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South Suburban Co-Op, 37/39 Upper Green East

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Numbers 37 and 39, Upper Green East, is a single building with, currently in 2018, a Cost Cutter shop with flats above. The postcode is CR4 2PF.

Photo taken 1st August 2019

The co-op was not listed in the 1930 commercial directory, but is in the 1938 edition, with a telephone number of 3937.

It is presumed that this was built in the mid 1930s by the South Suburban Co-operative Society, which was a co-op based in Croydon. The society merged in 1984 into the Co-operative Wholesale Society. This ad from 1936 doesn’t give the address, but may be referring to this building:

1936 ad

Maps are reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

Mitcham Vase Trial

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Mentioned in the Norwood News – Friday 25 September 1936

Motor Cyclists To Go To Seaside

Streatham and District Motor Cycling Club members on Sunday held a run to observe the Mitcham Vase Trial, in which sixteen members were riding. More than fifty took tea at the Crown, Ewhurst.

Next week-end there will be a farewell trip to the sea for both a night run and a camping run have been booked for that date. The destination for both these parties is Swanage, and the campers will leave the clubroom at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday. The all-night party leave the clubroom at the Cricketers Garage, opposite Mitcham Fire Station, at midnight. Club nights are held every Wednesday and Saturday.