Croydon was never the same after they closed the Blue Orchid.

i see the Riots as a turning point for Croydon. The scandalous burning of Reeves corner and all that.

Either those riots will see Croydon rise from the ashes or they will turn it into another backwater. It may take a decade or two to know the answer.

inár n-aonar i Anerley,

Moved out of croydon 5yrs ago and am now in the 10th happiest place.
have to say although I miss the old haunts I'm glad I moved as it has gone downhill.

You mean in shops? Used to go in there a lot and help out in the record shop there.
The chinese at the back weren't bad.

Lot of women there.

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. [Orwell]

No, years before Inshops (though I do remember that I used to live opposite, above the comic shop and I used to go to that record shop), I'm talking mid to late eighties I think.

I've had a look at the map and I think it was where Bad Apple is now (incidentally, that looks like a horrendous place) on Park Street.

I've got a feeling it might have burnt down in the end, but that maybe somewhere else I'm thinking about.

Edited by boo909 (22 Oct 2017 12.02am)

Bangell - If Camus wrote The Myth of Sisyphus today, it would be about Jason Puncheon eternally trying and failing to pass with his right foot.