through it at every opportunity. Its pedestrian hell in places.

 

[boohoo]

My daughter looked bored stiff throughout the tour, but later talked quite excitedly about it. Also, tea and cakes, it was very nice.

My daughter is nearly three so she will probably just tell me that "I DON'T LIKE IT" and then throw a tantrum! Gone are the days of dragging her around things we like.

 

[boohoo]

Might need a summer Croydon park picnic -

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

My daughter is nearly three so she will probably just tell me that "I DON'T LIKE IT" and then throw a tantrum! Gone are the days of dragging her around things we like.

My daughter is seven, it was her idea to go. There is still hope.

 

[BigMoaner]

thornton heath here. it does have its problems. the fly tipping, imo, is NUMBER 1, crack the general cleanliness of the place and it'll be 3x more attractive. dirty scum from out of the borough unload their shit here, it seems. I like it though. There's a strong community feel and, shock horror, the place is full of normal families raising kids - all due to the fact that decent, roomy houses can be bought relatively cheeply. south norwood lakes, grange park, the blue and orange cafe, sainsburys and tescos, swimming pool, croydon down the road, pound shop, a busy high street, it has far more going for it than people give it credit. racists everywhere hate it, which is another plus - it keeps them away.

 

[BigMoaner]

25 minute drive and i am out into the countryside. was at happy valley yesterday, lovely spot. beyond that the wilds of catherham, etc.

 

[BigMoaner]

And Brixton isn't the only one with a windmill.

Me doing some communityish stuff. . .

. . . and finally. . . about 15 minutes walk from the station, a rather nice place for a picnic.

This has been a public information announcement on behalf of the Croydon tourist board.

nice stuff. i't's only going to get better, too, as more interesting and creative people are pushed out of the centre of london by ridiculous prices and souless richmans' ghettos.

 

[boohoo]

Shhhhhhh BigMoaner They'll all start coming out this way, gentrifying the place.

I really like Grange wood Park. But also really like South Norwood Lake.

 

[BigMoaner]

Shhhhhhh BigMoaner They'll all start coming out this way, gentrifying the place.

I really like Grange wood Park. But also really like South Norwood Lake.

I fished South Norwood lake about twenty times this summer, all in teh evening after work. Get home, get rods, ten minutes later I am watching flocks of birds flying over the mill pond-like lake, rods cast out, little radio on and a cup of valerian tea on the go! never catch anything though! One evening, just when I was thinking the lake was 100% devoid of all fish life, all of a sudden about four 1/2 meter long carp leapt out of the shallows by the island. incredible sight! Normally have lake to myself. If you see a bloke fishing there in the evenings next summer, it'll be me.

 

[Onket]

I worked next to Thornton Heath Pond about 15 years ago and guess what my old office block was turned into a few years back?!

 

[BigMoaner]

I worked next to Thornton Heath Pond about 15 years ago and guess what my old office block was turned into a few years back?!

Chicken shop? Nail Shop? Tesco Metro? Money Transfer? Seriously, no idea?

Has everyone seen what they've done to the pond that isn't a pond? They've finally, after about 20 years, cut the the undergrowth down!!!!!!!?? I almost swerved into a wall when I saw it.

 

[BigMoaner]

i still maintain that a massive factor in brixton's recent gentrification is urban75! fact!

 

[boohoo]

Photo from South Norwood Lakes -tree eats sign

 

[Onket]

Chicken shop? Nail Shop? Tesco Metro? Money Transfer? Seriously, no idea?

Has everyone seen what they've done to the pond that isn't a pond? They've finally, after about 20 years, cut the the undergrowth down!!!!!!!?? I almost swerved into a wall when I saw it.

Flats.

F. L. A. T. S.

The onward charge of gentrification is truly relentless.

 

[BigMoaner]

Flats.

F. L. A. T. S.

The onward charge of gentrification is truly relentless.

i have not seen a cupcake in 25 years in Tho Heath proper, if it's any comfort.

 

[BigMoaner]

although i did see a man, under thirty, with a beard, getting his tires done on the corner of thirsk road. apart from that, zero gentrification.

 

[boohoo]

I worked next to Thornton Heath Pond about 15 years ago and guess what my old office block was turned into a few years back?!

They got a greggs in Thornton Heath Pond.

 

[BigMoaner]

They got a greggs in Thornton Heath Pond.

and it's a sit-down greggs.

 

[Onket]

All the best ones are.