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Tag Archives: JD Wetherspoons
Coombe Lodge open at last, but it doesn’t seem quite finished
EXCLUSIVE: After a three-month closure for a £1m refurbishment, what is it like in the first Wetherspoons pub to open in Croydon for 25 years? KEN TOWL went to find out They reckon that last year, across the country, around … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ken Towl, Lloyd Park, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, South Croydon
Tagged Beefeater, Brexit, Coombe Lodge, Frank Lloyd, JD Wetherspoons, Lloyd Park, Premier Inn, South Croydon, Wetherspoons, Whitbread
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Further 48-hour delay for opening of ‘Spoons at Coombe Lodge
After a £1m refurbishment, Wetherspoons’ first new pub to open in Croydon since 2000 will create 80 jobs The first new Wetherspoons pub to open in Croydon for 25 years has been delayed by a further 48 hours, with Coombe … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, South Croydon
Tagged Beefeater, Brexit, Coombe Lodge, Frank Lloyd, JD Wetherspoons, Lloyd Park, Premier Inn, South Croydon, Wetherspoons, Whitbread
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‘Spoons to move in at Coombe Lodge in time for Christmas
Might ‘Spoons being going up-market? Wetherspoons, the old-school, cheap beer and regular curry nights pub chain, has announced that it will be re-opening Coombe Lodge as their latest Croydon pub, and all just in time for Christmas. The Grade II-listed … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, South Croydon
Tagged Beefeater, Coombe Lodge, Frank Lloyd, JD Wetherspoons, Lloyd Park, Premier Inn, South Croydon, Wetherspoons, Whitbread
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Wetherspoon’s Purley pub set to cease trading next month
The Foxley Hatch in Purley, one of the last remaining Wetherspoon pubs in Croydon, will have its last day of trading on Sunday, December 3, the company has confirmed to Inside Croydon. The Foxley Hatch was put up for sale … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, Purley
Tagged Foxley Hatch, JD Wetherspoons, Norbury, Purley, Selsdon, Sir Julian Huxley, The George, The Moon Under Water, The Skylark, Tim Martin
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Six years after they closed it, ‘Spoons’ to sell Grape and Grain
The “Brexit dividend” is really not paying off for Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin, with another landmark pub put up for sale. Probably worse for the area generally is the potentially permanent loss of one of south London’s most popular live … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Property, Pubs
Tagged Crystal Palace, Grape and Grain, JD Wetherspoons, Tim Martin, Wetherspoons
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Wetherspoons confirm closure of Purley pub as Brexit bites
The Foxley Hatch in Purley is to close by the end of October, one of 32 Wetherspoons pubs put up for sale across the country. The Foxley Hatch will be the third Wetherspoons in Croydon to close this year, following … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, Purley
Tagged Brexit, Foxley Hatch, JD Wetherspoons, Purley, The Skylark, Tim Martin
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Wetherspoons confirm imminent closure of second busy pub
After a month of issuing “no comments” on its future, Wetherspoons have confirmed that they are to close the popular Skylark pub on South End. The move has been described as “a huge loss for the area”. The decision comes … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, South Croydon
Tagged CAMRA, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, JD Wetherspoons, South Croydon, South End, The Skylark, Tim Martin
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Pay Your Staff: Disgusted locals send Spoons a message
No one would be foolish enough to suggest that Wetherspoons’ climbdown yesterday over paying their workers was prompted by it, but some people in Crystal Palace made what they think of the odious Tim Martin plain on Tuesday night as … Continue reading
Wetherspoons boss’s Croydon no-show on his Brexit pub crawl
Tim Martin, the boss of the JD Wetherspoons pub chain, failed to turn up for his own Brexit talk at one of his pubs in Croydon this afternoon. Martin, the founder and chairman of the cut-price pub chain, was due … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Fairfield, Pubs, South Croydon
Tagged Fairfield, JD Wetherspoons, South Croydon, South End, The Skylark, Tim Martin
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