Beanos

Beanos was a second-hand record shop, once the largest in Europe,[1] located in the South London borough of Croydon.

It was founded by musician David Lashmar in 1975 and continued to expand through three increasingly larger shops, ending up in an old printing works in Middle Street in 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 compact discs which were being undercut by large music chains and supermarkets.

[3] In January 2010, Lashmar reopened Beanos as STUFF marketplace,[4] which officially closed on 30 April 2010 due to lack of business.

[5] After the short lived STUFF venture, the site was then host to Beanies, a child-friendly cafe also offering play areas and workshops, for several years, before this too ceased operations.