Daily Archives: September 17, 2012

Hammerson stakes £65m in latest round of battle for Whitgift

Ding ding! Seconds out, Round Three… Hammerson, one of the two heavyweight contenders in the battle for central Croydon, put its money where its mouth is over the weekend, staking £65 million to buy-out one of the leaseholders of the … Continue reading

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These Sharks and Jets hit all the right notes in West Side Story

BELLA BARTOCK was very impressed with the latest production by CODA, West Side Story at Fairfield Halls last week Magical. Mesmerising. Moving. West Side Story is one of the best-loved musicals of all-time – and for good reason. The film … Continue reading

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End of an era: the final days of Allders

Here’s some pictures taken in the third-largest department store in Britain over the weekend. Poignant, and in one case, so very fitting. Click here to read The end of Allders: a timeline to oblivion

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