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Tag Archives: Surrey Street Market
Street market licences fall by 87% after council ‘improvements’
The number of casual licences issued to stall-holders to trade on Surrey Street Market has fallen by 87 per cent since one of council leader Tony Newman’s closest colleagues at the Town Hall shut down the ancient market to squander … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Mark Watson, Surrey Street, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon Council, Labour, Mark Watson, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, Tony Newman
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Hipsterdom is alive and thriving at £8 per pint in Surrey Street
Go on a pub crawl, said the editor. Find the dark heart of hipster wankerdom in Croydon, where beer is overpriced and the sandwiches chewy and taste odd, he said. Play ping pong, or shuffleboard, came the brief. As you … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ken Towl, Pubs, Restaurants, Surrey Street
Tagged Croydon, Ken Towl, London, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market
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Developers get green light for 60 flats on Matthew’s Yard
Developers have been give the green light to demolish Matthew’s Yard off Surrey Street, and to develop a multi-use building including 60 flats – 18 of which will be “affordable” – and a purpose-built arts and music venue. A unanimous … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Hoodoos, Housing, Planning, Surrey Street
Tagged Hoodoos, Matthews Yard, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market
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Street art on Surrey Street can’t fill the gap in the market
Armed with his re-usable canvas bag, KEN TOWL strolled down Croydon’s ancient street market to pick up a bargain and find out how the traders are getting along, more than a year after its £1.1million makeover It is a truth … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ken Towl, Surrey Street
Tagged Croydon Council, Ken Towl, London Borough of Croydon, Mark Watson, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market
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Londonist website accuses Croydon of being boring… in 1896
Londonist.com, which often takes a sideways glance at matters in and around the capital, has clearly enjoyed the produce of Surrey Street Market, or its ancient public house, the Dog and Bull, a little too much… Someone at the website … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fairfield, History
Tagged Croydon High Street, Frederick Edridge, Londonist, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market
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Council’s figures show traders in exodus from Surrey Street
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE has been doing some digging into how a £1.2m ‘improvement’ scheme has driven away businesses from the town’s historic street market The legacy of Mark Watson’s £1.2million, council-funded artwashing and gentrification of Surrey Street is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Mark Watson, Surrey Street
Tagged Mark Watson, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market
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