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A Vue to a killing: Grants landlords to blame for cinema closure
The closure this week of the Vue Cinema in Grants in the town centre was down to the building’s new owners’ greed, in ratcheting up the rents for businesses already struggling for survival in Croydon’s run-down high street. That’s according … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Cinema, Grants, Tokia Square, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon High Street, David Lean Cinema, Grants, Grants Centre, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign, Tory, Vue Cinema, Vue Grants, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Perry makes no formal intervention as Mayor over Vue closure
Tory Mayor fails to act over doomed multiplex cinema, as he uses latest blow to ‘evolving’ town centre as an opportunity for a bit of late-term cosplaying. SANDRA STEAD reports Jason Perry, Croydon’s impotent and out-of-touch Mayor, had no idea … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Cinema, Grants, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tokia Square, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Councillor Rowenna Davis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon High Street, Grants, Grants Centre, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, Tory, Vue Cinema, Vue Grants, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Town centre multiplex cinema to close in latest blow for Perry
KEN LEE, Town Hall reporter, on how Croydon’s failed Mayor has been blindsided, again, by another major loss to the High Street The latest hammerblow to Jason Perry’s bogus election claims that he has Croydon “back on track” and that … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Cinema, Grants, Tokia Square, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon High Street, Grants, Grants Centre, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Sarah Jones MP, Tory, Vue Cinema, Vue Grants, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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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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Asian food hall Tokia Square confirms opening date in March
There’s a new dining experience coming to central Croydon next month, when Tokia Square opens for business. Tokia Square is described as “a dynamic food court offering an extraordinary selection of Asian cuisines, from sushi and hotpot to BBQ, Thai … Continue reading
When shopping required a visit to the Harrods of south London
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Hard to imagine today but Croydon once had shops that would see customers flying in from Europe and could provide tea for the Queen. DAVID MORGAN looks back to Grants Departmental Store and the halcyon days of the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon, David Morgan, Grants, Grants Centre, Grants Department Store, Harrods, Queen Elizabeth II
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New all-you-can-eat buffet moving in to the Grants building
JRC Global Buffet is to open a new branch of their all-you-can-eat diners in central Croydon in “mid-2022 in a brand new concept”. The restaurant chain already operates from premises in Valley Park, off the Purley Way. Central Croydon will … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Restaurants, Valley Park
Tagged Grants, JRC Global Buffet
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Tiger turns Turtle on the high street for Caribbean cocktail bar
One year on from the closure of Tiger Tiger in the town centre which prompted Tory boy lager salesmen to predict the demise of Croydon’s night time economy, and after £800,000 has been invested on re-fitting the venue, the site … Continue reading
Tiger Tiger faces extinction as town centre closes down
Tiger Tiger, burning not so bright. The Sadvertiser is reporting that one of Croydon town centre’s principal night clubs is to close this weekend, something which will be regretted only by those under 25 years old who cannot get served … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boxpark, Business, Crime, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Jo Negrini, Policing, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boozepark, Boxpark, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Grants, Labour, Tiger Tiger
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