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Brixton news, rumour and general chat - March 2016

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Welcome to the March thread!

Here's the weather forecast for the entire month (I suspect there's some considerable guesswork involved)

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FACTS!

March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of seven months that are 31 days long. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20th or 21st marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March.

March - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name of March comes from Latin Martius, the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named for Mars, the Roman god of war who was also regarded as a guardian of agriculture and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. His month Martius was the beginning of the season for both farming and warfare, and the festivals held in his honor during the month were mirrored by others in October, when the season for these activities came to a close. Martius remained the first month of the Roman calendar year perhaps as late as 153 BC, and several religious observances in the first half of the month were originally new year's celebrations. Even in late antiquity, Roman mosaics picturing the months sometimes still placed March first.

March 1 began the numbered year in Russia until the end of the 15th century. Great Britain and its colonies continued to use March 25 until 1752, when they finally adopted the Gregorian calendar. Many other cultures and religions still celebrate the beginning of the New Year in March.

Some weather lore:

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March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. [--]
 
Some depressing news to start off the month:
A teenager has been stabbed close to a Tube station in south London.

The man, thought to be in his late teens, was found with knife injuries close to Oval station on Monday afternoon.

He was reportedly attacked near the junction of Brixton Road and Camberwell New Road, which have been closed by police.

It is believed he was stabbed in the street after a fight broke out at a nearby chicken shop, the Met said.

A witness said dozens of school children were gathered at the scene minutes afterwards.
Teenager stabbed in street 'after fight at chicken shop'
 
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Cycled past that (or rather pushed - whole junction was closed) at about 6.30pm and assumed it was an RTA. Grim.
 
The weather forecast predicts that March will be colder than the last 3 months - time to dig out your woollies, fleeces, and thermals. :(
 
Oh and if the above qualifies me for a ban - I'll accept it, and I certainly won't be whining and making snide comments on my return like some of you spoilt little bastards.
 
I'd miss teuchter, even though he's the only person i've ever felt the need to put on ignore. The idea of collective u75 underwear is genuinely unsettling though thanks.
 
I'd really like it if people could be nicer to each other, and desist from delivering both blatant insults and insidious personal digs through words and images. To put everyone in a better mood, here's a cute little dance.

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Could we get back to discussing Brixton now please?
 
Shoe Fayre is to close end of May and in it's place will be Footlocker (part deux). Another high street shop. Yawn.
Fuck's sake. Brixton will soon be totally dominated by massive chains, faux independents and well-backed public schoolboy-run businesses.
 
Brilliantly mad auto generated advert for some electrical company, basded on - of all things - my article on the broken pedestrian light.
Electricians in Brixton would have replaced traffic light by now

Now one of the main reasons we are famous in Brixton and the surrounding areas as the number one Electrician around that is we never leave a job until it is 100% done.

Our electricians in Brixton wouldn’t forgive themselves if they just walked out of a customer’s home, leaving a trail of destruction, loose wires and incomplete circuits. It just goes completely against the Mr Electric Brixton manifesto.

Our manifesto is long and elaborate but essentially it boils down to three things: efficient, safe and professional work, great customer service and satisfaction and highly trained electricians.

We think it’s a manifesto all of our lovely and loyal customers can get behind.

It’s definitely one our emergency electricians in Brixton back 100%.

But then again, they wouldn’t be part of the Mr Electric Brixton, aka the emergency electrician Brixton loves and adores, if they weren’t fully committed to the Mr Electric cause.

We’re going off on a tangent.

The whole point of the blog was to address a hilarious yet worrying feature that has recently become part of the corner of Coldharbour Lane and Atlantic Road.

What has set up shop there, we hear all of our great readers in Brixton cry?

Well, it’s a fallen traffic light.

When your favourite emergency electricians in Brixton found out about this fallen traffic light, we actually laughed out loud (aka LOL for the younger readers out there, because we’re down with the kids) because the situation was so ridiculous.

It even got a fetching Natty Orange hat to suit its new look.

Now whilst the situation was quite bizarre and funny, it made all of our electricians in Brixton wonder, “why had nothing been done to move it”.

At the time of reading, the fallen traffic light was still there, 5 days after its fall.
 
The organisation I work for is getting rid of a whole load of little storage containers and box files, example pics attached, I wondered if anyone knows of any local charities, community groups or churches perhaps that might have use for them, they'll probably end up getting landfilled if not which depresses me

If you know of anywhere, give me a shout

And apologies for the non Brixton specific comment but it seemed like a good place to start
 

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