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Category Archives: Pubs
Addiscombe’s The Alma gets a £360,000 Croydon facelift
Work began this week on a £360,000 refurbishment project to bring The Alma Tavern on Lower Addiscombe Road back into business for the New Year. The Alma has been closed since the first covid lockdown in March 2020, but Heineken … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, East Croydon, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Lower Addiscombe Road, The Alma, The Alma Tavern
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Golden Ark’s laidback landlord meets Orwell’s demands
CROYDON PUB OF THE YEAR: Our man standing at the bar with a packet of pork scratchings nearby, a pint of pale ale in hand and a dog-eared paperback of Animal Farm poking out of his jacket pocket, KEN TOWL, … Continue reading
Posted in Ken Towl, Pubs, Selsdon and Addington Village
Tagged CAMRA, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, Ken Towl, The Golden Ark
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Save The Glam campaigners ask community to buy a share
Crunch time is approaching the Save the Glamorgan campaign, as they are asking supporters to dig into their pockets to secure the future of the 170-year-old building on Cheery Orchard Road, close to East Croydon Station. The group that was … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, East Croydon, Property, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Save The Glamorgan Campaign, The Glamorgan
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Glamorgan campaigners in race against time to save old pub
The clock is ticking for campaigners to save an historic pub near East Croydon Station, with less than three months to raise the money to buy the building from its current owners. The Glamorgan on Cherry Orchard Road has been … Continue reading
This latest sports bar hits it out of the park for a night out
Baseball provides the latest sporting theme for a bar at Boxpark. Going in to bat for Inside Croydon was SANJANA IDNANI, who weighs up whether the concept is three strikes and out, or a home run Sluggers is an exhilarating … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, Pubs, Restaurants
Tagged Boxpark, Sanjana Idnani, Sluggers
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Three ex-pubs are put up for sale as developers get cold feet
Community group has six weeks to find at least £1m to buy a once-successful East Croydon boozer, as owners abandon plans to build flats Three former pubs have been put up for sale, as firms of developers appear set to … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Community associations, Housing, Maria Gatland, Planning, Property, Pubs, Shirley, South Croydon
Tagged Addiscombe, Cherry Orchard Road, Croham, Croydon Council, Save The Glamorgan Campaign, Shirley, South Croydon, The Glamorgan, The Sandrock, The View
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CAMRA counts cost of covid as 12 local pubs fail to reopen
A local beer campaign organisation says that at least a dozen pubs in Croydon and Sutton that closed their doors at the start of the first coronavirus lockdown in March 2020 may have called “last orders” for a final time. … Continue reading
Standard performances help choir emerge from lockdown
The rule of six can be a limiting factor, and performances in the open air are the only kind allowed at present, but a couple of Croydon’s best-established choirs are doing their best to resume performances as coronavirus restrictions are … Continue reading
Schooners and horizontal tanks offer lager on industrial scale
POST-LOCKDOWN (NOT QUITE) LOCK-INS: In his never-ending quest for the perfect outdoor pint, or even two-thirds of a pint, KEN TOWL hopped on the tram to prove it is possible to organise a piss-up at two breweries Someone at Anspach … Continue reading
Posted in Anspach and Hobday, Business, Ken Towl, Pubs
Tagged Anspach and Hobday, Ken Towl, Signal Brewery, Therapia Lane
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Masks and casks: good to be back in the open at The Oval
Planning a trip to the pub post-lockdown requires face masks and careful monitoring of the weather forecast, as KEN TOWL discovered yesterday It was snowing when I woke up, but the childish wonder I usually feel when I see snow … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Ken Towl, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon Male Voice Choir, East Croydon, Esther Sutton, The Oval Tavern
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Design a beer mat – and play your part in saving an old pub
One Croydon pub that definitely won’t be opening next week, or any time soon, is The Glamorgan on Cherry Orchard Road. But campaigners want to highlight the building’s plight and win over more support for its eventual reopening as a … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Community associations, Planning, Pubs
Tagged #SavetheGlam, Save The Glamorgan Campaign, The Glamorgan
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Businesses adapt and change to cope with covid rules
Businesses, retailers, pubs, bars and restaurants across Croydon are preparing to emerge from their covid-imposed “slumber” of the past four months – in some cases longer – as coronavirus restrictions are eased from Monday, April 12. But many are having … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ludoquist, Pubs, Restaurants
Tagged Bull's Head, coronavirus, Covid-19, Forbidden Planet, Ludoquist, The Royal Standard
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Oval Tavern flips pancakes into help for the homeless
The team at The Oval Tavern in East Croydon is joining forces with the Green Party to support homeless people in Croydon. They have set up an appeal for food, toiletries, warm clothing and sleeping bags. The donations will be … Continue reading
Government’s £½m boost for borough’s night-time economy
Pubs, clubs, restaurants and leisure businesses are being encouraged by the council to apply for a £10,000 grant to help boost the borough’s night-time economy. But hurry: the money won’t go far. Croydon has received £500,000 from the government under … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Manju Shahul Hameed, Pubs, Restaurants
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, Night-time economy
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Listed Sandrock pub under threat again from ‘hideous’ scheme
A “hideous” development proposal for the site of a locally listed Victorian pub in Shirley which has already been rejected twice is being brought forward to the council’s planning committee again this week, with the planning department recommending that the … Continue reading
Council admits its ‘pub protection policy’ may not work
City Hall has ruled that a developers’ scheme to demolish a previously thriving East Croydon pub and turn the site into (yet another) block of flats does not meet local planning regulations. But Croydon’s own planning department looks ready to … Continue reading
Poet’s postcards of hope for publicans across England
A Croydon poet, Nick Makoha, is supporting publicans across south-east England with a heartwarming poem about pubs. The poem, Botanist, which has been commissioned by Tunbridge Wells-based arts project Inn Crowd, is part of a national campaign called “Winter Warmers”. … Continue reading
Portland Arms pub opens its kitchen for community service
South Norwood reporter JANE NICHOLL on the latest lockdown initiative Community groups in South Norwood this week welcomed a much-needed additional self-help service, when the Portland Arms pub offered its kitchen and food during lockdown to prepare and distribute meals … Continue reading
Council applies emergency brake on New Year parking hike
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports on how Fisher’s Folly officials have been forced into a sudden U-turn over their money-spinning ’emissions-based’ parking charges New car parking charges, due to come into force at council-run car parks and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Joy Prince, Muhammad Ali, New Addington, Parking, Pubs, Purley, Restaurants, Robert Ward, Sean Fitzsimons, Selsdon & Ballards, Shifa Mustafa, Shirley, Thornton Heath, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Emmissions-based parking charges, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Joy Prince, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Muhammad Ali, New Addington, Robert Ward, Sean Fitzsimons, Shifa Mustafa, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
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Alchemy music venue ‘in imminent danger’, says Trust
Alchemy, the Jamaican bar and restaurant on St George’s Walk in the town centre, is in imminent danger of permanent closure because of lost business due to the covid-19 lockdowns, according to the Music Venue Trust. The Music Venue Trust … Continue reading
95p per pint – pubs readying themselves for last orders
Well, there is always some sort of up-side to the lockdown news, and the Green Dragon pub on the High Street, at the top of Surrey Street, is doing a “while stocks last” offer of 95p a pint on its … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Pubs, Restaurants, Surrey Street
Tagged Green Dragon, Surrey Street
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Campaign group prepares to battle for Glamorgan’s future
Pub-lovers in Addiscombe and East Croydon are rolling up their sleeves for another battle over the future of The Glamorgan on Cherry Orchard Road, against developers who have a track record for allowing old pub buildings to fall derelict if … Continue reading
Jobs and livelihoods on a knife-edge says business chief
Purley BID’s CEO has spoken out about the impact that the latest covid-19 restrictions are having on his members’ businesses The move into “High” covid-19 restrictions “has been devastating” for local businesses, according to the official who manages the Purley … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Pubs, Purley, Purley BID, Restaurants
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Purley, Purley BID, Simon Cripps
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