I know that shop well, although I’ve never been in it. As to Croydon being Shakespeare’s place of birth, I was unaware that the town that regularly features high up in lists of shit towns, was/is an outpost of Stratford-upon-Avon 🤔. I suspect they were referring to its ambience, rather than its geographical location. Croydon does reasonably well for musical instrument outlets, having the above and the town somewhat bracketed by Rock Bottom (massive misnomer) and Martin Phelp’s. It also the home to Feline Guitars.