11-03-2017 08:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk

Why are there two huge chimneys next to Croydon's Ikea?

To shoppers across south London, Croydon and Ikea are often synonymous with each other, but visitors are often left mystified over the twin towers standing next to the store.Known informally by many as the Ikea Towers or the Ikea Chimneys and used as a reference point by drivers either without a sat-nav or whose Google Maps has gone flat, they have a certain beauty to them but a common question is how did they end up as something of a marketing tool for the Swedish furniture giant?Situated in...
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