Brixton chitter chatter and news and updates (Feb-Aug 2011)

[fortyplus]

Do you mean Granville Arcade?

yes, I do. But it says Brixton Village on the lease thing I signed.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Ah, a newcomer

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Ice cream is always good news, so if y'all want this parlour and the charming Spanish lass to stick around we're going have to buy loads or persuade them to cut their prices which are ABSURD. One scoop of (admittedly delicious) chocolate and caramel ice cream was nearly £2. And the cone was £2 extra. So I had a free plastic pot instead.

Do you have a picture of this £2 cone?

 

[peterkro]

Stockwell road in Blow up - can see the old and new queen head pubs - cool stuff

I brought a bike from Pride and Clarke in I believe '73 when I first came to Britian,if memory serves the building was white then.Be interesting to know when the red went.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Brixton Village hasn't existed since about 1830

 

[nick h.]

Do you have a picture of this £2 cone?

They're just tiny, standard cones. In the pic you can see them stacked on the counter, far left.

 

[fortyplus]

Before Nour, there was only the covered market entrance. Nour started the Electric Avenue entrance iirc.

So what was in the alley from Electric Ave to the Market Hall? It has the feel that it's been there forever.

 

[fortyplus]

Ah, a newcomer

Relative.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

It has (iirc) but was a discrete unit.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

They're just tiny, standard cones. In the pic you can see them stacked on the counter, far left.

Think I'll pass on icecream in a cone then

 

[fortyplus]

Brixton Village hasn't existed since about 1830

Be interesting to see if the new owners re-re-brand it. But since all the signage etc for what you, and the Post Office, call the Granville Arcade calls it Brixton Village, those of us who want people to come and find where we are and buy stuff tend to use the new name, which I don't like either.

 

[fortyplus]

Good ice-cream needs expensive ingredients, so it's easier to justify £2 for the scoop than £2 for the cone, which is ridiculous even for a posh chocolate-coated sugar-cone.

 

[nick h.]

Another New Cake Shop on Coldharbour Lane

This one's going to be opposite the Albert. It will be regular, non-vegan, part of a chain of half a dozen existing ones. The owner is the brother of Tony of House of Bottles fame. He advertised for a salesperson in Gumtree - 8.00 am to 5.30 pm, Mon to Sat, £250 net (which I suppose is the legal minimum) - and got 200 applicants the next day. Poverty line, innit.

 

[RaverDrew]

This one's going to be opposite the Albert. It will be regular, non-vegan, part of a chain of half a dozen existing ones. The owner is the brother of Tony of House of Bottles fame. He advertised for a salesperson in Gumtree - 8.00 am to 5.30 pm, Mon to Sat, £250 net (which I suppose is the legal minimum) - and got 200 applicants the next day. Poverty line, innit.

Fucking hell !!!

 

[editor]

This one's going to be opposite the Albert. It will be regular, non-vegan, part of a chain of half a dozen existing ones. The owner is the brother of Tony of House of Bottles fame. He advertised for a salesperson in Gumtree - 8.00 am to 5.30 pm, Mon to Sat, £250 net (which I suppose is the legal minimum) - and got 200 applicants the next day. Poverty line, innit.

Where opposite the Albert? I assume not Living because I've heard a VERY strong rumour that it's been sold and it's going to be a bar again.

As for job applications - three Cardiff salesperson jobs attracted over 3,000 applicants recently!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

This one's going to be opposite the Albert. It will be regular, non-vegan, part of a chain of half a dozen existing ones. The owner is the brother of Tony of House of Bottles fame. He advertised for a salesperson in Gumtree - 8.00 am to 5.30 pm, Mon to Sat, £250 net (which I suppose is the legal minimum) - and got 200 applicants the next day. Poverty line, innit.

Maybe the dole office picked it up and made everyone local apply?

 

[editor]

Karl, the bloke doing the signwriting for Ms Cupcake, has had his newish 15" Macbook Pro pinched. (He was up some scaffolding outside the shop and left the Macbook down on the red bench under the arch. Which was a bit tbf, but he's a country lad and this was his first day in Brixton.)

Sorry to hear about his loss, but if you leave a MacBook unattended around the centre of Brixton it's going to go walkies as sure as eggs is eggs.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Sorry to hear about his loss, but if you leave a MacBook unattended around the centre of Brixton it's going to go walkies as sure as eggs is eggs.

Maybe he'd never heard of Brixton? Or got it confused with the one down south

Ms Cupcake should have warned him though. Poor guy

 

[nick h.]

Where opposite the Albert? I assume not Living because I've heard a VERY strong rumour that it's been sold and it's going to be a bar again.

No, the shop on the left of the mansion entrance. Pretty much bang opposite the Albert.

I mentioned Living upthread recently

One of the former owners of Living has bought it. It's going to be a bar again.

That's all I've been told.

 

[editor]

No, the shop on the left of the mansion entrance. Pretty much bang opposite the Albert.

There's gonna be cupcake wars across Coldharbour Lane. Makes a change from gangs, I guess.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Nour Cash & Carry to close. Their rent is being increased massively.

That's awful news if it's true.

But if Nour - who are basically packed all the time - cant survive there, who can?

Increasing the rents could just lead to loads of empty shops no-one can afford to rent.

 

[teuchter]

Steam Train Alert

Today (Wednesday) scheduled to pass through Brixton eastbound at 10.52 and returning westbound at 16.06.

It will be on the Clapham High St-Denmark Hill line so will be on the high-level bridge rather than passing through the station platforms.

It'll be this one -

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Five year old girl and adult male seriously injured by gunshots on Stockwell Road last night

 

[ajdown]

Stockwell Road closed since last night, apparently due to a double shooting, one of the victims being a 5 year old child.

 

[Badgers]

Stockwell Road closed since last night, apparently due to a double shooting, one of the victims being a 5 year old child.

Do you ever post anything else?
Not detracting from the incident but do you ever see anything positive?
I saw some lovely daffodils just now!

We walked out the pub in Stockwell last night and the police were taping off the road.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Well, I posted pretty much the same info two minutes before ajd, except the fact that the road was closed. Road closures really bother ajd so clearly I left out the really important information.

 

[Badgers]

Well, I posted pretty much the same info two minutes before ajd, except the fact that the road was closed. Road closures really bother ajd so clearly I left out the really important information.

Not saying it should not be mentioned, it is a horrible thing.
Just that AJ posts nothing apart from the daily two line misery update.

 

[Crispy]

There are lights on inside Living, and building work is going on

 

[ajdown]

Not saying it should not be mentioned, it is a horrible thing.
Just that AJ posts nothing apart from the daily two line misery update.

Sorry, here's me thinking I was posting a useful piece of information that may have saved anyone going that way being unnecessarily disrupted by finding an alternative way in.

I don't post a lot any more because people seem to just want to shout down anything I say because it's me saying it, rather than what I say, as your post clearly illustrates.

 

[Badgers]

Sorry, here's me thinking I was posting a useful piece of information that may have saved anyone going that way being unnecessarily disrupted by finding an alternative way in.

I don't post a lot any more because people seem to just want to shout down anything I say because it's me saying it, rather than what I say, as your post clearly illustrates.

Any thoughts as to why this happens?