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Post Office set to go ahead with High Street branch closure
The Post Office has this morning confirmed that it is to close the large branch on the High Street, and move into the WH Smith/TG Jones in the Whitgift Centre, probably by the end of March next year. The Post … Continue reading
Five Guys is latest business to give up on Croydon High Street
It’s not just Croydon’s pubs which are closing down. Five Guys, the pricy American burger joint on Croydon High Street, has closed in the past week. While Croydon’s failed Mayor, Jason Perry, drops his chips over the opening of a … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, Post Office, Restaurants, Surrey Street, Tokia Square, Turtle Bay, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Abaci, Allders, Allders Parade, Croydon, Hammersfield, Isle of Flowers, Miniso, Sky, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Ghosts that stalk our streets and the history we learn from them
KEN TOWL sets off to find as many ghost signs as he can According to Historic England, ghost signs are “typically historic hand-painted advertising signs or old shop signs preserved on buildings that have since changed use”. They go on … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe East, Business, History, Ken Towl, Kenley, Post Office
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, Croydon High Street, Grants, Grants Department Store, Kenley, Kenley Hotel, MIlletts, Milletts Corner, Purley, Surrey Street
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Post Office asks for public responses to its High Street closure
The Post Office is ploughing on with the closure of its Croydon High Street branch, conducting one of those legally-required but completely pointless consultations, where they ask the public for their views, and then carry on and do exactly what … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon West, Post Office
Tagged Crown Post Office, Croydon, Croydon High Street, Croydon West, George Street, Horizon, Horizon scandal, Labour, Post office, Sarah Jones MP
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Age UK calls for Mayor Khan to act against Post Office closures
The charity Age UK has joined the campaign to save London’s Post Offices – including the under-threat counter service provided on Croydon High Street. The Post Office closure plans were revealed in November, with 115 Crown Post Offices to close … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK Croydon, Business, Croydon West, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Post Office, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Age UK Croydon, Age UK London, Crown Post Office, Croydon, Croydon High Street, Croydon West, George Street, Horizon, Horizon scandal, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Post office, Sarah Jones MP, Sir Sadiq Khan
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Post Office closure deals new blow for Croydon High Street
Union boss describes closures plan by scandal-hit business as ‘immoral’, as 115 Crown Post Offices are to go and 1,000 workers face redundancy In the latest low blow to blighted Croydon High Street, the Post Office has this morning confirmed … Continue reading
