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Cockneys offers a real taste of soon-to-be-lost London tradition

Today sees another pie and mash shop bring down its shutters for a last time – Manze’s, of all people, in Deptford, of all places. Here in Croydon, though, Cockneys is good for a few years yet, as KEN TOWL … Continue reading

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Frith Road pie shop that’s keeping cockney tradition alive

There’s an obvious anachronism in one of Croydon’s longest established and most-loved restaurants. Cockneys of Croydon clearly defies all sound wave science by being well out of the range of Bow Bells, the traditional definition of a proper cocker-er-nee. But … Continue reading

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