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 Jamesey  Wandsworth 20 Mar 19 9.00am |
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Originally posted by croydon proud
Originally posted by Jamesey
Fair comment, "croydon proud", I made my point because I thought it was relevant to the thread, having lived happily in Wandsworth for 40 years, although a Croydon boy originally which is why I have stayed a Palace supporter. Hope the Croydon boom is helpful for you although looking around Fort Neef and S'hurst it seems unlikely. I guess you must be talking about central Croydon? A town centre like New York? Town Hall Gardens for Central Park and West Croydon for Greenwich Village. Well, nothing's impossible... Ha ha, you never know! Yes, i was thinking central Croydon, two very high lift shafts have appeared opposite east croydon station and look like the twin towers if you are walking up crown hill, but i must admit, been walking in selhurst and t heath in past few weeks during the day, not palace day, and did think it was looking like a real dump! But central croydon will be the place to be in 5 years, if you don"t get ambushed in selhurst on route! I always wear a stab-proof vest and crash helmet on my way to games at Selhurst Park. I kept them for home matches against Millwall but I didn't dream that they'd be as useful as they are in these enlightened times!
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Frickin Saweet  South Cronx 20 Mar 19 10.10am |
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look what's happening in and around Purley including Riddlesdown and such like. People are selling their back gardens and corner plots are being bought for silly money by developers to build flats, all in in residential roads where there are enough people and cars already. It's upsetting a lot of people. It's called infilling and its not just happening in those areas but all over London - there are simply not enough homes. The best thing to stop the infilling and building on greenbelt is to build upwards. Purley high street is a sh1t hole that badly needs investment. If they built a new block of flats, that on the whole look a lot more aesthetically pleasing than the ones that were being built 10 years ago, then it's going to help the area improve and attract new businesses who might look after the area rather than keep it in the state it's been in for far too long.
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pefwin  Where you have to have an English ... 20 Mar 19 10.43am |
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Originally posted by thegreatlardino
best thing that could happen to purley cross is a dual carriageway through the centre of it! that was he plan in the 70's, a bridge rather like the Croydon fly over contecting the Purley Way to the Brighton road going south. there was even a model.
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croydon proud  Any european country i fancy! 20 Mar 19 2.57pm |
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Originally posted by Jamesey
I always wear a stab-proof vest and crash helmet on my way to games at Selhurst Park. I kept them for home matches against Millwall but I didn't dream that they'd be as useful as they are in these enlightened times! Enlightened times indeed! By the way, jubilee gardens aren"t central park, but walking through the revamped wandle park, with the croydon skyline in the background, does have the feel of central park, and the joggers around the perimeter,and people doing yoga classes and exercise,does have the central park look, croydons changing, for the better!
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| Frickin Saweet South Cronx 13 Jul 20 4.25pm |
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looks like this has finally got the go-ahead. About time someone spent some money on Purley High Street, it's a s*** hole.
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| Eaglecoops CR3 13 Jul 20 7.58pm |
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Originally posted by thegreatlardino
best thing that could happen to purley cross is a dual carriageway through the centre of it! Yep, it’s a bitch to drive round when you have had a few!
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| croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 16 Jul 20 2.48pm |
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Originally posted by Eaglecoops
Yep, it’s a bitch to drive round when you have had a few! Ha ha, quite funny! It seems that a very good natured lunch was had by the powers to be, mp, council, business leaders and building companies, lots of port was flowing, gifts exchanged, palms crossed, and everybody was very happy indeed!Great to see we are not living in a socialist state and business can flow freely, pity the locals with the noise and traffic pollution for a few years, and maybe a few years after that if phase two pops up, but think of the profit these people are making, thats what counts surely?
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 16 Jul 20 3.01pm |
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Originally posted by Frickin Saweet
looks like this has finally got the go-ahead. About time someone spent some money on Purley High Street, it's a s*** hole. Yes I was against this but it might be that it’s the only way Purley is going to be improved, if people living in it use the shops down below. I get the feeling people living in blocks Near East croydon never go anywhere unless it’s via a train to London. Purley is now a dump. It’s true. Looks s*** and has that s*** hole feeling. My nephew got cornered and mugged there by 3 saying they had a knife.
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| croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 16 Jul 20 3.08pm |
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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
Yes I was against this but it might be that it’s the only way Purley is going to be improved, if people living in it use the shops down below. I get the feeling people living in blocks Near East croydon never go anywhere unless it’s via a train to London. Purley is now a dump. It’s true. Looks s*** and has that s*** hole feeling. My nephew got cornered and mugged there by 3 saying they had a knife. Nearly correct Rudi, the locals in the East Croydon also get the train to Gatwick on their hols, Purley is now chav town, no different to sutton, on a night!
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| Eaglecoops CR3 16 Jul 20 5.26pm |
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Yes, I'm afraid a jovial evening of Tapas in Las Fuentas followed by a shed load of beers in Elliots as it used to be when Paul was alive is a dim and distant memory. They still have some decent live music in the Jolly Farmers on ocassion, er, well they used to anyway.
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| croydon proud Any european country i fancy! 16 Jul 20 8.15pm |
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Originally posted by Eaglecoops
Yes, I'm afraid a jovial evening of Tapas in Las Fuentas followed by a shed load of beers in Elliots as it used to be when Paul was alive is a dim and distant memory. They still have some decent live music in the Jolly Farmers on ocassion, er, well they used to anyway. Is it still bikers only with hair down to the waist? Shocking, and in Purley! The residents of Tunbridge wells must be laughing at us! I remember Elliots back in the day, was called Corks wine bar, great nights in there when you were underage for a beer!Lovely Purley girls in there(sixth formers), whats it called now ?
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| Rudi Hedman Caterham 16 Jul 20 8.31pm |
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Originally posted by croydon proud
Is it still bikers only with hair down to the waist? Shocking, and in Purley! The residents of Tunbridge wells must be laughing at us! I remember Elliots back in the day, was called Corks wine bar, great nights in there when you were underage for a beer!Lovely Purley girls in there(sixth formers), whats it called now ? Probably a money laundering, slave working nail bar. Just about to post before I looked on google. Funnily enough there is a nail bar 2 doors down.
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