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i have read some of it - just pulling a dissertation together at the moment and a little overwhelmed by all the information in my head.
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i have read some of it - just pulling a dissertation together at the moment and a little overwhelmed by all the information in my head.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
I may have given the wrong impression. My comment was meant in a light hearted "they were being amazingly picky but I'm so great I got it in" way. I don't really think I was asked in on account of being handsome and erudite (although I am very clearly both). They just asked to see my bank statement, checked the label on my boxer shorts and asked where I stood in line to the throne.
Honestly, it was full of young trendy jumbled up London folk as you'd expect but I didn't see any evidence of door policy beyond "are you too pissed or a bit agro". They just seemed to be controlling numbers according to the number of seats.
Gramsci
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My neighbour has explained it to me but I keep forgetting when to use their or there. Grammar was never my strong point.
Spell check saves me. Even though my computer appears to keeps telling me that organise is spelt organize which is US spelling.
Gramsci
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Interesting programme on Radio 4 last Thursday about the "Big Society"
podcast download here
or listen online on first link.
In short said that its a failure.
In last 10 mins "Community Organisers" were discussed. Someone from Citizens UK said that they were glad that they did not get the contract to train the organisers. As it would have weakened the political independence of Citizens UK. His exact words were "whoever pays the piper calls the tune".
podcast download here
or listen online on first link.
In short said that its a failure.
In last 10 mins "Community Organisers" were discussed. Someone from Citizens UK said that they were glad that they did not get the contract to train the organisers. As it would have weakened the political independence of Citizens UK. His exact words were "whoever pays the piper calls the tune".
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I agree - doesn't it illustrate the perils of turning "bottom up" into "top down" - and also trying to impose a universal model?
I think a lot of the sort of projects mentioned in the Radio 4 programme probably cater to needs in smaller less diverse (& vibrant?) communities than Brixton.
Take the example of IT skills. There is already an abundance of these sort of places, from the Green Man to the many small private internet cafes.
Similarly food provision - you have numerous cafes and for the disadvantaged the soup kitchen and the food bank.
That is why I am keen to find out what our own community organisers are proposing. Is it going to be new and genuinely enhancing - or is it going to be Soup Kitchen II?
Gramsci
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Hope it goes well. Be interested in reading it. Its an interesting subject.
Gramsci
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I did find some of the projects discussed in the radio programme somewhat lacking in any substance.
Also I keep thinking of Tricky Skills comment in his Buzz piece that is this not what Cllrs should be doing? The Labour party and its Cllrs campaigning on issues like housing and bedroom tax in a ward like Coldharbour. That would get people interested in Labour party again.
The old school Liberal party had a quite radical programme of community politics in the 70s
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Nice to see interview on the George Galloway Sputnik programme about the UNESCO day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. (the relevant bit starts about 14m in).
I am happy to report that Mr Galloway's interlocutor is a long-time Coldharbour Lane resident like myself and an occasional poster on Urban 75.
I am happy to report that Mr Galloway's interlocutor is a long-time Coldharbour Lane resident like myself and an occasional poster on Urban 75.
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hiraethified
I like the fact that it's having a proper hand painted sign rather than the usual cheap plastic crap, but that also worries me a bit too as that can be part of the hipster shop craze too.
The bloke has finished the painting, and there's just a phone number underneath, so I'm none the wiser.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
What I find fascinating is the amount the Shed and Shutter people (meaning the owners) seem to use the Morely's Fried Chicken shop. It's almost as though they are not above having an economical snack for themselves, despite serving up all sorts of exotica for their customers.
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hiraethified
I was talking to someone who had been to the Shunted Shuttle last night: even though he only wanted a bottle of beer (serving time required: approx 2 secs to remove top), they still made him wait 15 mins while they attended to his friend's gimmicky, Polaroid-encumbered cocktails first. He wasn't impressed.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
I worked out the solution to this in 384 the other night - order beers and cocktails, then you can both be drinking the beers while they make the cocktails.
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hiraethified
I have to say that the 384 always looks pretty dreadful to me when I go pass. But - hey! - different strokes, etc etc.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I think the "exotic" beer they serve is mainly Estrella - a kind of Spanish version of Heineken made in Barcelona. Does appear to be independent, so on a par with Greene King or Marstons politically, not taste wise though.
End of Roger Protz simulation.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
cuppa tee
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The brewery name is S.A Damm,
Estrella is one of their beers
their best one imho is Voll Damm*
which is a kind of Spanish spesh
* not available in Waitrose iirc
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Estrella Inedit is in Waitrose though. Excellent news!
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I have a friend who used to live in Tarragona. We used to imbibe that stuff (bottled). Quite good.The brewery name is S.A Damm,
Estrella is one of their beers
their best one imho is Voll Damm*
which is a kind of Spanish spesh
* not available in Waitrose iirc
The nearest we got to that in Loughborough Junction is this one though
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
This seemed quite startling (from Wikipedia):
"Blue Peacock, renamed from Blue Bunny and originally Brown Bunny, was a British tactical nuclear weapon project in the 1950s."
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
It should be a £5 a 750 ml bottle. Apparently it is a wheat beer for connoisseurs.
Unfortunately the Shrub and Shutter serve cans of "ordinary" Estrella - the sort that you get in vending machines in cheap hotels for 1€.
cuppa tee
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leanderman
Street Party: July 2
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I can't tell from the picture, but if no. 412 happens to be the 'money shop' business, then it's fucking great news if it's to change to a restaurant.
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hiraethified
It's been in use as the Jamrock clothing store for a while. It was a money transfer business before, mainly for Caribbean customers.
