Callie
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Then why aren't you dead yet???
Tell me about East Croydon
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Then why aren't you dead yet???
Totally, but when you live in an adjacent borough which is substantially worse in terms of having what you need to just do things (admittedly you are apparently less likely to get shot though), Croydon seems positively well off (or otherwise it's a case of travelling to Kingston through the hole that is Merton). Incidentally I will be going shopping there today or tomorrow if anyone wishes to watch......
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
Not all of Croydon is a shithole.
Just for the record, like
Just for the record, like
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
I don't live in a posh bit, but I live in a perfectly nice bit where there are no nasty big shopping centres, and you can't see any skyscrapers, and there are no noisy clubs full of drunken teenagers.
So, all for the win, I reckon
So, all for the win, I reckon
I live in Addiscombe/East Croydon
Dead handy for transport - a train every couple of minutes whisking you to Ldn Bridge or Vic in under 20 minutes in the morning is awesome.
Some decent friendly pubs on my side of Croydon - well three in 10 minutes walk of my flat - The Builders Arms, The Oval Tavern and The Glamorgan
Addiscombe High Street has a proper good Butchers, Greengrocers, Bakers and Fishmongers (which someone on here recommended me as it goes, i forget who) in amongst a sea of shops selling household bits and bobs.
Lloyd Park is really lovely, big and with some nice meadows and stuff.
The little park with the water tower near E Croydon station is nice as well.
I rarely go in to Central Croydon if i am honest - unless i want to buy some clothes or a rare foray to see The Big Beer Band on a Monday at the Old Brief. Croydon did used to have a cracking music scene in the 90s but a lot of venues seem to have gone.
Some nice places to eat as you go out to South Croydon.
I am looking forward to moving back out of Croydon though but I will miss it a bit
Dead handy for transport - a train every couple of minutes whisking you to Ldn Bridge or Vic in under 20 minutes in the morning is awesome.
Some decent friendly pubs on my side of Croydon - well three in 10 minutes walk of my flat - The Builders Arms, The Oval Tavern and The Glamorgan
Addiscombe High Street has a proper good Butchers, Greengrocers, Bakers and Fishmongers (which someone on here recommended me as it goes, i forget who) in amongst a sea of shops selling household bits and bobs.
Lloyd Park is really lovely, big and with some nice meadows and stuff.
The little park with the water tower near E Croydon station is nice as well.
I rarely go in to Central Croydon if i am honest - unless i want to buy some clothes or a rare foray to see The Big Beer Band on a Monday at the Old Brief. Croydon did used to have a cracking music scene in the 90s but a lot of venues seem to have gone.
Some nice places to eat as you go out to South Croydon.
I am looking forward to moving back out of Croydon though but I will miss it a bit
*waves*
I don't know why people think Croydon is a dump, to be honest. Central Croydon really does almost feel like a city in it's own right. Excellent transport links, considering distance from centre of town, loads of stuff to do and see. I don't really like the way that, if you move out of the central urbanised area, you are immediately in some of the blandest, most unattractive suburbs in London (e.g. Thornton Heath). If I lived in Croydon I'd stay in the centre.
Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
'tis true.It's effectively a city in its own right. You could live work and play in its environs all your life and never go into london. Many do
Croydon has zero sense of style, a terrific library, community cinema and sports centres. Plus two ace shopping centres, some OK pubs, and no decent restaurants.
Perfect for croydonians, in other words
Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
Leafster
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Surely you can find a restraurant you like on the Brighton Road. There are tons of them!
there is a good Dhosa place up in West Croydon as well, forget the name of it now but it's up London Road.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
I used to travel to East Croydon from Wales a lot.
Was fairly easy to get to by train. Could be a right pain if the M25 was up the creek.
It had most of what you need for a urban area. I found the peeps friendly enough. Had a good old chinwag with loads of people outside the Reflex bar whilst having a smoke.
When asked why i was in Croydon the answer that i was dating a Croydon girl didn't get the response "oi lads he's dating one of our women, stab him!". Which on my scale of rough equals not rough at all.
In Ely Cardiff guys have been stabbed for dating girls from Ely and not being from Ely themselves. Thats what I consider rough.
Was fairly easy to get to by train. Could be a right pain if the M25 was up the creek.
It had most of what you need for a urban area. I found the peeps friendly enough. Had a good old chinwag with loads of people outside the Reflex bar whilst having a smoke.
When asked why i was in Croydon the answer that i was dating a Croydon girl didn't get the response "oi lads he's dating one of our women, stab him!". Which on my scale of rough equals not rough at all.
In Ely Cardiff guys have been stabbed for dating girls from Ely and not being from Ely themselves. Thats what I consider rough.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
There is a stunning indian called The Kyber. I heartily recommend it.
Why dont you get off the train and have a walk around next time you're passing through - nothing better than finding out for yourself!
cheeky feck!
perfectly nice place to live in fornt'neaf
LOL
Sorry Streathamite, I get instantly depressed walking around those back end of nowhere streets.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
It's a great place to live. It's clean and tidy and in many ways crime free. Too many police and civil enforcement officers though, plus an obsession with making the place safe for shoppers make it a scary place for beggars and junkies and the like.
It's a great place to live. It's clean and tidy and in many ways crime free. Too many police and civil enforcement officers though, plus an obsession with making the place safe for shoppers make it a scary place for beggars and junkies and the like.
i see civil enforcement officers with dogs after work some days at E Croydon station.
i had no idea they were allowed dogs.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
They are obsessed with stopping and searching young black lads.
A slice of Croydon night-life makes its way onto the London Sound Survey website, courtesy of sound recordist Dave Pape:
http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmapsnight/more/136/36/
http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmapsnight/more/136/36/
London Sound Survey said:
TopCat
Putin fanboy
A slice of Croydon night-life makes its way onto the London Sound Survey website, courtesy of sound recordist Dave Pape:
http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmapsnight/more/136/36/
It is a bit noisy if you live in the centre as I do.
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