URBEX - Allders in Croydon 

I went there couple weeks ago and all the info is still there, even got some very private information noted.

Close but not quite. Clock cards were bigger than that, beige I recall, a thicker card and also long gone by the time Allders closed, we had an electronic tap in and tap out with an oyster style card at the staff exit. The yellow cards you are talking about were a booking system, most probably for the carpet department. So each card represented a period of time and you had so many carpet fitters and would use it to plan the time for each one out for the week. So when trying to book a customer in to be fitted, a salesman could see fitter x had so many hours free on Tuesday and then would change the colour of the card and write the customers name on to book it out for them. The skill then came for Peter (office manager) to check the scheduling and tweak to make it more efficient, so instead of having a fitter travelling 20 miles between jobs, or having too many square metres to fit in a day, he would swap them around to ensure each fitter had the best compromise of volume of work (they were sub contracted) and travelling time. Keeping everyone happy was key!

A bit like Debenham's, much more varied stock than M&S as it sold electricals and furniture, not just clothes (it didn't have a supermarket attached either). Primark and H&M are purely clothes shops.

@@benolifts It contravenes data protection laws.

@@MrThedwp All companies employee files are supposed to be securely locked away in filing cabinets, so to see this in a store which has closed down is quite disturbing.

unsecured easily accessible personal data.

I unfortunately worked there for a bit...Bunch of 🤬 most of 'em. .A few good friendly people..My file's probably there,I was a cunt..😉👍🏼

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Because the building is still technically open. If the system isn't on separate zones, and is being driven by a single constant voltage amplifier like most of these department stores were/are, music will still play in the abandoned areas. The speakers are "daisy chained" together :)

RediffusionMusic Thank you. It makes it very creepy in the dark corridors!

@@subwayexpress465 no worries mate. :)

@@RediffusionMusic I heard that many abandoned buildings such as large shopping complexes etc often have to be left with power or some level of power as fire alarms and fire detections and suppression systems have to remain operable' ... not sure if that is true though

@@booth2710 also, most of these systems are linked to the fire alarm and will play voice instructions when a call point gets smashed. Also, this chain link of speakers could end at a part of the building that is still in use, so disconnecting these will take out all the other speakers on the line.

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It was a department store that didn't move with he times resulting in administration n the early 2000s most stores were sold to Primark. Allders was at the lower end of the department store ratings but still respected untill it's last five years of trading.

@@CharlieFlemingOriginal Actually Allders was at the higher end of department stores. It had every single department you could think of, and a mall. This one (Croydon) was also the flag ship store.

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Can we still get inside Allders even tho it’s closed down?

I have 0 clue

He reuploaded that video

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Beno I have a suggestion for a lift tour next winchester there’s an ecodisc in primark

And disgusting generic lift that jolt up the glass shaft Brooke’s car park

Or do a new tour of the Basingstoke shopping centre please