Hatch Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 I'm visiting the place this weekend, Surprise birthday party for a friend. Is there anything to do there or will I be slitting my wrists within 2 hours of arrival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scudamore Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 You could get beaten up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 Best thing to do is leave... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draino76 Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 There is a club, near the Nestle tower where you could land a teenage tart. HTH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 Apparently 'Croydon has something for everyone'. http://www.croydononline.org/visiting_croydon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_mears Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 Awful dump full of chavs and black gangsters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 Go Home ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 IKEA..? Can't miss the Twin Towers, sorry, Chimneys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummer Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 You could go and watch Crystal Palace v Boro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equalizer Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 If you're a fan of the Channel Four comedy Peep Show, you could look out for some of the filming locations as most of it is filmed in them parts! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 that road Ikea is on is (was if its been improved) a nightmare on Saturdays. Dont miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungle Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 Go to pub and watch: Paulton v Norwich England v Australia (rugby union) England v New Zealand (rugby league) Valuev v Haye Breeders Cup Classic By the time you have drunk through those 5 events, you won't have any idea where you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsterdam Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 There is a club, near the Nestle tower where you could land a teenage tart. HTH. The Blue Orchid or Joe Banana's? Both are dire! The Whitgift Centre is a reasonable shopping centre (but nothing there you wouldn't find in Southampton). Tend to agree with others on here, it's not the best place (and seriously, keep an eye out, there are some very dodgy characters about). When I lived there we mainly went up to Clapham Junction or into town for nights out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junction 9 Posted 4 November, 2009 Share Posted 4 November, 2009 Wear a stab vest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbury Posted 5 November, 2009 Share Posted 5 November, 2009 Seems a shame to hear such criticism of good ol Croydon. But it does at least have 24 hour trains from London which makes it great! Also South Croydon is quite nice sometimes. West Croydon's a bit rough. Thornton Heath is a bit stabby. But mind you, shooting goes on pretty much everywhere. All in all - a great place to live! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted 5 November, 2009 Share Posted 5 November, 2009 Sometimes we need to dig a little deeper than "where's the nearest Wetherspoons"? and as for Ikea, although I do personally quite like some of their furniture items, they have made a beautiful relic of our heritage look cheap and nasty. Can you imagine the outcry if they did that to battersea Power Station? Visit one of the most important aerodromes in this countries history, "a gateway to the Empire": http://www.croydonairport.org.uk/ A very nice yet modest building still exists on the main road through. I say modest, that is if you ignore the great big De Havilland Heron sat next to it. It is a very nice building though compared to some of the ugly carbunkles that they erect nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 5 November, 2009 Share Posted 5 November, 2009 Gutted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpe-le-Saint Posted 5 November, 2009 Share Posted 5 November, 2009 die? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithd Posted 5 November, 2009 Share Posted 5 November, 2009 im guessing you'll be going to the party not wandering around looking for "action"...? drive there, party, leave. simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 5 November, 2009 Share Posted 5 November, 2009 wrong thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 7 November, 2009 Share Posted 7 November, 2009 I live in the London borough of Croydon. Stay the **** away. That is the best advice I can give you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsterdam Posted 8 November, 2009 Share Posted 8 November, 2009 I live in the London borough of Croydon. Stay the **** away. That is the best advice I can give you. Ha! But parts are OK? We lived in South Croydon - opposite the Whitgift school and never had any bother. Coulsden is OK too and it's convenient for London? When I lived there I was in my late 20's/early 30's and a lot more of a ****y bar-steward than I am now - I'd have strong doubts about going back now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 8 November, 2009 Share Posted 8 November, 2009 Ha! But parts are OK? We lived in South Croydon - opposite the Whitgift school and never had any bother. That's cos you keep your protection payments up, innit? Don't let 'em slip nah, I'll be rahnd friday night as usual. Big Vern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsterdam Posted 9 November, 2009 Share Posted 9 November, 2009 That's cos you keep your protection payments up, innit? Don't let 'em slip nah, I'll be rahnd friday night as usual. Big Vern. SHAT It, you SLAG! Pretty boy like you don't want to do porridge... I saw on another thread RonM that you're also an ex-Bletchley boy from the '60's? You stalking me? Whaddon Way? Forfar Drive? Small boys playing football with jumpers for goalposts? Bunce's? Fine Fare? Marvelous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 9 November, 2009 Share Posted 9 November, 2009 SHAT It, you SLAG! Pretty boy like you don't want to do porridge... I saw on another thread RonM that you're also an ex-Bletchley boy from the '60's? You stalking me? Whaddon Way? Forfar Drive? Small boys playing football with jumpers for goalposts? Bunce's? Fine Fare? Marvelous... We lived on a council estate in Whiteley Crescent. I went to Holne Chase Primary School and my old man worked at Bletchley Park. We left when I was 9 in 1963 as he got posted to Singapore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsterdam Posted 9 November, 2009 Share Posted 9 November, 2009 I don't have PM so sorry to nick this thread! I think Bletchley was ALL council estates, wasn't it? For the London spill-over - I remember my mum telling me loads of stories of London "gangsters" stashing stuff with locals... I don't remember Whitely Crescent (mind I was 7 when we left in 1974 to live in Lisbon), we lived in Surrey Place and I went to Wellsmead and was due to go to Denbigh (sp?). My Step-dad worked at the OU. It was a great place to grow up because it was basically a huge building site in the late '60's... It must have been just fields when you were there? Bletchley Park? Was your old man in Intelligence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 9 November, 2009 Share Posted 9 November, 2009 Ha! But parts are OK? We lived in South Croydon - opposite the Whitgift school and never had any bother. Coulsden is OK too and it's convenient for London? When I lived there I was in my late 20's/early 30's and a lot more of a ****y bar-steward than I am now - I'd have strong doubts about going back now... I live in Kenley/Purley if you know the area. I wonder why the area near Whitgift School is okay.. It's pretty much the best private school in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 9 November, 2009 Share Posted 9 November, 2009 Bletchley Park? Was your old man in Intelligence? Sorry can't say - oh what a giveaway!! Yes, he was in CSOS (Civil Service Overseas Services) after serving in comms in the RAF during WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsterdam Posted 9 November, 2009 Share Posted 9 November, 2009 Griff - wouldn't argue about Whitgift School - I didn't know anyone who went there but the grounds/facilities looked fantastic - a bit of a step-up from my own alma mater, Merry Oak.. Purley is OK as well, though, isn't it? I spent many hours on the Purley Way (in traffic jams) on my way to Sainsbury's, Ikea, all the places mentioned above, including the old airport (wasn't there a TFI Friday's, next door?). I have to say I enjoyed my time living in Croydon, there were a couple of decent pubs and restaurants about, but you really had to be local - as someone mentioned, a wrong turn and you are in West Croydon or Thornton Heath and you could come across a whole world of problems... I guess the whole of South London is like that though? I had good mates in Brixton and Balham which both had terrible reputations back in the day, but I had some great nights out there... Wonder how Hatch got on - is he still alive?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 9 November, 2009 Share Posted 9 November, 2009 Well, I live in South Croydon and it's okay, compared to the rest of Croydon. True, if I had the choice I'd live somewhere else. There are plenty of bars and stuff in Croydon but it is almost as chavvy as people say, and definitely quite gangstery around West Croydon. The best thing about it is East Croydon station, which quickly gets you somewhere else. Where specifically do you live? Amsterdam, there is still a TGI Fridays next to Airport Hotel, has been there for years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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