Kennards of Croydon: The Store that Entertained to Sell: A History of a Debenhams Store

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Housed next to the pony stables, in a small yard off Drummond Road, the zoo originally housed some monkeys, a camel, a peacock, some birds and other small animals. Before the Thor missile reached its altitude of 200 miles, the warhead was blown apart by ground control. That Model Sports in the Whitgift: I seem to remember it had a big petrol-driven model helicopter in the window (or is my mind deceiving me? As a 17 year old in 1986 I got my first full time job there, as a Warehouse skivvy, packing boxes of records and CD's.

It was a magical place where kids could take pony rides, lions and cheetahs entertained the crowds and they had an infamous Christmas grotto. I had done some concert party work in the army, so when I was de-mobbed I joined a local concert party also a semi-professional dance band, which I attended when needed.

It was quite crowded up there as the balcony was not that wide, which put you quite close to the animals, although I never heard of anybody getting bitten. i found out a couple of years ago that,mike had died which was a great shock to me cos the guy was a really nice guy;i believe the family used to live in orpington,and when he left allders he had a unit near dartford which was near a r/mail centre. Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Virgin Islands (U. My mum was a silver service waitress in Kennards' Blue Room restaurant which was adjacent to a fabulous Soda Bar. thats just after i had left;it was a family run bussiness,father,mother and 2 sons;then mum and dad adopted a daughter,who went to coloma convent when it was just behind st mary's.

No problems - but bear in mind we'll have to end up in the Croham - we'll need to be selective in any event ! Also on that day, a second American attempt at a nuclear explosion in outer space ended in failure, two weeks after the first try. I never did get to see the ball-room properly as the walls were covered in heavy fancy drapes, and subdued lighting, but never the less I did get to sing two songs with the band that evening. A state of the art facility with units ranging from lockers to garage size spaces, extra-large drive way spaces to modern lift access units.In 1928, Kennards was bought by the Drapery Trust around the time that Debenhams had acquired Drapery Trust. Good old Kennards of Croydon 1960s, with their unique and much missed approach to the retail experience.

Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed.

Internally Very Good - Quick flick through pages could not see any issues, clean and tidy copy in tight binding, A Very Good personal copy. In addition to Willson, director Morton DaCosta, emcee Arthur Godfrey and stars Robert Preston and Shirley Jones as guests, the day also featured a national high school marching band contest with entries from 30 states. He set up a zoo, which originally hosted some monkeys, a camel, a peacock, some birds and other small animals.