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 simlaboy  coulsdon 14 Oct 17 10.27am |
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The Lord Napier, Britain’s leading jazz pub, when the landlord went on holiday ,which was quite a lot , my mum and dad used to run it , happy days . Bill Brunskills jazz band ,mmmmmmm nice,
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| baldeagle73 Leamington spa 14 Oct 17 10.34am |
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Originally posted by chris123
The Elvis impersonator in la pergola was a particular highlight
walking down the holmesdale road to see the palace aces! |
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| kennybrowns leftfoot Reigate 14 Oct 17 10.34am |
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The problem is, is that the council were convinced that the Westfield project would be up and running by now so have let the town centre degenerate to s***. I think there is still no start date for Westfield and even when it does get underway they estimate it will take about 3 years to complete. Something needs to happen as the town centre is so run down it's ridiculous. Nearly every large building along Wellesley Road is unoccupied. The centre is dark, dreary and covered in what they call 'legal graffiti'... St George's Walk is just full of empty shops and shutters. The nightlife is limited and now gets about 1,500 on a weekend compared to nearly 20,000 in the late 90s early 00s. The town centre is depressing no doubt. However I will say that Brighton Road, South Croydon has some excellent restaurants.
Don't waste your time with jealousy. Sometimes your ahead, sometimes your behind, the race is long. But in the end it's only with yourself!! |
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Kermit8  Hevon 14 Oct 17 10.41am |
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Originally posted by simlaboy
The Lord Napier, Britain’s leading jazz pub, when the landlord went on holiday ,which was quite a lot , my mum and dad used to run it , happy days . Bill Brunskills jazz band ,mmmmmmm nice, Impressive. Great, great boozer. Jumpin' Jack Gilbert was my favourite.
Big chest and massive boobs |
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| Kermit8 Hevon 14 Oct 17 10.42am |
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. Edited by Kermit8 (14 Oct 2017 10.42am)
Big chest and massive boobs |
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aquickgame2  Beni = summer,Caribbean = winter 14 Oct 17 10.51am |
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Originally posted by chris123
Yea,thats the 2 names Carretto was the Chicken Kiev,bottle of plonk and a bit of slap and tickle after. Pergola was Elvis impersonator,went there when you was flush with a tenner.
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| rob1969 Banstead Surrey 14 Oct 17 10.53am |
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Originally posted by baldeagle73
Croydon used to be seen as reasonably middle class in the 80s to us streatham residents Streatham was considered very posh to us Balham residents in the 50/60's! As for Croydon - don't recall North/Central ever being considered desirable.
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| thegreatlardino crawley/selsey 14 Oct 17 10.56am |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
If that was the pub in the middle of the Whitgift Centre that was my Tuesday night watering hole if there was a match on. I used to work next door in Rothschild House and used to drink there prior to disappearing off to Selhurst Park think it was called the forum, had a few in there in the past, could bore my kids with stories about the cartoon, did there used to be some dodgy nightclub in that building that you could have food, snog & a fight?
Sometimes I set out for Ludlow |
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| palace chick South Croydon 14 Oct 17 11.03am |
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Originally posted by simlaboy
The Lord Napier, Britain’s leading jazz pub, when the landlord went on holiday ,which was quite a lot , my mum and dad used to run it , happy days . Bill Brunskills jazz band ,mmmmmmm nice, Loved my visits to that pub back in the day. - went many times in the 70’s :-)
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| thegreatlardino crawley/selsey 14 Oct 17 11.11am |
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the oval on oval road is still a decent pub for a few
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| simlaboy coulsdon 14 Oct 17 11.31am |
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Lovely to hear people with happy memories of “The Lord “
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| Fatherken 14 Oct 17 11.36am |
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about a month ago I was [ would you believe ] in a pub talking to the landlord he asked where I came from I told him Croydon and he claimed to be the first landlord of the Forum
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