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apple_muncher

Was that the Boxpark thingy right next to the station? Where the theatre used to be?

apple_muncher

Karmacat wrote: »

:rotfl: very Croydon :rotfl:

I think that should read 'very Croydon innit?' :D:D

Karmacat

beanielou wrote: »

Maybe I am glad I have never been to Croyden!!
Which side of the big smoke is it on?

To the south, beanie - in the 1930s, London Airport was at Croydon, but as London grew, they moved it out to Gatwick.

apple_muncher wrote: »

Was that the Boxpark thingy right next to the station? Where the theatre used to be?

Right next to it, yes, apple, immediately to the west. Don't know about the theatre Do you mean the Fairfield Halls? They're two blocks south of the station (I just checked it out on hi-res google maps :rotfl:)

apple_muncher

Nah, not Fairfield. It was a small independent one. Painted black.

Karmacat

I never knew it, sorry apple. Might have been *after* my time. Or I went into central London for theatre and ballet (I saw Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, I really did!). Or I was three sheets to the wind ... there's a reason I don't drink much these days!

teapot2

Karmacat wrote: »

To the south, beanie - in the 1930s, London Airport was at Croydon, but as London grew, they moved it out to Gatwick.

Right next to it, yes, apple, immediately to the west. Don't know about the theatre Do you mean the Fairfield Halls? They're two blocks south of the station (I just checked it out on hi-res google maps :rotfl:)

OH and I used to often go to gigs at the Fairfield Halls. 38 bus from the Balls Pond Rd to Victoria then train out to Croydon and walk round to the Halls - happy days :cool:.

greenbee

teapot2 wrote: »

OH and I used to often go to gigs at the Fairfield Halls. 38 bus from the Balls Pond Rd to Victoria then train out to Croydon and walk round to the Halls - happy days :cool:.

I used to live opposite the bus stop on the Balls Pond Road

teapot2

greenbee wrote: »

I used to live opposite the bus stop on the Balls Pond Road

Essex Road end or Dalston High Street end? Wherever it was I imagine it would have been well noisy 24/7?

greenbee

Right in the middle opposite the church and almshouses

teapot2

I know it well and can picture it . We lived round the corner in King Henry's Walk for a while then Boleyn Rd and finally Mildmay Park. Its all changed a great deal now and there is a boutique hotel in Dalston Lane - who'da thunk it.