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Tag Archives: 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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Shhhh! Purley pub is open again. Just don’t tell anyone…
Loyal reader CHRIS MYERS took a stroll with some old mates, and while someone else got the beers in, he checked out the changes at the former ‘Spoons pub the Foxley Hatch (plot spoiler: there’s hardly any) “Meet the new … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Pubs, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown
Tagged Brexit, Chris Myers, Foxley Hatch, Purley, Tim Martin, Wetherspoons
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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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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 pub forced to have ‘deep clean’ after staff illness
One of Croydon’s biggest pubs, the Skylark on South End, has been forced to close for 48 hours to undergo an urgent “deep clean” following an outbreak of illness among its staff. The Wetherspoons pub was supposed to host a … Continue reading
Wetherspoons buy pub next to Whitgift Centre in £4m deal
The public house on George Street which has pictures on its wall depicting Croydon “Corruption” and “Regeneration” has been subject to a multi-million-pound property deal, potentially to take advantage of an uplift in real estate values because of the council’s … Continue reading
Posted in Business, CPO, History, Property, Pubs, Whitgift Centre
Tagged George Street, Hammersfield, Hammerson, The George pub, Westfield, Wetherspoons, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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