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

[brogdale]

No. Went years ago. Sadly.
I was just lamenting this morning that I never bought a T-Shirt. I always used to think "who the bloody hell would buy a beanos t-shirt?".

The shop closed before vinyl sales began to pick up again. It might have survived if it could have just clung on for another couple of years. . . but it was really loosing money. The owner sold everything and put all his savings into an indoor market. He must have hated records by then because he was adamant that the market would NOT sell second hand music (though while the stalls were being built a couple of record sections sold off unsold beanos stock).
It was a MASSIVE flop, took ages to build but failed as a business in what seemed like only a couple of months.

It's since been a nursery, coffee shop and a nightclub, but I think it's empty now.

My record boxes are still cluttered with some of the £1 bundles of tat vinyl that my eldest bought as it was closing down!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

My record boxes are still cluttered with some of the £1 bundles of tat vinyl that my eldest bought as it was closing down!

I got a few good bargains as it closed down but the prices were generally still not all that competitive for the time (they sure would be now).
I did like beanos but just thinking back, I could generally get anything I wanted there from Discogs for cheaper even with postage (which seemed a lot less back then) and had better luck in the exchange on Berwick Street (right next to where I generally worked) which turfed out a constant steam of bargains. I loved that place (also gone), I was spoilt by their prices and have many many regrets for the records I didn't end up buying. What a dummy.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

What was the other record shop that was near there that sold all alternative music? Loved that place

Do you mean the place by the pie and mash shop? It's now a Regge and cheap arse CD shop (moved from a place that used to be down the alley behind 101 records).
I always considered it quite pricey (but not by todays standards), but if you waited it out, they would reduce the prices . I waited waaaay too long for them to reduce the X Ray Spex record I had my eye on for about a year. It was only a tenner but I only wanted to pay a fiver. Shop closed before I bought it. I did get a bundle of Smiths records for only a couple of quid before it closed, they seemed to have no idea that they were worth quite a bit. Weird place.

 

[mack]

101 Records is still going, think it only opens Fridays and Saturdays, most of the business the guy does is online.

 

[AverageJoe]

Do you mean the place by the pie and mash shop? It's now a Regge and cheap arse CD shop (moved from a place that used to be down the alley behind 101 records).
I always considered it quite pricey (but not by todays standards), but if you waited it out, they would reduce the prices . I waited waaaay too long for them to reduce the X Ray Spex record I had my eye on for about a year. It was only a tenner but I only wanted to pay a fiver. Shop closed before I bought it. I did get a bundle of Smiths records for only a couple of quid before it closed, they seemed to have no idea that they were worth quite a bit. Weird place.

Not entirely sure. It was on the main drag just before the main shopping precinct and about two doors away from the Blue Orchid (if I've remember that right).

It was all vynil Skinny Puppy, Minstry and Front 242 albums and grunge record. I fucking loved it

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Not entirely sure. It was on the main drag just before the main shopping precinct and about two doors away from the Blue Orchid (if I've remember that right).

It was all vynil Skinny Puppy, Minstry and Front 242 albums and grunge record. I fucking loved it

OH I don't know then. Sounds like it was before my time.

 

[AverageJoe]

OH I don't know then. Sounds like it was before my time.

Would have been early 80s

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Would have been early 80s

No then. I wasn't even in London until the 90s.

 

[mack]

Not entirely sure. It was on the main drag just before the main shopping precinct and about two doors away from the Blue Orchid (if I've remember that right).

It was all vynil Skinny Puppy, Minstry and Front 242 albums and grunge record. I fucking loved it

Think I vaguely remember that shop, seem to remember they had a basement with arcade games down there.

 

[hash tag]

There is no way i would visit Croydon for shopping anymore.

 

[Callie]

AverageJoe shake some action? But pretty sure that was 90s? Not sure they covered that kind of sound either!

 

[AverageJoe]

I don't think it was that.

I did love that place though. When I went up to my nan and grandads I lived going out on my own to Surrey St Market and then Beanos and then that record shop. What a fantastic afternoon for a 12 year old with no mobile phone.

#nostalgia

 

[Chilli.s]

I did love that place though. When I went up to my nan and grandads I lived going out on my own to Surrey St Market and then Beanos and then that record shop. What a fantastic afternoon for a 12 year old with no mobile phone.

Snap!
I still have records I bought in Croydon as a kid staying with Grandparents.

 

[hash tag]

At least this looks like a vote for local issues, an given the circumstances, not much of a surprise
BBC News - London election results 2022: Croydon bucks London trend with Tory mayoral win

London election results 2022: Croydon bucks London trend with Tory mayoral win

In his acceptance speech Jason Perry pays tribute to his mother who died during the campaign.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Disappointing. What a shit show.

 

[D'wards]

I'm a lifelong Labour voter but they have totally fucked up this town.

Something had to give...

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I'm a lifelong Labour voter but they have totally fucked up this town.

Something had to give...

It wasn't just labour, but yes. The council in general have been utterly terrible. Jason Perry isn't going to help though, he's just another tory. .

 

[GarveyLives]

Dad 'brutally murdered by hooded killers’ after he refused to hand over Mercedes keys in 'plan to abduct him'

Two men who used a tracker device to ambush Albert Amofa and then stabbed him in his car have now been convicted of murder.

Donald Owusu, 25, and Harvey MacFoy, 26, attacked Albert Amofa after he arrived home in south Croydon, south London, in December 2019. The pair will be sentenced at the Old Bailey at a date yet to be set in June.

The court heard a third man was also involved in the killing, however detectives have not yet identified who he is:

Albert Amofa: Two convicted of Croydon murder

(Source: Metropolitan Police)

Harvey MacFoy and Donald Owusu were convicted of murder and Theo Brown of perverting the course of justice.​

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Yay, we made the financial times . . .

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[hash tag]

Even if it is behind a paywall.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Even if it is behind a paywall.

That's weird. It let me look at it the first time. I certainly don't have a subscription.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I bet it's not a flat above a chippy in westcroydon.

Tom Cruise's daughter's very ordinary life on an unremarkable street in Croydon

Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman adopted Bella in 1992

www.mylondon.news

There are some fancy arse secluded mansions in Croydon. Probably fairly remarkable, and seeing as the writers don't even know where it is almost certainly a misleading headline.

 

[brogdale]

Even if it is behind a paywall.

c&p the report title then google it; usually works with the FT

 

[Guineveretoo]

That's weird. It let me look at it the first time. I certainly don't have a subscription.

What did it say? Or, at least, what was the headline so we can google?

 

[brogdale]

What did it say? Or, at least, what was the headline so we can google?

Subscribe to read | Financial Times

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

What did it say? Or, at least, what was the headline so we can google?

The rise, fall and rebirth of the shopping centre

 

[TopCat]

Think I vaguely remember that shop, seem to remember they had a basement with arcade games down there.

Was called Churches.

 

[Guineveretoo]

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That doesn’t actually help at all!

 

[brogdale]

That doesn’t actually help at all!

No, really...if you c&p the piece title into google it will/should take you to a readable version.

 

[Guineveretoo]

No, really...if you c&p the piece title into google it will/should take you to a readable version.

What I see on your post is not the title - just something telling me to subscribe to FT.