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Linda Hall's avatar

My parents moved to Thornton Heath when I was 18. Croydon was really quite nice then, with the Jacobean almshouses on the corner of the High St and the road where the Town Hall is to be found.

There were no skyscrapers then, though talk about them pretended they would be a wonderful improvement. I bought( and still have it) my one and only evening dress in the big department store there, the name of which I can no longer recall. I did frequent the auction rooms, called Reeves, I think. Please correct me if I am wrong.

What a shame it has sunk so low.

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Bettina's avatar

Out of curiosity, I went on the M&S website to see what they had in the way of women's boots.....now bought a pair! They should be giving you commission 😉

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Laura Dodsworth's avatar

#notanad

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Sam Lowry's avatar

Croydon is a dump, I grew up in Sutton which is close by and is often called Croydon’s “little brother” sadly Sutton is fast becoming like Croydon. A grim dump.

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Laura Dodsworth's avatar

Yes, Sutton was alright once upon a time.

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Frank Farrer's avatar

Laura as a former resident and my wife was born and grew up

In East Croydon I feel the same what is the point of so many cameras I seem

To think that Croydon council

Had more cctv than anywhere apart from New York and now I understand there are a test bed for facial recognition. What a state of affairs it has become in the late 90s I worked on the trams and that was enough to make me move away to protect my young baby.

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Laura Dodsworth's avatar

Glad I haven't offended a (former) Croydon resident. It was once a nice market town. Such a shame.

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Allison's avatar

Glad you got out of Croydon alive. They must have been some boots!

Yes it’s amazing (not) that the pogrom march people aren’t jubilant to hear that Trump has achieved what they’ve supposedly been after all along. Hideous people!

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Laura Dodsworth's avatar

I had my heart set on a pair of burgundy boots. M&S were the nicest style and best value of the season in my price range. I'd recommend them, but I got the last pair, literally!

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Neil Pryke's avatar

Wow..! What the late Ronnie Barker would describe as "a packed programme"...Thank you for a

real read...

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Laura Dodsworth's avatar

You're welcome!

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Anthony Mitchell's avatar

I happened to get a tram from Wimbledon station to Beckenham junction via Croydon the other Sunday. If only I knew what I was letting myself in for. It really brought it home to me how the elites have destroyed this country.

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