Tag Archives: Blade Runner

Giffgaff uses Croydon as setting for their Blade Runner-style ad

Posted on April 17, 2023 by insidecroydon

Mobile phone provider Giffgaff’s latest television ad campaign, launched last Friday, portrays Croydon as a dystopian hell hole populated by louts and beset by antisocial conduct in rubbish-strewn, semi-derelict streets. The campaign – called Ode to Bad – seeks to … Continue reading →

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Rooney named as shooting witness in Pistorius murder trial

Posted on March 7, 2014 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s Olympic sprinter Martyn Rooney was with Oscar Pistorius and two other dinner guests in a restaurant when the “Blade Runner” is alleged to have fired a pistol, a court in Pretoria heard this week during the South African Paralympian’s … Continue reading →

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