Croydon: The 'Leslie Arms'
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Croydon: The 'Leslie Arms'
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 9 Jun 2010
The 'Leslie Arms' has stood upon this important road intersection since 1851, but it looks very much as if it has now reached the end of the road. The name has been stripped away and the pub is closed, its glory days being just a memory. A brief attempt to revive its fortunes in the 1980s, when it was renamed 'Sergeant Peppers', was unsuccessful, and the Leslie Arms name quickly returned. Until 1935, just outside the pub there was a passing loop on Croydon Corporation's tram route to Addiscombe, and a number of photographs can be found of two open-top trams passing there, with the pub behind.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.380389
Longitude
-0.086697