Tag Archives: Fullers Brewery

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

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Mystery as Fuller’s exit three Croydon pubs in unseemly hurry

In the second part of his review of the hospitality trade in the borough (yes, dear reader, we sent him on a month-long pub crawl), KEN TOWL explores the reasons for one of London’s biggest and best-loved brewers’ sudden departure … Continue reading

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Fuller’s close their doors at The Spreadeagle for a quick change

The Spreadeagle, one of the town centre’s biggest and busiest pubs, closed its doors as a Fuller’s-run establishment for the final time last night. The pub, in a prime location on Katharine Street next to the Town Hall and Central … Continue reading

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Going down the pub to make drama out of an arts crisis

Next door to the Town Hall, where the David Lean Cinema has been dark for two years and where the status of the town’s museum is under threat, the arts in Croydon are about to get a boost. TIM HODGSON, … Continue reading

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