[Brighton] Ikea buy Churchill Square and will open City store in old Debenhams
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I appear to have perpetuated a falsehood. Apologies.
This is why you never see IKEA vans or lorries driving around the UK
You would expect them to be as common as Eddie Stobarts
www.mylondon.news
I was already convinced that Gregg's were taking over the world anyway.I appear to have perpetuated a falsehood. Apologies.
This is why you never see IKEA vans or lorries driving around the UK
You would expect them to be as common as Eddie Stobartswww.mylondon.news
TWOCHOICEStom
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Love this.
Agreed. Western Road especially is a very sad sight compared to even ten years' ago. London Road and Lewes Road are way more vibrant in comparison - and that's not something I ever thought I'd say.
BS34 Seagull
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The IKEA superstore, here in Bristol, is sitting on top of Bristol Rovers old Eastville Stadium.
I think they've delivered for years. We've got two king-size Ikea beds, we've had them for ages and there's no way I strapped those on my roof and drove them back from Croydon. Plus we've just had (last week) a replacement mattress and assorted bed stuff.Do they actually do delivery now? For yonks they didn't. It meant a drive of shame to Croydon. Whether they do or whether they don't, will be excelente to browse the Churchill Square store and pick up all manner of cheap yet functional shit. Smorgasbord!
Churchill square was thrown up in a hurry and had a quite serious snagging list. Most of which never got resolved.
Virgin Megastore, where I worked at the turn of the century, was regularly flooded with orange juice form the vast juice machines in one of the restaurants upstairs
Virgin Megastore, where I worked at the turn of the century, was regularly flooded with orange juice form the vast juice machines in one of the restaurants upstairs
Have done for ages. We fully kitted out a redecorated bedroom with IKEA stuff - had a look round in Croydon, took pics of the reference numbers of the stuff we wanted and then ordered it all online. Even better, then paid a bloke to come and put it all together - did it in about quarter of the time it would have taken me and didn’t make any mistakes like I undoubtedly would have. He also had a big box of spare bits in case there was anything missing. Best couple of hundred quid I’ve ever spent - those triple wardrobes are absolute pigs to put together on your own. He was independent but did a lot of work putting stuff together in IKEA and other furniture stores.Do they actually do delivery now? For yonks they didn't. It meant a drive of shame to Croydon. Whether they do or whether they don't, will be excelente to browse the Churchill Square store and pick up all manner of cheap yet functional shit. Smorgasbord!
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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This. Used to be guys in Brighton did a roaring trade in assembling IKEA furniture. Probably still is
Is Croydon a town or a suburb or something else ?
Machiavelli
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They might be the only 2 I've been to. Southampton is very much in the centre of town, but not convinced that the Croydon one is but, then again, I'm not that familiar with the geography of Croydon.
@Mellor 3 Ward 4 has this right, it's really good news for Brighton
- May 8, 2018
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A lifestyle innit
jessiejames
Never late in a V8
Eddie Stobarts soon to be a thing of the past Completely. Less and less of their Livery units and trailers around now. Bought out by Culina now. The end of a big family haulage company. Shame because one of the sons william has started his own company. WS transport.I appear to have perpetuated a falsehood. Apologies.
This is why you never see IKEA vans or lorries driving around the UK
You would expect them to be as common as Eddie Stobartswww.mylondon.news
Weststander
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There goes my main hobby. Standing on M-Way bridges in all weathers, photographing rare ES trucks.
- Apr 5, 2014
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They bought Churchill Square for a Caicedo and a MacAllister.Today's Guardian article explains all
Ikea owner buys Brighton shopping mall, its second in the UK
Firm plans to convert empty Debenhams site in city centre as part of its ‘global expansion strategy’www.google.co.uk
There was a guy that traded under the name Mike Ear, I think, that did that.
jessiejames
Never late in a V8
It really is a Serious hobby for some. Pulled a Stobarts trailer once, stopped in services and was confronted by E S spotters, they were shocked that i did not work for Stobarts but told me about the registrations and cab names that had pulled that trailer. They were tipped off that one of the drivers who was on the Stobart tv programe would also be stopping at these services, that who they were waiting for.
These people have photo albums of all the trucks and trailers owned by Stobarts. They even told me how they get the names of the units. Only 2 have male names, Valentino in memory of Valentino Rossi and Lee Rigby.