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BEANOS

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:14 am
by mungo
Anyone know if theres any truth in 'BEANOS' europes largest second hand record shop, located in the mighty CROYDON is closing..?

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:23 am
by poax
the word from church street is , yeah , Beanos is shuttin dahn. BUT rumour has it that they will remain online.... so i hear.

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:47 am
by mungo
Oh well..
My trips to CROYDON will never be the same..
Only thing left for me is the Clarks shoe shop...

You dont know the date when it actually shuts down do you ?

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:49 am
by poax
fraid not , but next time your in croydon check out the wonders of the queens gardens. (people are actually murdered there, in the council gardens!) also a trip to croydon is not complete without bthe obligatory tour of "friendly" boozers, yates , edwards, the george, milan bar and of course the goose on the market. enjoy :P:


*sgt.pokes holds no responsibility for any scarification, maiming or murder suffered on going to croydon*

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:29 am
by mungo
Cheers Poax....

Next time i'm in Croydon, I'll pop into the delightfull gardens..
(I'll pack my knuckle duster in case of any trouble from them murderous type..)

As for pubs...It's all about the Dog & Bull Surrey street market.....!

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:00 am
by batfink
Now that i;ve been away from it for a while i get the fear just getting on the tram to croydon. :o

But that's really bad news about Beanos. I used to love nothing better than spending a few hours hunting through the old jazz, soundtrack and weird vinyl upstairs. There was a bloke there who was just so goshdarn helpful.... pointed out some wicked stuff that i never would have bought otherwise. :D :( :D :(

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:05 am
by poax
MUNGO wrote:


As for pubs...It's all about the Dog & Bull Surrey street market.....!
aint that the truth, i used to go to lock ins there when pete was still runnin it. hazey days. courage all round! bloop

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:18 am
by spaceboy
where's croydon?

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:25 am
by batfink
Image

For all the Croydon soldiers.

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:30 pm
by poax
no place like home muvva fuckers, beer kebabs and knives vol 2 coming soon.

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:35 pm
by poax
Spaceboy wrote:where's croydon?
its actually built over one of the lesser known entrances to hell , they say that on a saturday night you can actuallyhear beelzebub fuckin croydon girls in the whitgift centre.

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:45 pm
by 8
nuthing but love for croydon.

many a night spent hobbling around in barefeet after a night out wearing heels and dancing to crap garage at the blue orchid when i was 17.

u can always guarentee that at least one chicken shop will be open at 3am.

free sporting events in the form of fights between drunks and the old bill outside roosters

if the place was bombed, some of the girls would be in trouble. so much hairspray and plastic (nails, shoes, prams), they'd be first to go up in flames...

i'm gonna stop now.

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:47 pm
by poax
^^the truth in black and white!!!

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:50 pm
by batfink
http://www.croydon.net-info.org.uk/

there's a good load of B&B's in the above link if anyones considering coming to croydon for a bit of sightseeing.

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:24 pm
by hijak
Image home sweet home... Was down the Dog & Bull yesterday

Too much exposure to CR0 seriously damages your mental health Image ImageImage

I've had to retreat to the more tranquil regions of south croydonia,
somewhere deep in the forest in a wooden shack with Badgers for neighbours...

Nothing but doggin and golf over here! Image

Getting back on topic, sad news if true... Beano's RIP
Picked up loads of gems down there over the years

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:36 pm
by mungo
poax wrote:
Spaceboy wrote:where's croydon?
its actually built over one of the lesser known entrances to hell , they say that on a saturday night you can actuallyhear beelzebub fuckin croydon girls in the whitgift centre.

Ha ha, Croydon gateway too Hell!! :D

I'm taking the 468 to hell son..
:twisted:

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:40 pm
by poax
i recommend the 250 much more ghetto! life in the heath... :d: :T: -r- :P: :twisted: -e-

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:51 pm
by mungo
Damn! I love Croydon..

8.. your too right about the hairspray.
On a windy day I can smell it in West Norwood...

Croydon is Truley the Mecca of retail & the entrance into the arms of satan.....

I wonder! when Beanos close's There's goto be a Party in there.. What a mad venue for a Shake down!

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:54 pm
by poax
wasps.



there like the croydon boy of the insect world , i might catch a load of wasps and play anti war dub at them , they managed to escape my tests last time (full results available ) hmmmm

also if you put a bee in a freezer for about 3 minutes it goes into hibernation , you can then tie a string to it defrost it and ,voila,
you have a bee on a string ! staffs are so 1997 you nar mean!

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:56 pm
by spaceboy
poax wrote:
Spaceboy wrote:where's croydon?
its actually built over one of the lesser known entrances to hell , they say that on a saturday night you can actuallyhear beelzebub fuckin croydon girls in the whitgift centre.
and then there was dubstep!!!!

if there's a museum down them sides, y'all better push for some recognition. :twisted: