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...Croydon, A grim suburb south of London, and the locals are indulging in the standard rituals of an English Friday night. Two guys with broad smiles and droopy eyes stagger into the road, arms outstretched to embrace any lucky target. Gaggles of young women bounce in and out of the 19 bars that line the main stretch, their skyscraper heels giving good clearance over puddles of vomit. Huddled around a cash machine, glammed up in gold-sequined headbands and lace gloves, Laura and her friends are gearing up for a big night. Are they going to get drunk? "Yeah!" they...
...practiced at least once a week by 36% of British men ages 16 to 24 and by 27% of women. It leaves a trail of social debris--crime, fatal accidents, unsafe sex, date rapes, even an uptick in liver disease among those in their 20s. In places like Croydon, where the economy gets a big boost from vertical-drinking palaces that can compete for customers as far as 50 miles away, city centers have become weekend no-go zones for the sober. Says Commander Chris Allison of London's Metropolitan Police: "There's a culture among certain young people that...
...been a little-noticed constituency in a fading area of South London, but last week the voters put Croydon (NorthWest) on Britain's political map. For the first time, a candidate backed by the alliance between the Liberal Party and the new Social Democratic Party (S.D.P.) took on Labor and the Tories. When the count was in, the alliance candidate had won a stunning victory, taking 40% of the vote, vs. 30.5% for the Conservatives and 26% for Labor. "We have split the old party system wide open and shown there is a real alternative," insisted William Pitt...
...Croydon was a good battleground. The electorate covered a wide spectrum: working-class flats, a few affluent neighborhoods, and street on street of red brick houses occupied by skilled workers and low-level managers. For weeks, the big names of all three parties, including former Tory Prime Minister Edward Heath and Labor Leaders Michael Foot and Denis Healey, campaigned hard for their candidates. Although Pitt had earlier refused to stand down in favor of Shirley Williams, he was supported by the S.D.P.'s top team-William Rodgers, Roy Jenkins, David Owen and Williams-as well as by Liberal Leader...
...Croydon Park, Australia