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Oval Tavern’s Sutton to take on little pub under the Flyover
Esther Sutton, one of Croydon’s most respected business-owners, will next week be taking the keys to The Royal Standard pub, one of Croydon’s hidden gems and which boasts the “most Croydon of beer gardens”. “The Standard will still be The … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Admiral Taverns, Croydon, Croydon Flyover, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Fuller's, The Oval Tavern, The Royal Standard
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Rollo Markee and The Tailshakers, The Oval Tavern, Apr 20
Posted in Addiscombe West, Music, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Blues at The Oval, Rollo Markee and The Tailshakers, The Oval Tavern
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Antic demise claims another high street pub in South Norwood
Another Croydon pub has closed, with no obvious signs at this stage that another hospitality company or brewery will step in to re-open the Shelverdine Goathouse on South Norwood High Street. The Shelverdine was one of almost 50 pubs and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Pubs, South Norwood
Tagged Antic Pubs, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, London, Shelverdine Goathouse, South Norwood
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Martin McNeil and Franca Shaw, Blues at The Oval, Mar 30
Posted in Addiscombe West, Music, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Blues at The Oval, Martin McNeil and Franca Shaw, The Oval Tavern
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Long-closed Earl of Eldon pub is replaced by Portuguese deli
A long-boarded-up site on Brighton Road in South Croydon has opened for business this week – as Sabores da Terra, a “traditional Portuguese coffee shop and deli”. The Earl of Eldon pub, once a Greene King boozer, closed in 2018, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, South Croydon
Tagged Brighton Road, Earl of Eldon, Sabores da Terra, South Croydon
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Pub under the Flyover gets a shock as manager opts to move
Locals at the back-street, town centre pub, the Royal Standard, have been sent reeling, and not by an especially strong barrel of Harvey’s, but by the news that the landlord and her team are leaving the pub under the Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Fairfield, Property, Pubs, South Croydon
Tagged Admiral Taverns, Croydon Flyover, Fuller's, Fullers Brewery, London, South Croydon, The Royal Standard
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King Size Slim, free concert, The Oval Tavern, Feb 23
Posted in Music, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Blues at The Oval, East Croydon, King Size Slim, The Oval Tavern
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Sutton’s £2.3m heritage buildings sale to owner of derelict pub
INSIDE SUTTON: Confidential documents show that the council has done a property deal for two of the borough’s historic buildings with an offshore company linked to the developer responsible for the long-neglected Fox and Hounds pub on Carshalton High Street. … Continue reading
Posted in Carshalton and Wallington, Community associations, Elliot Colburn, History, Planning, Property, Pubs, Sutton Council
Tagged AJH Property Developments Ltd, Andrew Hussey, Carshalton, Carshalton and Wallington, Carshalton Old Rectory, Carshalton Old Rectory Association, Cryer Theatre, Nelson Insurance Company Ltd, Rodger Molyneux, Russettings, Sutton, Sutton Council, The Carshalton Society, The Fox and Hounds
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Brewery’s record revenues can’t stop Two Brewers’ closure
One much-loved Croydon boozer has closed its doors, while the borough’s oldest pub is promising cheaper prices The Two Brewers pub on Gloucester Road closed on Sunday for the final time, its owners, brewers Shepherd Neame, reportedly having sold the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, Selhurst
Tagged Bishop's Finger, Dog and Bull, Gloucester Road, Selhurst, Selhurst Park, Shepherd Neame, Spitfire, Surrey Street, Two Brewers
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Florence Joelle, Blues at The Oval, Addiscombe, Feb 2
Posted in Addiscombe West, Music, Pubs
Tagged Blues at The Oval, Florence Joelle, The Oval, The Oval Tavern
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Plans announced for ‘community centre’ in former Norbury pub
New owners of The Norbury, the big old boozer on London Road that closed its doors nearly five years ago, have put forward a set of proposals for public consultation to refurbish the building as a community centre, to be … Continue reading
Jimmy Regal and The Royals, The Oval Tavern, Jan 19
Posted in Music, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Blues at The Oval, Jimmy Regal and The Royals, The Oval Tavern
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Addiscombe’s Grade II-listed Victorian pub ‘at immediate risk’
New Year, new “at risk” status for the Leslie Arms, the Grade II-listed Victorian pub building on Lower Addiscombe Road, but with no prospect of a satisfactory resolution in sight. As we enter 2025, it will be more than two … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Art, Business, History, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Anwar Ansari, Historic England, Leslie Arms, The Victorian Society
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Chad Strentz and the Chad-illacs, The Oval Tavern, Dec 29
Posted in Music, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Blues at The Oval, East Croydon, The Oval Tavern
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Cancer charity receives £3,500 from pub’s raffle and quiz
The Crown and Sceptre pub in South Croydon raised an impressive £3,585 for the South East Cancer Help Centre by hosting a hugely successful charity quiz night. The evening saw locals come together in a fantastic display of generosity and … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Pubs, South East Cancer Help Centre
Tagged Crown and Sceptre, Purley, South Croydon, South East Cancer Help Centre
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Tidy’s Blues Sandwich, The Oval Tavern Addiscombe, Dec 22
Posted in Addiscombe West, Music, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Blues at The Oval, The Oval Tavern
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More Christmas cheers: December music at The Oval Tavern
Posted in Art, Croydon School of Art, Music, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Christmas, Croydon, The Oval Tavern
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Historic Glamorgan pub’s threat of demolition from developers
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Time is running out to try to save a Victorian era pub building for community use continues, as JERRY FITZPATRICK, a former Addiscombe councillor, explains Campaigners determined to save a historic pub in Cherry Orchard Road have come … Continue reading
Discover which local pubs want you to take away their glasses
In a nod to the customers who have taken pub glasses home with them without permission, a major pub company is now encouraging it, as 1,000 pubs across the country will serve drinks in limited-edition commemorative glasses for this year’s … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, East Croydon, Pubs
Tagged Caterham, East Croydon station, Marston's, Poppy Appeal, Porter and Sorter, Royal British Legion, Sutton, The Ship
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Brewer’s business empire that flowed with the River Wandle
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: After having delved deep into Croydon Minster’s archive, DAVID MORGAN goes on a bit of a pub crawl in search of one of Victorian Croydon’s biggest business moguls River pollution is much in the news, with sewage and … Continue reading
Blues at The Oval: Guy Tortora this Sunday, Sep 29
Posted in Art, Music, Pubs
Tagged Blues at The Oval, Croydon, Guy Tortora, The Oval Tavern
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Croydon’s Super Size Me quest for town centre’s best burger
Croydon’s answer to Morgan Spurlock, KEN TOWL, last week set off to discover where the best burgers are to be found in the town. His harrowing account is a testimony to fortitude and a strong stomach Last month, Inside Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ken Towl, Pubs, Restaurants, South Croydon, Wendy's, Whelans
Tagged Burgers, Croydon, East Croydon, fast food, Five Guys, George Street, Ken Towl, McDonald's, South Croydon, South End, Takeaways, Wellesley Road, Wendy's, Whelans
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