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brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Unsurprisingly, all a load of bollux.
ffsear
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brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
As you wish, but the 'content' of the story you linked was bollux.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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And so he should be, being fed such bollocks. . . But look at all the other shit wipes that just reprint the 'news'. Thought it sounded a bit suspect.
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Did you even read the link?
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Would appear not.
ffsear
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The one I put up or the angry Croydon jobsworth ?
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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The one by the actual journalist that checks the sources and finds the press release reported practically word for word by hacks to be bollocks. The only thing he was angry about was being fed a press release of made up rubbish. Hardly a jobsworth unless you think actually doing you job is being a jobsworth.
I lived the first 9 months of my life on Forestdale
Utterly useless fact but there we are.
Saw this on Inside Croydon re Boxpark. Oct opening with a fairly decent gig for Croydon
Boxpark opening airbrushes all mention of Ambition Festival
This may interest some
Stanley Halls launches weekly movies with membership offer
Also in other kinda relevant to previous posts news, according to my step dad (who is not always totally reliable) the land lady from The Oval Tavern is running a cafe in that new tech place in Davis House
Also HMRC have taken a big building in the new shiny East Croydon development for 2,500 staff. That is actually true I think
Stanley Halls launches weekly movies with membership offer
Also in other kinda relevant to previous posts news, according to my step dad (who is not always totally reliable) the land lady from The Oval Tavern is running a cafe in that new tech place in Davis House
Also HMRC have taken a big building in the new shiny East Croydon development for 2,500 staff. That is actually true I think
Most of St George's Walk is standing in for Istanbul this week for a big Hollywood film with Michael Keaton in it.
Film trucks all over the shop and shop fronts redone to look Turkish, cars with Turkish numbers plates etc and loads of extras queueing for food in one of the clubs near Surrey Street.
There till tomorrow I think.
Film trucks all over the shop and shop fronts redone to look Turkish, cars with Turkish numbers plates etc and loads of extras queueing for food in one of the clubs near Surrey Street.
There till tomorrow I think.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Is it worth a look? I'm at a bit of a loose end.
There is a lot going on but you can't see a huge amount of filming, just a lot of extras walking across the road that disects the Walk.
I think there is a lot of filming inside some premises as well in the actual walk.
Lots of crew about
ffsear
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Hope this happens
Turtle Bay planning to open on Croydon's former Tiger Tiger site
The one in Brixton is excellent
Turtle Bay planning to open on Croydon's former Tiger Tiger site
The one in Brixton is excellent
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Never went to tiger tiger, didn't even know it was supposed to be a 'club'. Open to 3am? Jesus.
I know nothing of Turtle Bay so I guess I just have to wait and see.
I know nothing of Turtle Bay so I guess I just have to wait and see.
Whole place is being gutted at the moment.
Wonder what is going upstairs, it's huge inside.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
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10 years ago I bought my house for £300,000. If I had bought it ten years before it would have been £75,000. Now it in excess of £500,000. But most of Croydon is still an ugly looking dump.
ffsear
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I bought 2 years ago for 285k, valued at 360k last month when we had it valued for a new mortgage (CR0) . Crazy.
Agree about how ugly it looks though. One thing that annoys me in Croydon is the street cleaners. Clearly underfunded and not enough of them. When i lived in Brixton they used to be out in force early doors, have the place cleaned up and did a bloody good job of it. A Sunday morning walk down south croydon high street and its a pretty disgusting mix of kebab meat, vomit and broken glass.
Guineveretoo
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Now they're doing a feature on Addiscombe, which is part of Croydon and nothing like the description. Although the Tram Stop cafe is okay, I guess.
Next stop, Addiscombe - Croydonist
Next stop, Addiscombe - Croydonist
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ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Ha ha yes they have kind of bigged it up a bit. I do like addiscome, but the tram stop, the valet, and the veg shop are super overpriced. Well expensive. I use the railway park a lot but screw Bingham park, what about ashburton park? Addiscome has got a long way to go before it becomes the delightful village high street in the article.
Guineveretoo
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Ashburton Park does get a mention, although it's not in Addiscombe, seemingly.
I know the railway park, but I'm not sure I've seen the other park mentioned in the article. Might check it out.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Oh yeah so it does. Must have skipped that. I prefer the wilderness of South Norwood country park, but I'm always running so it doesn't seem that far away.
Bingham park is small and boring. It's just a small patch of green with a crap small play park for small children at the bottom.
Guineveretoo
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Perhaps I won't bother then.
What about South Norwood lake? What are your views on that, since you are such an expert on local parks?
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Perhaps I won't bother then.
What about South Norwood lake? What are your views on that, since you are such an expert on local parks?
I wouldn't say I'm an expert, I just have jogging routes through most of Croydons parks. For me south norwood lake is boring. Too far to go for too little park reward. It's not a wilderness like south norwood country park, which also has a lake if you like looking at those. South Norwood lake is too small and urban for me. I believe there is a nature trail but I have only visited the park two or three times on a jog as it wasn't as good as I had hoped.
South Norwood Country Park on the other hand has become a pretty regular morning jog. I also have a regular run around Lloyd park and it's woodland bits, but that's a little too short so heading up to woodland in addington hills is fun. You can see the whole of London from the viewing platform up there.
There are loads of nice places to visit in and around Croydon like Selsdon Wood and some lovely well tended gardens around Shirley (can't remember the name).
There is hardly any bugger about in any of these places, even at the weekend. Such a waste.
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