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Renovation marks Allder’s hard work
The grave of Allders' founder Joshua Allder is to be given a facelift.
The monument in Queen's Road Cemetery is more than a century old and shared by a number of relatives, including his late wife Jane Anne and three of their children who died at a very young age.
Brick work is crumbling away and a plinth is leaning at an angle.
Max Menon, Allders' finance director, discovered the grave was in disrepair and pledged to renovate it.
He said: "Joshua Allder contributed a lot to Croydon and it is only right the store bearing his name recognises that. We have the paper work to carry out the repairs all sorted and once they have been sent off we'll start as quickly as we can."
11:48am Thursday 8th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: billy, croydon on 1:56pm Thu 8 May 08
I wonder who will tend the grave of Allders itself when the down-at-heel Croydon store finally bites the dust ;)
I wonder who will tend the grave of Allders itself when the down-at-heel Croydon store finally bites the dust ;)
Posted by: billy, croydon on 1:59pm Thu 8 May 08
I wonder who will tend the grave of Allders itself once the down-at-heel Croydon branch finally bites the dust. It can't be long now can it?
I wonder who will tend the grave of Allders itself once the down-at-heel Croydon branch finally bites the dust. It can't be long now can it?
Posted by: SV, Croydon on 3:44pm Thu 8 May 08
Billy makes a good point, though it is Croydon Council that is forcing Allders to an early grave. It is Croydon Council that is negotiating a deal with Minerva for a new development that will be based around John Lewis and not Allders.
Croydon Council is so stupid - it never knows when it has something quite unique that could be so much better with a little certainty and help from the local council.
Billy makes a good point, though it is Croydon Council that is forcing Allders to an early grave. It is Croydon Council that is negotiating a deal with Minerva for a new development that will be based around John Lewis and not Allders.
Croydon Council is so stupid - it never knows when it has something quite unique that could be so much better with a little certainty and help from the local council.
Posted by: brian roote, whyteleafe on 10:03pm Thu 8 May 08
There are a number of notable persons buried in Queens Road.Jesse W Ward, founder of the Croydon Advertiser, John Drummond after whom the Drummond Centre is named, Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington once governor of Greenwich Hospital to name but three. All the victims of the alleged poisoning scandal at a house in Birdhurst Rise; an event which became an infamous chapter in Croydon's history.
Brian Roote
There are a number of notable persons buried in Queens Road.Jesse W Ward, founder of the Croydon Advertiser, John Drummond after whom the Drummond Centre is named, Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington once governor of Greenwich Hospital to name but three. All the victims of the alleged poisoning scandal at a house in Birdhurst Rise; an event which became an infamous chapter in Croydon's history.
Brian Roote
Posted by: brian roote, whyteleafe on 10:03pm Thu 8 May 08
There are a number of notable persons buried in Queens Road.Jesse W Ward, founder of the Croydon Advertiser, John Drummond after whom the Drummond Centre is named, Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington once governor of Greenwich Hospital to name but three. All the victims of the alleged poisoning scandal at a house in Birdhurst Rise; an event which became an infamous chapter in Croydon's history.
Brian Roote
There are a number of notable persons buried in Queens Road.Jesse W Ward, founder of the Croydon Advertiser, John Drummond after whom the Drummond Centre is named, Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington once governor of Greenwich Hospital to name but three. All the victims of the alleged poisoning scandal at a house in Birdhurst Rise; an event which became an infamous chapter in Croydon's history.
Brian Roote
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