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

[teuchter]

My feast day of 4 October will be held in Windrush Square
Been busy in there of late, had you noticed teuchter?

Yes, I had. I was thinking I should do a "Windrush Square 1 year on: your considered verdict" poll.

 

[Badgers]

Yes, I had. I was thinking I should do a "Windrush Square 1 year on: your considered verdict" poll.

I think you shop stop thinking and start doing.

 

[teuchter]

Did you mean to say "shop stould"?

 

[Badgers]

Did you mean to say "shop stould"?

Yes

 

[Orang Utan]

should stop!

 

[Badgers]

should stop!

confirmist ^

 

[teuchter]

should stop!

pendant

 

[Mrs Redboots]

When did the Telegraph close? Went past today and it was all shuttered and so on - sad, really!

 

[teuchter]

Several years ago now.

 

[nick h.]

A quick mention for the Smiley Culture march in, er, ten hours or so. Just in case you didn't see it in the Smiley thread. http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=24458

 

[nick h.]

There was a shooting in the early hours near Fujiyama off Atlantic Road. The story is that a chap called Brown, aka Big Fat Brown, interfered in an argument between two men. He was shot three times and died in hospital this afternoon. Brown was the brother of the owner of the Ultimate Jerk Chicken place next to the Dogstar.

 

[Spark]

There was a fatal incident on marcus garvey way last night, apparently at around 6.30am. I don't know any more but I'm guessing it's the same one as nick h heard about.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Fatal shooting on Poynders Road a couple of days ago as well

 

[princess_k]

I just had the police at my door about the shooting - it was the first I heard about it. He said the man was 35 and it happened at 6.50am. I was thankfully asleep and not on an early morning trek for cigarettes.

 

[editor]

Fuck. That's terrible news.

 

[OpalFruit]

Terrible.
On the news tonight it said it was Marcus Garvey Way and the victim was 30. Operation Trident are investigating.
Too many bloody guns.
I don't like it.
To state the bloody obvious.
But you know, you're out, having a nice time along Atlantic Rd, and there are people, right there, carrying guns and prepared to shoot people dead.

 

[Badgers]

Getting a bit too regular isn't it, story on the BBC news.

 

[editor]

Getting a bit too regular isn't it, story on the BBC news.

Here's what the BBC is reporting thus far:

The victim, in his 30s, was attacked in Brixton at about 0650 BST on Sunday, the Metropolitan Police (Met) said

He was taken by ambulance from the scene in Marcus Garvey Way to a south London hospital where he died at about 1230 BST.

Detectives from the Met's Trident unit, which investigates murder and gun crime within London's black communities, have begun a murder investigation.

Lambeth is apparently now worse than the Bronx:

The renewed debate on gun crime in Britain came as the Spectator magazine branded Lambeth now worse than the Bronx for murder and rape.

Locals are used to living in a maligned borough, but being compared with the Bronx is a new low. “If Brixton’s the new Bronx,” one man says, “we’re in serious trouble.” The Bronx burned nightly in the 70s, but reached international notoriety during the 80s crack epidemic when gun crime peaked. Since then, the rate of deaths and injuries have been falling.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-st...ing-in-the-shadow-of-the-gun-115875-23064423/

 

[Badgers]

Lambeth is apparently now worse than the Bronx:

Is the Bronx the official yardstick?

 

[Ms T]

Marcus Garvey way was taped off this morning when I was on my way home. Now I know why. It's a bit too close to home for comfort, tbh.

 

[Badgers]

It getting pretty wild west out there. Not been in Brixton as long as many folk, is this as bad as it has been?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

My perception is that it's about the same but reported more. It rarely used to make the BBC.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Apparently it's much more expensive getting hold of a gun than it was ten years ago.

 

[northsouthfood]

I notice everything Brixton based, good or bad, is hitting the media more these days. I suspect a lot more middle class press types live in and around Brixton these days and thus are more likely to be aware of what's happening in the area, and choose to revel in both the trendiness of the market and the occasional dodginess of Coldharbour Lane and its environs because both things make living in Brixton more interesting to them than living in Acton.

 

[snowy_again]

Did anyone go to the Belleville Rendevouz screening at the velodrome? Seemed to be lots more non local cyclists around late afternoon than normal...

 

[snowy_again]

There were forensic police wandering about Marcus Garvey Way when I passed this morning, and I overhead someone talk about the shooting. Nasty.

On a lighter note, did anyone go to the Belleville Rendevouz screening at the velodrome? Seemed to be lots more non local cyclists around late afternoon than normal...

 

[editor]

On a lighter note, did anyone go to the Belleville Rendevouz screening at the velodrome? Seemed to be lots more non local cyclists around late afternoon than normal...

Quite a few urbanites were in attendance - photo feature coming up soon!

 

[Maggot]

I've not noticed the Ultimate Jerk Centre on Coldharbour Lane before - has it been there long? Fantastic name!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Quite a few urbanites were in attendance - photo feature coming up soon!

Interested in whether the Velodrome has anyone has kept photos of the place from decades ago (ie. the 60s), as my mother and uncle used to race there?

 

[nick h.]

I've not noticed the Ultimate Jerk Centre on Coldharbour Lane before - has it been there long? Fantastic name!

I haven't been yet, but people keep telling me it's great, and lots better than Big Bite, the previous occupants.