A pensioner who has ran a popular Croydon pub for nearly 20 years is retiring with plans in place to build five flats on the site of the business. Jim Macguire has been the owner of Ye Olde Clocktower, on Whitehorse Road, along with partner Mary McDonagh for 19 years but put the site up for sale three months ago.The 73-year-old attained full planning permission from Croydon Council in March last year to extend the pub on the ground floor, expand the residential space on the first floor and...
