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hash tag said:
Have just found out that FAirfield (Croydon) Ltd. The charity that ran the Fairfield has folded and possibly no money for redundancy!

Charity that runs Fairfield Halls files for administration days after venue shuts for £30m refurbishment

and after that, I found this Fairfield Halls secures lottery funding to preserve 'half a century of memories'

:(:facepalm:
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The staff were employed by the Council and have already been paid, I believe.

The Charity didn't really have much choice than to fold after Fairfield closed. The Council will be running the halls again once they reopen, at least in the short term.
 
boohoo said:
It's a good offer but Portland Road through rather lovely, is a little dead. Have you been to South Norwood?
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To be fair, that's what this offer is about. There are groups of people trying to resuscitate South Norwood.

But I guess, if they succeed, people on urban will start complaining that it's being ruined by gentrification and hipsters.

Can't win , really. :(
 
Guineveretoo said:
To be fair, that's what this offer is about. There are groups of people trying to resuscitate South Norwood.

But I guess, if they succeed, people on urban will start complaining that it's being ruined by gentrification and hipsters.

Can't win , really. :(
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It seems more dead than it was a couple of years ago.
 
Guineveretoo said:
To be fair, that's what this offer is about. There are groups of people trying to resuscitate South Norwood.

But I guess, if they succeed, people on urban will start complaining that it's being ruined by gentrification and hipsters.

Can't win , really. :(
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There's a whole rainbow of colours between run down and hipster infested.
 
boohoo said:
It seems more dead than it was a couple of years ago.
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I don't think it is. The opposite, in fact. There have been a few attempts in the last couple of years to get things moving on, including, of course, the reopening of Stanley Halls as a community and cultural focus.

Also, the Gold Coast is currently running comedy nights as part of the croydon comedy festival.

And the recent South Norwood Community Festival which has only been running for a couple of years, but which is providing a community focus.

And we've now got a sparkly Aldi instead of a run down co-op with broken freezers and unstaffed tills.

And Antic are on their way - that'll be open soon.

In fact, there are loads of examples of the local community trying to improve life in South Norwood.
 
And that's on top of the new sparkly Sainsburys and Tesco Express, both of which opened new branches on Portland Road in the last couple of years.
 
Is it a Forest dale problem? I know somone who has just had a place valued on Forestdale for £200K with the warning that places there are not selling at the moment. The valuer gave the warning that he knows of places for sale there since April which are not selling. Is it just over priced, the market or just Forestdale?
 
hash tag said:
Is it a Forest dale problem? I know somone who has just had a place valued on Forestdale for £200K with the warning that places there are not selling at the moment. The valuer gave the warning that he knows of places for sale there since April which are not selling. Is it just over priced, the market or just Forestdale?
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I had never heard of Forestdale so I looked it up. It is Addington so nowhere near Portland Road....

Or were you referring to a different discussion?
 
Forestdale is more Selsdon than Addington ;) It has a CR0 postcode so definitly Croydon. So whats wrong with it, why isn't stuff there selling?
 
hash tag said:
Forestdale is more Selsdon than Addington ;) It has a CR0 postcode so definitly Croydon. So whats wrong with it, why isn't stuff there selling?
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Housing stock? I guess it's not cool and any commuters would have to bus it or walk n tram to get a train to central. Transport isn't brilliant to Addington or Selsdon. No idea what schools are like up that way.
 
Callie said:
You had badgers tooooo?! Really?! Or are you joking? I don't have badgers :( :( :(
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Yeah I have come across badgers several times in my garden. The first time I was just sitting really still on the patio and one came out of the bushes and walked right up to me. I then remembered that they could be bitey so got up and it ran off like a shot.
Since then I have seen a few when I have been outside. Or seen them pass the full length glass doors at the back as I'm watching TV.
Ive just had all my inviting rough foliage cleared and new fences with concrete bases put in and the foxes and badgers are history. However the birds and the squirrels are loving it. In fact I never saw any squirrels before. . . . but they are not that interesting. Shame it doesn't keep the slugs out.
 
hash tag said:
Silicon Valley, Croydon; well who would of thought it, Croydon start to come good. What with box park, the planned Westfield and this, it's the place to be Croydon 'has fastest-growing economy'
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I've seen more things close than open in the last ten years. They've never been able to fill the shop units in centrale and office blocks stand empty. The box park is a joke, doubt it will be open by winter, and nobody seems to be that interested in renting any space there.
 
Went to Croydon Pride Sunday along Surrey Street. Twas nice, friendly crowd, stalls, good stall, craft beer, a wee stage with a variety of live acts.

If they can, I think next year they should do it in queens gardens as that's a much nicer space but it was good. I did miss the parade down the High street though past all the shouty preachers :D
 
Callie said:
Went to Croydon Pride Sunday along Surrey Street. Twas nice, friendly crowd, stalls, good stall, craft beer, a wee stage with a variety of live acts.

If they can, I think next year they should do it in queens gardens as that's a much nicer space but it was good. I did miss the parade down the High street though past all the shouty preachers :D
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Aw what? I would have gone. I never know when these things are going on.
 
Callie said:
Went to Croydon Pride Sunday along Surrey Street. Twas nice, friendly crowd, stalls, good stall, craft beer, a wee stage with a variety of live acts.

If they can, I think next year they should do it in queens gardens as that's a much nicer space
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And appropriately named
 
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