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01-12-2012, 15:59
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The Winter 2012-13 edition of Wetherspoon News has a full-page feature on the Ship of Fools (http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-ship-of-fools) in Croydon entitled “Pub provides a positive force for community good”. The article explains how the manager of the pub has worked hard to improve community relations following the 2011 riots in the town. The pub even managed to win the Pub of the Year award in Croydon Council’s “Best Bar None” scheme. What an uplifting good news story about the pub trade, you might think
But, despite all this, it appears that Tim is selling the pub off for conversion to a Sainsbury’s Local (http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/Croydon-pub-year-Sainsbury-s/story-17403557-detail/story.html). Oh the irony! And this is not some “beached whale” suburban roadhouse, but a pub in the centre of a supposedly busy and thriving town.
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