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hedgehog50  Croydon 14 Oct 17 11.10pm |
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Originally posted by simlaboy
High jinks mainly, impersonating Spider-Man , That kind of thing, we all think we’re funny when we’re young, regarding the lady receiving free drinks ,that wouldn’t be the marvellous Minnie Rutter Indeed it is - great lady.
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 Mapletree Croydon 14 Oct 17 11.13pm |
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Originally posted by boo909
Croydon was a great place in the nineties, I loved it, if you were part of the alternative crowd at the time it was like a little village where everybody knew each other. Gigs at the Cartoon. Got thrown out of the Rose and Crown (the upstairs room was great) for being covered in flour (trying to be Fields of the Nephilim) I worked at the Ship for two three years and Kevin and Barbara were the greatest landlord and landlady that have ever existed (if anyone knows where they are now I'd love to know). Worked at the Dog and Bull for a bit which was the best Young's pub ever. Assistant manager at the Rileys, which was s***, but Ray was nice. Yeah I was well happy there. You’ll know us then. Four pints of special to take away in a milk jug.
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| simlaboy coulsdon 14 Oct 17 11.40pm |
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As you say, quite a lady, remember her winning the bingo/jackpot in the Beulah club, and trying to buy everyone a drink,of course no one took her up on the offer
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boo909  Figeac 14 Oct 17 11.48pm |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
You’ll know us then. Four pints of special to take away in a milk jug.
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| hedgehog50 Croydon 15 Oct 17 8.26am |
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Originally posted by simlaboy
As you say, quite a lady, remember her winning the bingo/jackpot in the Beulah club, and trying to buy everyone a drink,of course no one took her up on the offer She died in 1994, the wake was in the Beulah Club I think (a local social club anyway) big turn out - we are a large family. Her first name was Leah but she always used her second name of Minnie.
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| legaleagle 15 Oct 17 11.00am |
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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, Used to go regularly on a friday night at one point and see Bill Brunskill's band.Helped get me into jazz too.
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| chris123 hove actually 15 Oct 17 11.40am |
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Originally posted by legaleagle
Used to go regularly on a friday night at one point and see Bill Brunskill's band.Helped get me into jazz too. I used to with a few from Philips on the Purley Way - they were from the area and knew Bill and his band were great and I loved it too - the used to be some ok jazz at the Red Deer - shame fewer pubs have live music these days.
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pefwin  Where you have to have an English ... 15 Oct 17 5.10pm |
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Originally posted by boo909
Croydon was a great place in the nineties, I loved it, if you were part of the alternative crowd at the time it was like a little village where everybody knew each other. Gigs at the Cartoon. Got thrown out of the Rose and Crown (the upstairs room was great) for being covered in flour (trying to be Fields of the Nephilim) I worked at the Ship for two three years and Kevin and Barbara were the greatest landlord and landlady that have ever existed (if anyone knows where they are now I'd love to know). Worked at the Dog and Bull for a bit which was the best Young's pub ever. Assistant manager at the Rileys, which was s***, but Ray was nice. Yeah I was well happy there. Probably know you, I was only thinking of Kevin and Barbara a day or so ago. Played pool for the Ship and spent many an early morning on an upstairs pool bar lock in.
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Pussay Patrol  16 Oct 17 4.47pm |
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I think the big companies moving out is a big factor. Are the BT and Nestle buildings still sitting there empty ? Croydon used to be a big business centre and has alot of office space which, only guessing but I would have thought well than under 40% occupied? Take away the Home Office buildings and Wellesley road would be a virtual ghost town. Croydon Centre needs to be completely reinvented and reinvigorated and find a new identity, it's just a relic of it's past at the mo
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 Hrolf The Ganger 16 Oct 17 5.25pm |
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Originally posted by Pussay Patrol
I think the big companies moving out is a big factor. Are the BT and Nestle buildings still sitting there empty ? Croydon used to be a big business centre and has alot of office space which, only guessing but I would have thought well than under 40% occupied? Take away the Home Office buildings and Wellesley road would be a virtual ghost town. Croydon Centre needs to be completely reinvented and reinvigorated and find a new identity, it's just a relic of it's past at the mo White(corporate)flight.
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| Mapletree Croydon 16 Oct 17 10.46pm |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
White(corporate)flight. Really? It looks like there is a huge influx of young people into Croydon. Maybe mostly commuters but I don’t recognise the ghost town image at all. I guess you assume everyone is scared of Black and Muslim people like you are and would also choose to run away.
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| hedgehog50 Croydon 17 Oct 17 7.12am |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
Really? It looks like there is a huge influx of young people into Croydon. Maybe mostly commuters but I don’t recognise the ghost town image at all. I guess you assume everyone is scared of Black and Muslim people like you are and would also choose to run away. Scared of them? All these 'communities' merely choose not to live with each other - multi-culturalism does not work.
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