Loughborough Junction chitter-chatter

[teuchter]

I have meaning to start an LJ chitter-chatter thread for a while. Here I am doing it now.

Shall we start with supermarkets?

Tesco has been open for, what, a few months now? Where the Warrior/Junction pub once was

Business in NISA seems to remain healthy enough.

The supermarket opposite the new Tesco has re-opened after a bit of a refurb. I can't comment on how business is in there as I don't use that one much.

Still no sign of Sainsburys opening in the ex-Crown/Mucky Duck. It looks like the flats above are now at least partly occupied though.

Meanwhile on the site of the Harriers pub (corner of Herne Hill Road and Wanless Rd) they are about to start work on a new block of flats.

 

[teuchter]

Before and after at the shop opposite Tesco:





Not sure if the old sign has been revealed as a deliberate move, or if they just ran out of money for a new one.

 

[Thimble Queen]

I've been wondering what that old sign is about....

 

[teuchter]

Also, Sem Cafe have employed some hyperactive signwriters to do up the outside of their building



At the end of next week (19th/20th) they are going to be filming for a remake of the Man From U.N.C.L.E. in the garages there on Padfield Road. We have been told not to be alarmed by any high speed car chases or people wielding firearms.

 

[teuchter]

I've been wondering what that old sign is about....

It's a nice enough old sign but the giant white shutter awning and the fluorescent lights don't really add to it.

 

[Thimble Queen]

It's a nice enough old sign but the giant white shutter awning and the fluorescent lights don't really add to it.

Yeah i mean I quite like it as a sign but like you say it doesnt really fit... I wondered if they were trying to attract hipsters

 

[Smick]

The Electric Café in West Norwood got a new sign in similar colours. Apparently it was paid for by the West Norwood Feast people. Maybe some community group has paid for that.

 

[editor]

Not sure if the old sign has been revealed as a deliberate move, or if they just ran out of money for a new one.

The old sign looks much nicer than the horrible plastic thing that was there before.

 

[editor]

Also, Sem Cafe have employed some hyperactive signwriters to do up the outside of their building

I took some photos of that on Saturday, and of the nearby mosaics under the railway bridge. I'll post them up soon.

 

[teuchter]

The Electric Café in West Norwood got a new sign in similar colours. Apparently it was paid for by the West Norwood Feast people. Maybe some community group has paid for that.

The other week I noticed a cafe near Deptford had something very similar - I reckon by the same people.

 

[editor]

The other week I noticed a cafe near Deptford had something very similar - I reckon by the same people.

Be warned: artily painted shop fronts and shutters figure on the A-Z Gentrification.

 

[teuchter]

I wondered if they were trying to attract hipsters

Same here. I have not noticed any hipster targetted fare on sale inside though.

 

[Thimble Queen]

Same here. I have not noticed any hipster targetted fare on sale inside though.

It looks lot more welcoming without the grills an all...

 

[goldengraham]

Be warned: artily painted shop fronts and shutters figure on the A-Z Gentrification.

Any notion of that will be dispelled by the large quantities of mild cheddar for sale inside

 

[teuchter]

Padfield being set up for the filming ... all made out of plywood

 

[goldengraham]

Whoever owns the Chinese takeaway/Jerk Island building by LJ station was trying to get permission for the two shops to be knocked into one unit (presumably Sainsbury's Local sized) earlier in the year. The application got knocked back but it's one to keep an eye on. Although the building is a wreck it wld be sad if Jerk Island got booted out

 

[editor]

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Padfield being set up for the filming ... all made out of plywood

Blimey. That's very convincing!

 

[Crispy]

Been looking at some of the LJ railway arches as a location for the South London Hackspace (name still tbc). Some of the spaces are absolutely cavernous, but utterly inaccessible. An incredible amount of space locked in by surrounding buildings. Others are much more amenable and things could happen soon

 

[isvicthere?]

I have meaning to start an LJ chitter-chatter thread for a while. Here I am doing it now.

There's already one here:-

http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/liz-jones-is-she-for-real.223702/page-33#post-12556942

 

[teuchter]

Been looking at some of the LJ railway arches as a location for the South London Hackspace (name still tbc). Some of the spaces are absolutely cavernous, but utterly inaccessible. An incredible amount of space locked in by surrounding buildings. Others are much more amenable and things could happen soon

Should I be looking to upgrade my biohazard emergency contingency plans?

 

[teuchter]

Looks like Padfield Rd will be standing in for cold war Germany.

 

[teuchter]

 

[teuchter]

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[Leo Chesterton]

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Apologies - I could not resist applying a Hipstertwatic effect. Spoilt only by the parking meter. And maybe the extract vent is a bit too health and safety for 60's GDR.

 

[colacubes]

That does look really

 

[teuchter]

This is what it looked like last night when they were filming.
There were some paparazzi there, photographing Guy Ritchie and some other famous people that I either haven't heard of or don't recognise. The paparazzi guys weren't like I might have imagined; they seemed quite mild mannered chaps who were just stood around chatting to people in between taking photos.

I can reveal a key scene in the movie. This scoop is exclusive to the Loughborough Junction Chitter Chatter Thread.

Spoiler

A car goes down a street, stops, and someone gets out of it with a briefcase

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Great to see Loughborough Junction getting some glamour.

 

[Leo Chesterton]

I thought all the massive vans meant film people, but there are also caravans by Brockwell Park http://www.urban75.net/forums/threa...l-chat-sept-2013.314531/page-20#post-12562506.

Do you think that is where the talent is staying so as not to spook them with too much raw LJ?

Does it being a Guy Richie film mean the Stasi will be doing oi oi saveloy mockney accents?

 

[shakespearegirl]

I thought all the massive vans meant film people, but there are also caravans by Brockwell Park http://www.urban75.net/forums/threa...l-chat-sept-2013.314531/page-20#post-12562506.

Do you think that is where the talent is staying so as not to spook them with too much raw LJ?

Its standard to have a couple of different unit bases on a film shoot of this size. Hard to find a big enough space to house all the required vehicles. Its not far to travel people from Brockwell Park to Loughborough Junction and as the talent do a lot of hanging round on film shoots they've probably been allocated the nicest unit base location

 

[Joie]

Whoever owns the Chinese takeaway/Jerk Island building by LJ station was trying to get permission for the two shops to be knocked into one unit (presumably Sainsbury's Local sized) earlier in the year. The application got knocked back but it's one to keep an eye on. Although the building is a wreck it wld be sad if Jerk Island got booted out

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