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Brady's, Brixton (Railway Hotel): history, chat and plans

playghirl said:
I heard a rumour that Sean ( previous Queen owner) and Seamus ( wINDMILL)
ARE planning on buying Bradys and reopening. Has anyone heard these rumours?
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I've heard nothing I'm afraid, but if I had the money I'd buy the venue tomorrow. It could be a *great* local music/entertainment venue.
 
Yeah, It's a brilliant venue, and indeed a disgrace it's been left idle for so very long. I really really hope that it re-opens as a venue, and isn't developed into more bloody flats.
 
aurora green said:
Yeah, It's a brilliant venue, and indeed a disgrace it's been left idle for so very long. I really really hope that it re-opens as a venue, and isn't developed into more bloody flats.
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I can't see who'd want to live in a building that contains a built in railway bridge!
 
Incidentally, in my fantasy ideal venues for Offline, number one was Cooltan, with Brady's at number two!
 
Just how much money would be needed?
*hair brained schemes run amok in crispy's brain*
 
The freehold would be a million or two, I suspect, maybe more. That's if the council would sell it, and I bet they wouldn't - they would always have half an eye on "future plans" for the area and wouldn't let it go.

It needs a lot spending on it, and you would need to make some use of the residential above, if only to help with the mortgage payments on your 2 million pound loan......

Leasing it: don't know.

I would love to own that place - it would make a brilliant venue.

Giles..
 
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I sense anger. Anger and frustration over a problem that will not let itself be solved.
 
playghirl said:
I heard a rumour that Sean ( previous Queen owner) and Seamus ( wINDMILL)
ARE planning on buying Bradys and reopening. Has anyone heard these rumours?
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Isn't Seamus involved in buying a place in Streatham at least that's what his wife told me and boy was she unhappy about it.
 
Crispy said:
Just how much money would be needed?
*hair brained schemes run amok in crispy's brain*
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Convincing the council is probably more important than the money (someone told me they threw £million at the dogstar once? could well be bollocks though).

The lottery bid and market tidy up seems to have focused their attention on this side of town recently. Plus all the parties seem to be shiying away from the "cafe culture" stuff recently since they pretty much accepted it has caused alot of unwelcome problems (drug touirism etc). So maybe they could be talked round if there was a decent hairbrained scheme?
 
memespring said:
. So maybe they could be talked round if there was a decent hairbrained scheme?
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I've got a decent hairbrained scheme and know lots of people who would want to get involved. Who do I write to?!
 
oh, i disagree. hasn't it been conclusively shown that they'll hand out cash to hare-brained schemes, unlike benefits?
 
Just an update to say that there are some quite advanced proposals to reopen Brady's being sorted out.

I might be helping them out, but can't say too much right now - but it's looking good!

More details later!
 
Never before has a much loved building been in such dire need of some love and attention, and a PAINT JOB! Before it falls irreperably into disrepair...

Good luck with the plans!
 
Let's hope something finally happens! I remember being shown round the place when it was squatted, and being amazed at the size of it - and sad that such a great venue was being left to rot.

Giles..
 
Mind you, the disgrace of Brady's being left to rot is nowhere near as bad as the outrageous fate of Cooltan: once a hugely popular and thriving community resource, it's been left to slowly fall apart for ten years for no good reason.
 
Is the structure still sound at Brady's? The one thing that would doom any project would be a bad surveyor's report saying "basicly, you need to tear it down" - I don't see any trees in gutters or collapsed roofs, but those sort of things could scupper any plans...
 
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