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Tag Archives: pubs
Brakspear seeks tenant for Greenwich Village bar in The Cronx
Brakspear, the pubco based in Henley, say that they want to bring a touch of New York’s trendy Greenwich Village to a busy road in The Cronx. Brakspear has started its recruitment process for tenants or leasees to run The … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, South Croydon
Tagged Brakspear, CAMRA, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, pubs, South Croydon, South End, The Store, The Tree House, Whelans
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Brakspear brewers set to move in to former pub The Store
Brakspear, the traditional brewers and country inn operators, are taking charge of a closed pub in Croydon. Henley-based Brakspear, who trace their company’s history back to 1769, are the freeholders of The Store, on South End, which closed in October … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, South Croydon
Tagged Brakspear, CAMRA, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, pubs, South Croydon, South End, The Store, The Tree House, Whelans
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Sky-high prices force pubs to pull plug on televised football
Pub managers, landlords and landladies across Croydon have been forced to do some hurried new sums, as they face bills of £30,000 per year for a licence to show Premier League football on their bars’ televisions using Sky Sports. And … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Football, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, Football, Premier League, pubs, Sky Sports, Sky TV, The Builders Arms, The Spread Eagle, Whelans
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The Crown, Shirley, re-opens after ‘extensive’ three-week refurb
The Crown pub, just off the A232 in Shirley, has re-opened following what the owners describe as “an extensive” three-week refurb. The Crown, owned by Ember Inns, is on Wickham Road, and now offers customers “a fresher, modern design”. The … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Pubs, Shirley North, Shirley South
Tagged Croydon, Ember Inns, pubs, Shirley, The Crown, Wickham Road
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Prizes in Porter and Sorter’s new quiz are far from Trivial
Pubs in and around Croydon are offering prizes worth up to £10,000 cash, holidays, concert tickets and instant win food and drink in a special Trivial Pursuit-themed game. Marston’s “Win A Wedge” gives locals the chance to win thousands of … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Business, East Croydon, Pubs
Tagged Caterham, Croydon, Marston's, Porter and Sorter, pubs, Sutton, The Ship, Trivial Pursuit
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The sorry 25-year chronology of a once great Addiscombe pub
LESLIE ARMS TIMELINE Since 2020, the owner of the Grade II-listed Leslie Arms on Lower Addiscombe Road has submitted 13 separate planning applications for the building – 14 if you include his 2009 appeal against a refusal of a planning … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, History, Housing, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Anwar Ansari, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dr Anwar Ansari, Leslie Arms, Planning, pubs, Upper Addiscombe Road
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(Pub)lic House film screenings, plus music, Aug 3 and 18
Posted in Activities, Art, Cinema, Music, Pubs, Turf Projects
Tagged Phoebe Wagner, Public house, pubs
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End of an era but Kenley’s Wattenden Arms is given a reprieve
The historic Battle of Britain pub, the Wattenden Arms in Kenley, has been given a reprieve. In April, Inside Croydon reported how the pub’s owners, Stonegate, were seeking a new tenant to manage the premises on a five-year lease with … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Kenley, Pubs
Tagged Battle of Britain, Croydon, Kenley, pubs, RAF Kenley, Stonegate Pubs, Wattenden Arms
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Pub trade under strain as Wattenden Arms seeks new manager
Historic Battle of Britain boozer under threat as its owners struggle to deal with business debts built up over covid deals There are justifiable concerns for the future of the Wattenden Arms on Old Lodge Lane, another old Croydon pub … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Kenley, Pubs
Tagged Battle of Britain, Croydon, Kenley, pubs, RAF Kenley, Stonegate Pubs, Wattenden Arms
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The Glam’s not just a pub: it’s heritage, it’s community, it’s IPA
Tomorrow, at The Cricketers on Addiscombe Road, there’s a day-and-night-long ‘lock-in’ from 4pm to midnight, called ‘(Pub)lic House’, to celebrate Croydon pub culture, that will include music, workshops and a film screening led by PHOEBE WAGNER and her father, ROGER … Continue reading
The Carshalton ‘Pub Crawl’ talk, Honeywood Museum, Apr 25
Posted in Activities, History, Honeywood Museum, Pubs
Tagged CAMRA, Carshalton, Friends of Honeywood Museum, History, Honeywood Museum, pubs
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New PM Truss’s first big crisis: a Christmas beer shortage
A strike by lorry drivers and draymen over job cuts could see Croydon’s pubs run out of beer for the football World Cup in December and Christmas. That’s the warning from union Unite, after their members working for GXO Logistics … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, London-wide issues, Pubs, Restaurants
Tagged Beddington Lane, Croydon, GXO Logistics, pubs, Unite the Union
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Pub gardeners’ question time: Builders has others in the shade
Just where is the best beer garden to go in post-lockdown Croydon for a socially distanced, covid-safe drink with old mates? KEN TOWL, pictured right in his best new normal going-out gear, needed no second invitation to try a few … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, East Croydon, Ken Towl, Pubs
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Ken Towl, pubs
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Croham loses its View, as pubs face 43% business rate hike
And there goes another one. The View pub, on the Selsdon Road, what was once called the Railway View, because it has a view of, well… has called last orders for a final time, the business crushed by the changing … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Joy Prince, Planning, Pubs, South Croydon
Tagged Addiscombe West, pubs, South Croydon, The Swan and Sugarloaf, The View, Whitgift Foundation
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Croydon’s dirty two dozen food outlets worst in outer London
Croydon has more restaurants and takeaways with zero-star hygiene ratings than any other outer London borough. According to a report by ITV, there’s a dirty two dozen Croydon eateries which have scored a blank with the Food Standards Agency. Neighbouring … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coulsdon, Health, Pubs, Restaurants, Thornton Heath
Tagged Coulsdon, Fairfield, Food Standards Agency, pubs, restaurants, Takeaways, Thornton Heath
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Norbury pub scheme blocked by Town Hall planning officials
Local resident PAUL ORGANE wants to know why Croydon Council has blocked the creation of a community hub I use Norbury daily, for the railway station to get to work, the bank, the park and the post office. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Norbury, Planning, Property, Pubs, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon North, Maggie Mansell, Norbury, Planning, pubs, Steve Reed OBE
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Bruce Springsteen Night at The Oval Tavern, Oct 17
Posted in Music, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe West, Bruce Springsteen, East Croydon station, pubs, The Oval Tavern
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South End Fringe music festival, South Croydon, Jul 23-26
Posted in Music, Pubs, Restaurants
Tagged pubs, restaurants, South Croydon, South End, South End Fringe
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Council planners powerless to halt bookies or pub closures
Among the many deceits of the last government was its supposed policy of “localism”. Under Conservative communities minister “Big Eric” Pickles, it was nothing of the sort. Local councils have been stripped of so many of their powers over the … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Planning, Property, Pubs, Refuse collection, Schools, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
Tagged bookmakers, Conservative, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Planning, pubs, South Norwood, The Ship, Thornton Heath, Tory
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Croydon Comedy Festival, Oval Tavern, May 24 and 31
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Comedy, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe West, Croydon Comedy Festival, East Croydon station, pubs, The Oval Tavern
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Mississippi MacDonald at The Oval Tavern, Apr 25
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Music, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe West, East Croydon station, Music, pubs, The Oval Tavern
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Where there’s life there’s Hope in Carshalton’s best pub
Out and about in Carshalton? ANDREW LENG suggests a visit to the area’s co-operative, community-run pub, rated among the best in the whole of England My only previous visit to this part of leafy Surrey was to see Carshalton Athletic … Continue reading
