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richard shaw (og)65 my minds eye 17 Aug 15 12.59pm
never been the same since the greyhound closed interviewer " iggy , do you think you influenced anybody?" iggy pop " I think I wiped out the 60`S "
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never been the same since the greyhound closed

interviewer " iggy , do you think you influenced anybody?"
iggy pop " I think I wiped out the 60`S "

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Nigs Prague 17 Aug 15 1.23pm
Quote richard shaw (og)65 at 17 Aug 2015 12.59pm never been the same since the greyhound closed Whitgift centre hasn't been the same since they closed the Forum. My last signature was just too long.
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Quote richard shaw (og)65 at 17 Aug 2015 12.59pm

never been the same since the greyhound closed

Whitgift centre hasn't been the same since they closed the Forum.

My last signature was just too long.

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martin2412 Living The Dream 17 Aug 15 1.27pm
Quote Beastie at 17 Aug 2015 12.47pm When people talk about Croydon, are they talking about the town centre or the Borough? The place has many faults but it's nowhere near as bad as people make out. Has there ever been a town with a worse reputation than Croydon? Beirut
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Quote Beastie at 17 Aug 2015 12.47pm

When people talk about Croydon, are they talking about the town centre or the Borough?

The place has many faults but it's nowhere near as bad as people make out. Has there ever been a town with a worse reputation than Croydon?

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Midlands Eagle 17 Aug 15 1.30pm
Quote Nigs at 17 Aug 2015 1.23pm Quote richard shaw (og)65 at 17 Aug 2015 12.59pm never been the same since the greyhound closed Whitgift centre hasn't been the same since they closed the Forum. When did that happen and what is it now? I used to work in Rothschild House over 35 years ago and used to drink in The Forum before midweek matches
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Quote richard shaw (og)65 at 17 Aug 2015 12.59pm

never been the same since the greyhound closed

Whitgift centre hasn't been the same since they closed the Forum.

When did that happen and what is it now?

I used to work in Rothschild House over 35 years ago and used to drink in The Forum before midweek matches

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Nigs Prague 17 Aug 15 1.32pm
Quote Ian J at 17 Aug 2015 1.30pm Quote Nigs at 17 Aug 2015 1.23pm Quote richard shaw (og)65 at 17 Aug 2015 12.59pm never been the same since the greyhound closed Whitgift centre hasn't been the same since they closed the Forum. When did that happen and what is it now? I used to work in Rothschild House over 35 years ago and used to drink in The Forum before midweek matches Have you been back since they put the roof on ? My last signature was just too long.
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Quote Nigs at 17 Aug 2015 1.23pm

Quote richard shaw (og)65 at 17 Aug 2015 12.59pm

never been the same since the greyhound closed

Whitgift centre hasn't been the same since they closed the Forum.

When did that happen and what is it now?

I used to work in Rothschild House over 35 years ago and used to drink in The Forum before midweek matches

Have you been back since they put the roof on ?

My last signature was just too long.

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Holmesdale Nick South Croydon 17 Aug 15 2.07pm
not too much longer till it all gets demolished. Fitter Fans Group 2. No. 17
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not too much longer till it all gets demolished.

Fitter Fans Group 2. No. 17

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leggedstruggle Croydon 17 Aug 15 2.51pm
Quote nickgusset at 17 Aug 2015 12.39pm Quote leggedstruggle at 17 Aug 2015 12.13pm Quote Kermit8 at 17 Aug 2015 11.55am Quote leggedstruggle at 17 Aug 2015 11.16am Quote Kermit8 at 17 Aug 2015 10.08am Quote pefwin at 17 Aug 2015 10.05am Oddly enough I was in Torbay. That would be odd. If I lived in Torbay. Lyme Bay is where us movers and shakers choose the right manure to grow some monsters. Wow, you and Billy Bragg. Funny how you and he who go on and on about the benefits of diversity, immigration etc, decide to go to a part of the country that does not benefit from these wonderful advantages. It's the cheaper property, clean air and back to nature feel wot done it, m'lud Lord Justice Goddard, sir. oh, and Exeter is pretty mixed up culturally but in a 1970's kinda way. A few ethnic grocers, some foreign food restaurants and plenty of overseas students. You would absolutely hate it. deleted in fear of ban. Edited by leggedstruggle (17 Aug 2015 12.14pm) Scaredy cat. The worst you are going to get out of me now is "I don't necessarily agree with you on that one old chap". And I certainly will not be asking any awkward questions - not blatantly anyway. mother-in-law is an anagram of woman hitler
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Croydon 17 Aug 15 2.51pm

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Oddly enough I was in Torbay.

That would be odd. If I lived in Torbay. Lyme Bay is where us movers and shakers choose the right manure to grow some monsters.

Wow, you and Billy Bragg. Funny how you and he who go on and on about the benefits of diversity, immigration etc, decide to go to a part of the country that does not benefit from these wonderful advantages.

It's the cheaper property, clean air and back to nature feel wot done it, m'lud Lord Justice Goddard, sir.

oh, and Exeter is pretty mixed up culturally but in a 1970's kinda way. A few ethnic grocers, some foreign food restaurants and plenty of overseas students. You would absolutely hate it.

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Scaredy cat.

The worst you are going to get out of me now is "I don't necessarily agree with you on that one old chap". And I certainly will not be asking any awkward questions - not blatantly anyway.

mother-in-law is an anagram of woman hitler

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Mapletree Croydon 17 Aug 15 3.15pm
Quote Kermit8 at 17 Aug 2015 9.56am Visited the place after a fourteen year sabbatical last week. Not much has changed re:the soulless atmosphere and peeps shopping like hypnotised morons, apart from being scruffier, but it appears with all the building work going on that is it going to be, according to the Council leader anyway, a new, hip and innovative 'city' which will attract the creatives and entrepreneurial professionals like bees to honey. Yes, indeed. Building new tall buildings, shops and offices is just what the place has been crying out for. We have been saying that since the 70's. Good luck with that Mr Council Leader, sir. Can we have our lovely Allders back first though? That was tough walking past its frontage a few days back. The very epicentre of the town and what is it now? Some kind of mass, cheap indoor market? S'alright though. Everything is cool. They are bringing in shipping containers next to East Croydon to house small businesses. Think I might move back. You missed the point. The building is almost all accommodation. Croydon will have a higher population, especially in the middle. The incomers may well be reasonably well off as it is extremely handy for travel into London and is the second cheapest London Borough. It appears to be mainly flats so expect the younger upwardly mobile types to increase. I doubt it will ever have soul but I reckon it will go upmarket - let's face it central and North Croydon only have one way to go. As for everything South of the middle part, it remains pretty pleasant and has lower crime rates than its neighbours in Sutton and Bromley.
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Croydon 17 Aug 15 3.15pm

Quote Kermit8 at 17 Aug 2015 9.56am

Visited the place after a fourteen year sabbatical last week. Not much has changed re:the soulless atmosphere and peeps shopping like hypnotised morons, apart from being scruffier, but it appears with all the building work going on that is it going to be, according to the Council leader anyway, a new, hip and innovative 'city' which will attract the creatives and entrepreneurial professionals like bees to honey.

Yes, indeed. Building new tall buildings, shops and offices is just what the place has been crying out for. We have been saying that since the 70's.

Good luck with that Mr Council Leader, sir.

Can we have our lovely Allders back first though? That was tough walking past its frontage a few days back. The very epicentre of the town and what is it now? Some kind of mass, cheap indoor market?

S'alright though. Everything is cool. They are bringing in shipping containers next to East Croydon to house small businesses.

Think I might move back.

You missed the point. The building is almost all accommodation. Croydon will have a higher population, especially in the middle. The incomers may well be reasonably well off as it is extremely handy for travel into London and is the second cheapest London Borough. It appears to be mainly flats so expect the younger upwardly mobile types to increase.

I doubt it will ever have soul but I reckon it will go upmarket - let's face it central and North Croydon only have one way to go.

As for everything South of the middle part, it remains pretty pleasant and has lower crime rates than its neighbours in Sutton and Bromley.

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fed up eagle Between Horley, Surrey and Preston... 17 Aug 15 3.32pm
Quote leggedstruggle at 17 Aug 2015 2.51pm Quote nickgusset at 17 Aug 2015 12.39pm Quote leggedstruggle at 17 Aug 2015 12.13pm Quote Kermit8 at 17 Aug 2015 11.55am Quote leggedstruggle at 17 Aug 2015 11.16am Quote Kermit8 at 17 Aug 2015 10.08am Quote pefwin at 17 Aug 2015 10.05am Oddly enough I was in Torbay. That would be odd. If I lived in Torbay. Lyme Bay is where us movers and shakers choose the right manure to grow some monsters. Wow, you and Billy Bragg. Funny how you and he who go on and on about the benefits of diversity, immigration etc, decide to go to a part of the country that does not benefit from these wonderful advantages. It's the cheaper property, clean air and back to nature feel wot done it, m'lud Lord Justice Goddard, sir. oh, and Exeter is pretty mixed up culturally but in a 1970's kinda way. A few ethnic grocers, some foreign food restaurants and plenty of overseas students. You would absolutely hate it. deleted in fear of ban. Edited by leggedstruggle (17 Aug 2015 12.14pm) Scaredy cat. The worst you are going to get out of me now is "I don't necessarily agree with you on that one old chap". And I certainly will not be asking any awkward questions - not blatantly anyway. ????????????????????? What's with the yellow card Legged? As for Croydon, it's the same as every big town in this country. Do they still have the club shop there? My old dear was walking past once and saw Johhny Salad, Southgate and Nigel Martyn clowning around in there and god bless her she got their autographs for me. Back in 95 I think.
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Between Horley, Surrey and Preston... 17 Aug 15 3.32pm

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Quote leggedstruggle at 17 Aug 2015 11.16am

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Quote pefwin at 17 Aug 2015 10.05am

Oddly enough I was in Torbay.

That would be odd. If I lived in Torbay. Lyme Bay is where us movers and shakers choose the right manure to grow some monsters.

It's the cheaper property, clean air and back to nature feel wot done it, m'lud Lord Justice Goddard, sir.

oh, and Exeter is pretty mixed up culturally but in a 1970's kinda way. A few ethnic grocers, some foreign food restaurants and plenty of overseas students. You would absolutely hate it.

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Edited by leggedstruggle (17 Aug 2015 12.14pm)

Scaredy cat.

The worst you are going to get out of me now is "I don't necessarily agree with you on that one old chap". And I certainly will not be asking any awkward questions - not blatantly anyway.

????????????????????? What's with the yellow card Legged?

As for Croydon, it's the same as every big town in this country. Do they still have the club shop there? My old dear was walking past once and saw Johhny Salad, Southgate and Nigel Martyn clowning around in there and god bless her she got their autographs for me. Back in 95 I think.

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nickgusset Shizzlehurst 17 Aug 15 3.43pm
Quote leggedstruggle at 17 Aug 2015 2.51pm Quote nickgusset at 17 Aug 2015 12.39pm Quote leggedstruggle at 17 Aug 2015 12.13pm Quote Kermit8 at 17 Aug 2015 11.55am Quote leggedstruggle at 17 Aug 2015 11.16am Quote Kermit8 at 17 Aug 2015 10.08am Quote pefwin at 17 Aug 2015 10.05am Oddly enough I was in Torbay. That would be odd. If I lived in Torbay. Lyme Bay is where us movers and shakers choose the right manure to grow some monsters. Wow, you and Billy Bragg. Funny how you and he who go on and on about the benefits of diversity, immigration etc, decide to go to a part of the country that does not benefit from these wonderful advantages. It's the cheaper property, clean air and back to nature feel wot done it, m'lud Lord Justice Goddard, sir. oh, and Exeter is pretty mixed up culturally but in a 1970's kinda way. A few ethnic grocers, some foreign food restaurants and plenty of overseas students. You would absolutely hate it. deleted in fear of ban. Edited by leggedstruggle (17 Aug 2015 12.14pm) Scaredy cat. The worst you are going to get out of me now is "I don't necessarily agree with you on that one old chap". And I certainly will not be asking any awkward questions - not blatantly anyway. It would be such a shame if you were to go. In fact I don't know how [Link] was able to function without your well researched and erudite views all these years until you came on board.
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Quote leggedstruggle at 17 Aug 2015 2.51pm

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Quote pefwin at 17 Aug 2015 10.05am

Oddly enough I was in Torbay.

That would be odd. If I lived in Torbay. Lyme Bay is where us movers and shakers choose the right manure to grow some monsters.

It's the cheaper property, clean air and back to nature feel wot done it, m'lud Lord Justice Goddard, sir.

oh, and Exeter is pretty mixed up culturally but in a 1970's kinda way. A few ethnic grocers, some foreign food restaurants and plenty of overseas students. You would absolutely hate it.

deleted in fear of ban.

Edited by leggedstruggle (17 Aug 2015 12.14pm)

Scaredy cat.

The worst you are going to get out of me now is "I don't necessarily agree with you on that one old chap". And I certainly will not be asking any awkward questions - not blatantly anyway.

It would be such a shame if you were to go. In fact I don't know how [Link] was able to function without your well researched and erudite views all these years until you came on board.

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Sedlescombe Sedlescombe 17 Aug 15 3.45pm
Quote richard shaw (og)65 at 17 Aug 2015 12.59pm never been the same since the greyhound closed The single scariest moment of my life was in the Greyhound. On the night of the Croydon By-election in 1981 I had been out delivering leaflets and knocking on doors to get people to vote right up until 10pm. There was a party afterwards and on the way there the girl I was out with and I decided to go into the Greyhound for a quick pint...........only to discover that the NF had taken over the pub for their election night event. It was like a film scene where the bar goes silent and everyone is watching us. I decide that discretion is the better part of valour and am about to back out the pub when my partner for the evening announces - a little too loudly - that we had come in for a drink and a drink is what we were going to have. You could hear a pin drop for as long as it took us to finish our drinks
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Quote richard shaw (og)65 at 17 Aug 2015 12.59pm

never been the same since the greyhound closed

The single scariest moment of my life was in the Greyhound. On the night of the Croydon By-election in 1981 I had been out delivering leaflets and knocking on doors to get people to vote right up until 10pm. There was a party afterwards and on the way there the girl I was out with and I decided to go into the Greyhound for a quick pint...........only to discover that the NF had taken over the pub for their election night event. It was like a film scene where the bar goes silent and everyone is watching us. I decide that discretion is the better part of valour and am about to back out the pub when my partner for the evening announces - a little too loudly - that we had come in for a drink and a drink is what we were going to have.

You could hear a pin drop for as long as it took us to finish our drinks

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Stuk Top half 17 Aug 15 3.58pm
"Croydon! City of a thousand dreams". Optimistic as ever
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"Croydon! City of a thousand dreams".

Optimistic as ever

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