Brixton news, rumours and general chat - April 2013

[Mrs Magpie]

There you go

 

[Ax^]

All the fonts will be changed to comic sans

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Only for people who have it in their fonts folder.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Does normal service resume at 9.00am or are we stuck with it all day?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

We've opened a bank account so that people who can't cope can pay to have the font they prefer. £10 a month or a lifetime payment of £500.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

We've opened a bank account so that people who can't cope can pay to have the font they prefer. £10 a month or a lifetime payment of £500.

I can cope, I just may get very angry

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

That's better

 

[Thimble Queen]

I think we should go and drink all their winezzz

 

[editor]

The SIA Community Arts cafe at Loughborough Junction is a pleasant little space.

http://www.urban75.org/blog/knittin...y-arts-cafe-loughborough-junction-london-sw9/

 

[Badgers]

The Urban Edge Art Event is a pleasant little space.

 

[laughalot]

Hello...
I asked all the questions and think it might be better to answer them in 'Brixton clubs that require photo ID'

 

[Gramsci]

Hello...
I asked all the questions and think it might be better to answer them in 'Brixton clubs that require photo ID'

That would be good as posters have raised concerns about scanners on that thread.

 

[mxh]

That would be good as posters have raised concerns about scanners on that thread.

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgu...i=Se1ZUdSgC4y1PcHEgdAD&ved=0CH0Q9QEwDw&dur=74

 

[Badgers]

London energy switch.

http://www.biglondonenergyswitch.org.uk/

 

[Badgers]

Still need some sunglasses. Have little money maybe a walk to Lidl

 

[colacubes]

Still need some sunglasses. Have little money maybe a walk to Lidl

Market surely. I got some alright ones last year for under £5.

 

[editor]

Or the pound shop if you're after a classy bargain.

 

[Dan U]

Still need some sunglasses. Have little money maybe a walk to Lidl

just do a run by sunglassing in the village. surely it will be teeming with expensive sunglasses just waiting to be snatched off some unsuspecting diners head by a Badgers at full tilt.

bonus points if you get a wig as well.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

The basketball court at the top of Brockwell Park appears to have been lost forever and replaced with a grassed area

I was hoping they were going to renovate it, but it looks like it's been lost in favour of a performance area. No information about it on the signs around the park either.

 

[Rushy]

The basketball court at the top of Brockwell Park appears to have been lost forever and replaced with a grassed area

I walk the dog in the park every day and run around it most days (well, intend to) and never saw it used for basketball. There is a court alongside the tennis courts.
Looks much much better now IMO - and they have kept the mini stage for performances.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Fuck the Met police, who think it's ok to illegally park their cars on double yellow lines whilst they nip off to do their shopping, forcing cyclists and other roads users into the middle of the road, risking collision with vehicles coming the other way. (Ferndale Road.)

 

[Brixton Hatter]

I walk the dog in the park every day and run around it most days (well, intend to) and never saw it used for basketball. There is a court alongside the tennis courts.
Looks much much better now IMO - and they have kept the mini stage for performances.

It used to get used a lot by all sorts of people. I used to play there. But the surface was allowed to deteriorate to the extent that it was better to go to Papa's Park or even Kennington to play. The other court gets used a lot for volleyball and I think you have to book it.

 

[leanderman]

It used to get used a lot by all sorts of people. I used to play there. But the surface was allowed to deteriorate to the extent that it was better to go to Papa's Park or even Kennington to play. The other court gets used a lot for volleyball and I think you have to book it.

Always ignored basketball until I watched it at the Olympics. Was surprised to find it's a great sport

 

[Rushy]

Always ignored basketball until I watched it at the Olympics. Was surprised to find it's a great sport

I was taken to the Olympics basketball on a date by a regular player. Embarrassingly, I fell asleep in the top row of the ladies semi finals when the last 15s of play took about 40 minutes.

 

[leanderman]

I was taken to the Olympics basketball on a date by a regular player. Embarrassingly, I fell asleep in the top row of the ladies semi finals when the last 15s of play took about 40 minutes.

Ok. It's two teams of giants taking turns to score

 

[Rushy]

Ok. It's two teams of giants taking in turns to score

I seem to remember there being one rather butch midget. Although even she was probably taller (and certainly butcherer) than me.

 

[r0bb0]

I used to love going up there and shooting some hoop with the stunning views over London!

 

[gaijingirl]

The basketball court at the top of Brockwell Park appears to have been lost forever and replaced with a grassed area

I was hoping they were going to renovate it, but it looks like it's been lost in favour of a performance area. No information about it on the signs around the park either.

there has been lots of performances there in summer in recent years and they are now looking into investing in putting up a "sound shell" there.

 

[editor]

Another Brixton mystery.

Did 'B.O.Y. Brinkler, Osborne & Young Ltd., Pigeon, Poultry Bird Seed, Specialists really exist?'

Read more: http://www.urban75.org/blog/junctio...the-mystery-of-the-bird-seed-specialists-sw9/

 

[editor]

I have the full answer, courtesy of a response to my blog entry:

Hi! The banner “There is no place like home!” is part of a series of urban interventions by the community project The House in The Junction – check us out http://www.thehouseinthejunction.com, or you can find us on Facebook and Twitter.

We think we met briefly with one of you guys at Ray’s SIA C.A.F.E (you recently wrote a post about it) while we were all knitting colourful yarn together for another of our urban interventions.

We’d love to meet up and tell you more about our project. The “Bird Seed Specialists” shop sign is an original sign from the 1940s which was found under the more recent “Blessed Assurance Freight Solutions” sign and it was so beautiful that the owners of the house decided to leave it there, but it is not related to the project.

Thanks for blogging about The House in The Junction!