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Learn to waltz and tango at Dance Delight lessons and classes
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Free beer! Market Tavern to celebrate 10 years of Craft Union
A pub company is celebrating its 10th anniversary tomorrow where the drinks will be on them – for a limited period, terms and conditions apply, etc and so forth… On Wednesday, May 14, Craft Union is giving away 10,000 free … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Pubs, Surrey Street
Tagged Bromley, Craft Union, Market Tavern, Surrey Street, Sutton, Wallington
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Changing times, and quieter nights, for Croydon’s oldest pub
Our dogged culture correspondent KEN TOWL spent the night, and nearly six quid a pint, checking out the refurbed Dog and Bull, with its ‘banging’ tunes, new high security and its not-so-new beer garden. Photos: SHIRLEY BIGGIN-HILL When a dog … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Ken Towl, Pubs, Surrey Street
Tagged CAMRA, Dog and Bull, Laine, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, The Dog and Bull
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Surrey Street trader wins civic award for his community work
Jose Joseph, the Surrey Street stall-holder who provides hot meals for the homeless in Croydon town centre every week, has been recognised for his efforts in the community with a special certificate at this week’s Civic Mayor Awards ceremony at … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon Business Association, Croydon Council, Jose Joseph, Surrey Street
Tagged Civic Mayor of Croydon, Civic Mayor's Awards, Cllr Kola Agboola, Council website, Croydon, Croydon Council, Digital first, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market
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No one told us about 3am openings say Surrey Street residents
New owners of The Dog and Bull market pub have yet to submit a licensing application to stay open into the early hours every night. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Residents living in flats near Croydon’s oldest pub, The Dog and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Laine pubco, Pubs, Surrey Street
Tagged Butcher's Row, CAMRA, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, Dog and Bull, Laine, Punch Pubs, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, The Dog and Bull
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Dog and Bull pub’s new owners accused of ‘cultural vandalism’
There’s a growing row down Surrey Street, where the centuries-old market pub, a Grade II-listed building, has yet to submit a licensing application for planned raves in the beer garden until 3 in the morning. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The … Continue reading
What a load of old Bull! Chain to rename Croydon’s oldest pub
EXCLUSIVE: The new owners of The Dog and Bull on Surrey Street are installing new sound systems for DJ sessions in the beer garden of the Grade II-listed building, as £125,000 refurb works over-run Surrey Street Market shoppers and pub … Continue reading
Police search continues for third man at Surrey Street killing
A £10,000 reward is on offer for information that leads to the conviction of Jordan Vincent, after two of the killers of Rijkaard Siafa are handed life sentences for murder Two of the three men accused of the vicious murder … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing, Surrey Street
Tagged Croydon, David Walcott, Drug gangs, Fellmongers Yard, Guinness, knife crime, Machete murder, Metropolitan Police, murder, Norbury, Rammon Mali, Rijkaard Salu Siafa, Rijkaard Siafa, spread eagle, Streatham, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, youth knife crime
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They stabbed Siafa 13 times and then strolled off to the pub
Late on a sunny April afternoon last year, David Walcott and Rammon Mali, together with a third man, strolled down Surrey Street, still busy at the end of the market day, then crossed Croydon High Street and popped into the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing, Surrey Street
Tagged Croydon, David Walcott, Drug gangs, Fellmongers Yard, Guinness, knife crime, Machete murder, Metropolitan Police, murder, Norbury, Rammon Mali, Rijkaard Salu Siafa, Rijkaard Siafa, spread eagle, Streatham, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, youth knife crime
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Brewery’s record revenues can’t stop Two Brewers’ closure
One much-loved Croydon boozer has closed its doors, while the borough’s oldest pub is promising cheaper prices The Two Brewers pub on Gloucester Road closed on Sunday for the final time, its owners, brewers Shepherd Neame, reportedly having sold the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, Selhurst
Tagged Bishop's Finger, Dog and Bull, Gloucester Road, Selhurst, Selhurst Park, Shepherd Neame, Spitfire, Surrey Street, Two Brewers
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In-depth and informed: our podcast questions the councillor
Just how does Croydon’s cash-strapped council function? Is Westfield deliberately driving traders out of the Whitgift Centre? Why won’t Mayor Perry allow some councillors to speak at council meetings? Which Newman Numpty is today the chair of a key council … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Cockneys of Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Fairfield, Inside Croydon, Katherine Kerswell, Ken Towl, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Surrey Street, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Cockneys of Croydon, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Katherine Kerswell, Ken Towl, Lee Townsend, Mayor Jason Perry, Oumesh Sauba, Ria Patel, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, The Croydon Insider, The Green Party, Tory, Under The Flyover, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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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
Posted in Business, Cockneys of Croydon, Ken Towl, Surrey Street
Tagged Cockneys of Croydon, Croydon, Frith Road, Jellied eels, Ken Towl, Pie and Mash, Surrey Street
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£10,000 reward to catch man wanted for Surrey Street murder
Scotland Yard has tonight announced that there is a reward of up to £10,000 on offer for information that helps trace Jordan Vincent, wanted for the Surrey Street murder of Rijkaard Saifa. Saifa was attacked and died in Fellmongers Yard, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Surrey Street
Tagged Croydon, Fellmongers Yard, Jordan Vincent, knife crime, Metropolitan Police, Rijkaard Saifa, Surrey Street
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Surrey Street’s Pightling holds unique place in WWI memorials
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: As we approach Remembrance Day next month, DAVID MORGAN outlines details of the life of one of the names on Croydon Minster’s Roll of Honour For the casual visitor, the list of names of soldiers on the Roll … Continue reading
Police in manhunt for third suspect in Fellmongers Yard murder
The police have today issued an appeal for information to track down Jordan Vincent, in connection to the murder off Surrey Street in April this year of 22-year-old Rijkaard Siafa. As Inside Croydon first reported, Siafa died in Fellmongers Yard, … Continue reading
Brewer’s business empire that flowed with the River Wandle
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: After having delved deep into Croydon Minster’s archive, DAVID MORGAN goes on a bit of a pub crawl in search of one of Victorian Croydon’s biggest business moguls River pollution is much in the news, with sewage and … Continue reading
READER OFFER: 15% off orders at Maeme’s Piri Piri Grill
Maeme’s Piri Piri Grill on Frith Road in Croydon town centre is offering a 15% discount on all orders placed by Inside Croydon readers during October. Your money-saving orders can be placed online with the restaurant directly or in-person. Maeme’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Church Street, Frith Road, Maemes Piri Piri, Surrey Street
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Another stabbing on Church Street, police make two arrests
This is Croydon 2024. A Church Street shopkeeper was stabbed this morning, as two boys robbed his store. The boys have been described by an eye-witness as being as young as 13 to 15 years old. It took police officers … Continue reading
‘Scared’ Surrey Street market traders in calls for more police
Home Office funding for extra policing in Croydon town centre finishes at the end of April, and there’s no plans to increase officer presence on Surrey Street. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Metropolitan Police will not provide undertakings that they … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Jose Joseph, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing, Surrey Street
Tagged Jose Joseph, Metropolitan Police, Mitch Carr, Rijkaard Siafa, Superintendent Mitch Carr, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market, Surrey Street Murder
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34-year-old appears in court charged with Surrey Street murder
A man has been charged with the murder of Rijkaard Siafa on Surrey Street last week. David Walcott was charged with murder yesterday and was due to appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court. Walcott, 34, is from Turle Road, Norbury. He … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Surrey Street
Tagged David Walcott, Drug gangs, knife crime, Metropolitan Police, murder, Rijkaard Siafa, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Murder
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Lambeth man arrested in connection with Surrey Street murder
Detectives investigating the murder of 22-year-old Rijkaard Siafa in Croydon last Friday have today made a second arrest. A 34-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of this morning at an address in Lambeth on suspicion of murder, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Drug gangs, knife crime, Metropolitan Police, murder, Rijkaard Siafa, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Murder
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Police name Surrey Street murder victim as Rijkaard Siafa
The Metropolitan Police has named the victim of Friday’s murder on Surrey Street as 22-year-old Rijkaard Salu Siafa, from Croydon. Officers continue to support Rijkaard’s family. A 20-year-old man who was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder remains … Continue reading
