Beanos

Beanos is a British second-hand record shop, once the largest in Europe [Plummer, Robert: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6214278.stm Record collectors' shop faces the music] , "BBC News", 20 December 2006.] , located in the South London suburb of Croydon. It was founded by David Lashmar in 1975 (a former member of the short-lived British musical group Dead Sea Fruit) and continued to expand through three increasingly larger shops ending up in an old printing works in Middle Street during the 1990s.

After over thirty years of trading, Beanos faced the threat of closure in 2006, although the immediate threat was averted by concentrating the store's focus on rare vinyl records rather than CDs which were being undercut by large music chains and supermarkets. The following year, Lashmar also opened an indoor market to complement the store. [Plummer, Robert: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6707255.stm Rare groove shops facing extinction] , "BBC News", 7 June 2007.]

References

External links

* [http://beanosmarketplace.co.uk/ Beanos Marketplace] (official website of the indoor market)

Other Meanings

Also a slang for a form of money in crewe