There are numerous articles on this site describing the severe chav related disorders of a town called Croydon. This is a satanic chavhole which has always been so ever since some twat decided to try and develop it into a massive city in the 60′s – that experiment failed. Croydon is not nice to be in, its shopping centres are s**t, there are so many vagrants on the streets and the plague is spreading to all of the suburbs around.
A northwestern suburb of Croydon known as Thornton Heath (or as the locals call it, “Fouwrtneeeeef”), is one such example. Despite the houses in the residential areas being very posh, it still remains a s**thole and it’s all Croydon’s fault. Don’t get me wrong – it USED to be lovely. Let me explain to you what’s happened here.
1940. A town called Croydon exists where people live and occasionally shop. Most people work in London.
1960. Some twat decides that people need another place to work, so starts randomly building skyscrapers in Croydon
1980. By now, Croydon has developed into Britain’s gun crime capital. The surrounding areas have developed, with bollocks hi rise flats covering all the boundaries, making Croydon a city, and a s**t one at that. Places like Thornton Heath are now perfect for the fake chavs with rich parents to hide in, while the females undergo fleeting companionships with the gangs of chavs and the males spend all their time sitting in mcdonalds laughing at anyone not wearing fake burberry.
Anyway, Thornton Heath. It’s really just a big road and a load of posh houses inhabited mostly by people who undoubtedly abuse them; I assume the late victorians who built them are probably turning in their graves.
Starting from the “Clocktower”, which is basically a large grandfather clock in the middle of the road which ceased to tell the correct time a long while ago, you notice houses to the north, houses to the west, shops to the east and tescos to the south. A horrible experience is Tesco’s in Thornton Heath, not only because of the legions of chavs standing outside it but doing nothing, but because of the people that go inside it.
Seriously, I do feel sorry for the children. Sitting in a shopping trolley pushed by ridiculously obese women with the most cringeworthy accents, full of bottles of coke and burgers and other food which complies to the common chav rule of “if it doesnt go in the microwave, were not cooking it.”
And the way they shout at their children and hit them for the stupidest reasons is sickening. It really reminds you how the next generation of adults is going to turn out, and what good it’s not going to do for our country.
Anyway, beyond tescos is the train station then more houses. I seriously advise that you stay away from the train station unless you’re planning on catching a train back to London and back to safety, and if you are doing that, make sure you arrive just in the nick of time to reduce any lingering around. It’s seriously dangerous. Not only is it full of chavs, but it’s quite easy to commit suicide there, with the fast trains to brighton and sussex, aswell as the gatwick express, screaming past platforms 3 and 4. The charming decor of the place may persuade you that visiting the tracks is a good idea.
Anyway, a quick guide to the high street. Go the opposite way from Tescos at the clocktower, this is what you get:
The leisure centre, the only reason anyone would really visit Thornton Heath. I suggest you go there late at night though, when all the chavs are busy wreaking fake havoc in Croydon it will be sound as a bell.
Discount shops, discount shops and more discount shops. Doesn’t croydon have enough tacky discount shops? How on earth do these businesses stay open? I’d like to know how these people would react on Oxford Street, which I know is a bloody cliché place to shop, but its, hmmmmm… just a bit more upmarket than Thornton Heath high street.
Weird restaurants. If I remember rightly, it’s home to a “Starburger”, which also props up in the vivacious south croydon suburban town of Caterham. “Jerk Chicken” is another sight for all tourists to take in. There are no REAL s**tty fast food restaurants anywhere, none at all. Thornton Heath is so awful it cant even afford to have a McDonalds, Burger King or KFC.. yes, thats right.
The only other thing worth staring at is this newsagents down the end of the road which has a card in the door saying something along the lines of “International Phone Cards: £3 each, 3 for £10″.
Just get out of this fake, fake, fake s**thole now!!
‘I’d rather live in Staines than Thornton Heath’
My family and I just got temporarily housed by the council over in Thornton Heath whilst our flat near Staines undergoes building work- There are a lot of homeless people and/ those with less means to live by. However, I almost prefer Thornton Heath to where I came from. Hardly any litter, no dog mess on the streets and shockingly even those who clearly abuse drugs and alcohol either keep to themselves or are otherwise very polite and helpful.
I would say the most difficult thing to deal with are the endless sirens of police and ambulances flying past every 5 minutes- (although they seem to be flying past in order to reach somewhere else beyond Thornton Heath).
Wherever you go these days, there are groups of people on various drugs etc, this is unfortunate but I don’t think you can target a particular area like that. ‘Chavs’ or ‘chilren’ as I call them, will always push the boundaries and act out, and there has always been people like them by other names. There always will be, and as one group grows up another will take its place.
This experiences has shown me that poor circumstances doesn’t always make poor and even poorer mannered people the way the person who wrote this article has made them out to be.
I was born in Mayday Hospital, Croydon and lived in Thornton Heath the first 19 years of my life. I found the community safe, well cared for, with services adequately provided for the residents. After I moved to Canada I went home a few times to visit my parents and didn’t notice any vast changes. But on reading this, I’m apalled at the devastating situations, even though the town was definitely changing when I left in the 1950′s.
Of course, it might help to know what ‘chavs’ are – I seem to recall the terms ‘spiv’ and ‘teddy boy’ being the common descriptions of young men; but I don’t recall them hanging around on the streets. My other pertinent remark refers to the atrocious spelling in the comments. I have always been very proud of the education I received at Heath Clark school; it serves me well in my chosen home here. Perhaps your respondents are merely poor typists.
Also, the first of the two words you want deciphered in order to send my review is totally illegible!
This was published in 2005… the writer was probably just starting out and needed a good story. . So made Croydon/Thornton Heath to look awful. We know there are worse areas. Welldone to the writer for writing such detailed crap. Pity that it only got 80 odd comments (some of which are from the same people). Lets hope your writing may have developed over the years!
Everyone is entitled to there own opinion. Thornton heath is not as crazy as you make out, yes there is riff raff but you get that everywhere.
A new place has opened up there recently on thornton heath high street next door to Jerk chicken. A gorgeous, clean, bright coffee and milkshake bar. The customer service is so wonderful, the ladies there are warm and courteous, the males that work there are professional and they all look so glam and clean.
It is the best thing that has opened up there. Hopefully its a turning point for other businesses to open up cleaner brighter friendly shops on the high street.
I only recently moved there and I had an encounter with a ‘tramp’. It won’t stop me from walking on the street as I love the shakes and cakes at CHILL TIME.
Locals seemmore than fine.
When you write so many negatives about an area, think before you do so. Rubbish lies everywhere when you keep quiet you can hear a lot more around you. Its not such a bad place. Listen up locals, change for yourselves as you have the power to do so, don’t let anyone put the place down. Only you all can do it, by behaving nicely.
Dude you were most probably born there ….and are now comparing it?
this is a very biased account of croydon unlsess you have lived her all your life you woud not know what it is actually like please shut up
Goodness gracious me. You’re all a bunch of chavs by the count of your spelling mistakes – and
‘I have worked in Thornton Heath, Shop in Thornton Heath (Tesco) and eat in Thornton Heath (Jerk, Morleys, KFC and McDonalds!!!) And I have turned out MORE than fine!’
I doubt you’ve turned out more than fine by the looks of the crap you eat.
Whoever started this thread needs a slap with a wet fish.
Twice.
I find this thread so funny! I’m 24 year old white female born and raised in Thornton Heath!!!!!
I have worked in Thornton Heath, Shop in Thornton Heath (Tesco) and eat in Thornton Heath (Jerk, Morleys, KFC and McDonalds!!!) And I have turned out MORE than fine!
People are always quick to put down areas and slate them.. But it’s easy to criticise! What about the positives? If people step outside the “bubble” life they live in they might just seen the flaws within themselves, their communities and their neighbours!
I happen to know and see a lot of good in Thornton Heath… And I’m proud of my ghetto roots Lol!
I was born in Thornton Heath in 1940 and went to school there ( Elmwood road Primary) and in Soth Croydon and lived in Thornton Heath until 1962 when I married. Thornton Heath as was Croydon was a great place to live. I must admit it changed , in 1964,coming out of Thornton Heath to get a bus down to Kingswood Avenue I found I was the only white face at the bus stop, and I understand its more like Brixton now. So sad.
More like Brixton? Really? So many people CAN’T afford to buy a house in Brixton as the YUPPIES have moved in!! A comparison to Brixton is no longer a diss my friend!
‘fake chavs with rich parents?’ lol yeah right! your the one who sounds like a chav’ Old houses don’t mean posh you moron.’ and anyway Thornton Heath has no chavs left anymore. they moved out years ago, its mostly black gangs, but its not as bad as you would think.The area is now entirely black/immigrant, so shops consist of western union, barber shops, halah meat, mobile phone sims, ect. unfortunatly now it looks like people dont choose to live in thornton heath it chooses you.
Thornton Heath is cursed and will stay cursed and the curse shall never be lifted, if you are happy living under a curse then pray, continue! Things will only get worse, and you have to be spiritually blind deaf and dumb not to notice! i was born and raised in Thornton heath! All the family (that I used to call family) are dead and buried in Thornton Heath (or Croydon) and Horrors have taken place in Thornton Heath that by Godly standards are UNFORGIVABLE! I dare say what happened in Sodom and Gomorrah will be re-enacted next time In Thornton Heath first! All you see there, is Demons in Dead bodies! But then why write about a place where only the Dead walk the street! When Abraham sought a wife for Issac, his servant asked shall I return to the place from which you came to look for one! Abraham replied NO on no account return to that place! JESUS told me NEVER to return to THAT PLACE (Thornton Heath) either! So if you have the misfortune to be there at this moment in time, I am more than sorry for you all. The worst of Hypocrits, and the worst of every kind inhabit this part of London and NONE shall be redeemed thereof! IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN!
Croydon in general is a s**thole for people to sit on benefits not doing anything with their lives but still able to believe they are better than most who meet their gaze.
Rather live in Staines than Thornton Heath
Who the hell wrote this crap! I have lived in Thornton heath for 19 years, and i must say it has gotten a lot better over the years. “1980. By now, Croydon has developed into Britain’s gun crime capital” what an fool…there wasn’t or isn’t a gun crime problem in Thornton heath or “hi rise flats covering all the boundaries” whoever wrote this clearly doesn’t know what cr7 is about. It’s not a “chavhole” and at that i challenge the writer to go up to somebody in the streets and call them a “chave”. The area thrives with different ethnicities, culture and pride. I am an Architect who was raised in south London (Thornton Heath) and believe me i have seen a lot worst in south London. I believe the writer to be an ignorant c**t who’s probably only drove through the area, hasn’t spoken to local people, and has stereotyped the local people from what there wear how they speak and where there from without any in-depth justification. Get your facts right mate!
To whoever wrote this, get over yourself. I’m the first to admit neither Croydon nor Thornton Heath is the greatest place on earth, but to label everyone there a ‘chav’ shows how small minded you are. Did you ever speak to these ‘chavs’ you saw? I doubt it. There is also one thing that shows your lack of research into the topic on which you are talking your claptrap; the fact that not only does Thornton Heath have a McDonalds but it also has a KFC. (Never thought I’d say that in a positive manor.) So I find great satisfaction from your ‘yes that’s right’ comment. Please go away, expand your rediculously small mind and learn the importance of getting the full picture before you unleash another hideously warped negative attack on an area you clearly know very little about.
Ha ha, he said .. GO BACK TO LONDON.. would you rely want to do that, no thanku, give me Thornton Heath ANYTIME……
The comments of it isn’t as bad as you think….. give me a break ive been living near Heath for the past 10 years and it seems to get worse and worse. Thankfully i live 1 mile away from this s**thole of a town but the vermin are filtering down into my area too!
Multicultural and diverse culture… give me a break what you meant to say was a multicultural / diverse group of gangs looking to rob you when they can, a building block dedicated to refugees that seems to grow and grow and people walking around in their pyjamas (note not customary clothing from the motherland but actual nightwear most probably bought from Tesco)
There aint no chavs here no more you just got black boys thinking they are gangta, asian boys wishing they were and the refugee boys literally trying to make their mark in the area.
Only highlight that i have noticed is the have revamped Tesco which now looks oddly placed in such a s**t area.
Forgot to mention tho we dont have a mcD or Burger KIng i do seem to remember a crummy little Wimpy still in existence.
I would just like to say that although Thornton Heath is not the best area to live or stay in, a huge amount of the things you have mentioned in your article have either been rude or offensive. Joking about suicide and stereotyping people who live in the area as “chavs”, I think you need to reconsider that maybe all your views could maybe be more positive than negative. Thornton Heath has a very strong and well-connected community that tries its best to help develop the area as well as possible. The community consists of a wide range of ages and cultures. In fact, one of the highlights of Thornton Heath is that its extremely diverse. And yes, admittedly it is not the best area in Britain but it definitely is not as bad as you make it out to be. It sounds like to me you only stayed there for a couple of days, maybe next time before slating somewhere off you should take a step back and realise that you shouldn’t be so pessimistic.
Well if you you think thornton Heath is bad then why stay and rubbish it !! good people live here too so leave and take take your giro with you idiot!
I second that…..Thornton Heath used to be lovely….now in the last 12-15 years its become a s**thole…all because the s**t was pushed down this end from Brixton and beyond and the refugee’s have come into our counrty from the wars which we had nothing to do with….so why oh why???
The Dog x
To the dog. You moan about refugees in Thornton Heath. They came here for a better lfe. They work hard and in a few generations they’ll be living in a nice big house in Surrey or Kensington. However, you, a member of the so-called indigenous population, are what is wrong with this country. You aren’t going anywhere in life. You can’t even write in your own language. Your grammar and syntax are appalling.
trrruusss me! u r wat u say! say no more!