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

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The Glamorgan on Cherry Orchard Road is becoming a Tesco

Shite. Decent pub that

What!!!! Really. Fuck that. There is a fucking tesco five minutes walk from there, a co-op on the end of the road and a Sainsburys the other. Are there any campaigns to stop this?

 

[Dan U]

What!!!! Really. Fuck that. There is a fucking tesco five minutes walk from there, a co-op on the end of the road and a Sainsburys the other. Are there any campaigns to stop this?

I doubt it, from what I know the owner has been trying to sell the place as a pub business for years but with no takers.

It's a freehold as opposed to a brewery pub so he is just selling up.

It's weird because you would think in the not too distant future it could be a good earner with all the new developments nearby but I think he has struggled with the closing of the nearby offices etc in the last few years. He doesn't open on Sundays for example (or never used to)

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I doubt it, from what I know the owner has been trying to sell the place as a pub business for years but with no takers.

It's a freehold as opposed to a brewery pub so he is just selling up.

It's weird because you would think in the not too distant future it could be a good earner with all the new developments nearby but I think he has struggled with the closing of the nearby offices etc in the last few years. He doesn't open on Sundays for example (or never used to)

Oh man, its quite a nice pub too with really nice food.

 

[Dan U]

Oh man, its quite a nice pub too with really nice food.

Yeah, it was a regular place for me when I lived nearby, also my mum and step dad worked across the road in the old business centre for years so we all knew the place pretty well.

Had my first date with Mrs U there!

 

[BigMoaner]

trust me, culture as we know it in this country is on the decline. there'll be no books shops soon. or cinemas.

 

[BigMoaner]

thornton heath london's fastest growing house prices.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...lsea-as-london-investors-chase-rental-returns

 

[xenon]

Oh god, they can't gentrify Thornton Heath surely.

Bound to happen I spose. Transport links and all that, people moving further out, snobbish anti Croydon / anti TH attitudes having to give way to financial reality.

 

[Guineveretoo]

I doubt it, from what I know the owner has been trying to sell the place as a pub business for years but with no takers.

It's a freehold as opposed to a brewery pub so he is just selling up.

It's weird because you would think in the not too distant future it could be a good earner with all the new developments nearby but I think he has struggled with the closing of the nearby offices etc in the last few years. He doesn't open on Sundays for example (or never used to)

This is a real shame - I don't often go to pubs these days, but that was one of the pubs I went to regularly, albeit not frequently.

I remember when it was the Grouse and Claret - it wasn't as nice.

 

[brogdale]

Oh god, they can't gentrify Thornton Heath surely.

Bound to happen I spose. Transport links and all that, people moving further out, snobbish anti Croydon / anti TH attitudes having to give way to financial reality.

And look who's bigging up the vile ES's gentrification puff-piece, with all the social cleansing that it promises...



Bell-end.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I hate barwell so much. When he actually replies to an email rather than cut and pasting the Tory line he doesn't even bother to hide his disgust for the working class and his self righteousness. The giant baby headed tosser.

 

[brogdale]

I hate barwell so much. When he actually replies to an email rather than cut and pasting the Tory line he doesn't even bother to hide his disgust for the working class and his self righteousness. The giant baby headed tosser.

I'm sure that I'm one of many....my 'crime'? I mentioned the 'Arab girls'!

As you say; tosser.

 

[Guineveretoo]

I'm sure that I'm one of many....my 'crime'? I mentioned the 'Arab girls'!

As you say; tosser.

I missed that story - made me smile

Nasty piece of work that he is.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Hey, I signed up for this thing

Croydon Voluntary Action | John Muir Family Award Scheme in Croydon

Its a sort of parents and kids thing in the woods. "Bush craft; camp fire cooking; shelter building; tree felling; tree climbing; wild food foraging; wildlife watching and surveys; orienteering; and much more."
The first one is next sunday in selsdon woods. I bet they woulds still take more families if anyone is interested? I think they were a little short of takers.

 

[ffsear]

Foxtons to Croydon high street

 

[twentythreedom]

Just saw this on the Guardian website:

PSPOs: the new control orders threatening our public spaces

Affects us all but this article is re Croydon in particular

 

[hash tag]

I can't believe Foxtons have only just discovered Croydon

 

[Belushi]

Sorry Croydon but you're 'pas tres chic'

French rugby team gets culture shock in 'sad and monotonous' Croydon

 

[Callie]

Croydon: c'est comme ca, comme ca. Bof.

 

[hash tag]

A tad contentious. Many fa cup finanalists have stayed at that hotel. Anyone would think they are moaning from Tunbridge wells

 

[brogdale]

Hey Croyds...another vid using our fab town as the back-drop.

 

[Leafster]

That's the inside of the Friends' Meeting House Hall on Park Lane isn't it?

 

[brogdale]

That's the inside of the Friends' Meeting House Hall on Park Lane isn't it?

Yep.
Bit ear-wormy, that one.

 

[Leafster]

Yep.
Bit ear-wormy, that one.

I used to play Badminton in there every Monday night for years!

 

[brogdale]

I used to play Badminton in there every Monday night for years!

@1.09...must be one of the most filmed roads in GL. Seems like there's a film unit there most weekends.

 

[Leafster]

@1.09...must be one of the most filmed roads in GL. Seems like there's a film unit there most weekends.

Is it St Georges Walk? (Long time since I've walked about there)

I once absent-mindedly nearly walked into them filming The Bill outside the Registry Office.

 

[ffsear]

Best pub in Croydon anyone? I drink in the Dog and Bull on Surrey Street, that's about the best i been able to find in the 9 months i live there. A lot of shit one though!

 

[Dan U]

Oh man, its quite a nice pub too with really nice food.

update, deal fell through apparently.

Grant continues onwards.

 

[D'wards]

I hate barwell so much. When he actually replies to an email rather than cut and pasting the Tory line he doesn't even bother to hide his disgust for the working class and his self righteousness. The giant baby headed tosser.

He nearly upset his own election campaign when he claims to have helped save Crystal Palace from administration - cue many angry tweets from Palace fans stating he did fuck all to help despite them requesting it at the time.
Nob only won by relatively small margin

 

[brogdale]

He nearly upset his own election campaign when he claims to have helped save Crystal Palace from administration - cue many angry tweets from Palace fans stating he did fuck all to help despite them requesting it at the time.
Nob only won by relatively small margin

The twat twitter blocked me when I mentioned the 'Arab girls' episode.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

thornton heath london's fastest growing house prices.

Croydon Beats Chelsea as London Investors Chase Rental Returns

I know ...I was looking in July and now the agents are adding 30 to 50 k for same properties