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

[story]

I checked that bin yesterday and lightbulbs are on the 'no thanks' list

http://www.wrwa.gov.uk/recycle/az_of_materials/light_bulbs.aspx
looks like wandsworth's your best bet.. http://www.wrwa.gov.uk/recycle/reuse_and_recycling_centres/smugglers_way_sw18.aspx#Materialsaccepted, sorry story

Aw crap. Thanks for looking though.

How about the Sainsburys one in my post?

I'll check it out. Thanks

 

[gaijingirl]

so heard a bit more Herne Hill gossip today. A repeat of the Starbucks opening in the former Stardust. 3 more units in the arches to be occupied by some posh cafe/takeaway and another one to become a wooden toy shop. Oh and Community Fitness to have another as their studio (I think that's been mentioned before?).

so no shortage of coffee in HH...

 

[snowy_again]

Deliverance is taking 3 of the arches, with 25 mopeds driving stuff from there to stressed media executives across South London...

 

[gaijingirl]

ah that'll be the posh cafe/takeaway thing (as it was described to me) so...

I'd not heard of Deliverance before - is it any good? It's got an awfully large menu...

 

[shakespearegirl]

Deliverance food is rubbish.. They try to do many things, so nothing really works

 

[gaijingirl]

Deliverance food is rubbish.. They try to do many things, so nothing really works

that's what I feared.... it would be hard to be properly good and sushi AND curry AND all those other things... shame though, the menu looks quite tasty.

 

[miss minnie]

Deliverance food is rubbish.. They try to do many things, so nothing really works

They seriously called themselves Deliverance?

 

[twistedAM]

They seriously called themselves Deliverance?

Is pork on the menu?

 

[nick h.]

Just been told there was an armed robbery of a house in Chaucer Road at about 2 pm.

 

[snowy_again]

Really? I was passing through there then and didn't see anything. Why would you raid a house on a suburban street?

 

[nick h.]

That's all I was told.

I suppose if armed crims did raid a house there it could quite easily be drugs or gang related. We don't hear about such things unless someone is shot. Even then it might not make any waves unless there's an unusual angle, e.g. a child victim. According to this there were 18 reported gun crimes in Lambeth last month. http://www.met.police.uk/crimefigures/boroughs/lx_month - mps.htm But how many have we heard about?

 

[Ms T]

Just been told there was an armed robbery of a house in Chaucer Road at about 2 pm.

I live very close by and saw a police tape and some officers on the corner of Railton and Chaucer Road at around 4.30. Are you sure it wasn't the shop on Railton Road that was involved - they've had trouble there before and last time I went in I noticed they'd installed a cage around the cash desk.

I feel a bit anxious now.

 

[nick h.]

I know nothing I'm afraid, just passing on what someone else said. Maybe the police station could tell you more?

 

[Janh]

I saw the cop, tape and a photographer at the corner. When I asked last night the shop owner didn't know what had happened, so the shop wasn't involved.

 

[miss minnie]

Jazz band playing 'saints come marching' in detected moving north on Brixton Road just now, missed seeing them, just caught a glimpse of the police escort. I guess it was a jazz funeral. Not seen one in a long time.

 

[Mrs Redboots]

Has anybody mentioned the new ice-cream place in BV - NOT the one by the tattoo/barber shop; this is a different new one, opened last week. I got an ice there the second day - it was lovely. In Granville Arcade itself, near the 2nd exit on to Coldharbour Lane.

 

[editor]

Brixton's going to soon be filled with caffeine-accelerated ice cream scoffers.

 

[vamped]

Funeral procession could be this...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13520669

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Jazz band playing 'saints come marching' in detected moving north on Brixton Road just now, missed seeing them, just caught a glimpse of the police escort. I guess it was a jazz funeral. Not seen one in a long time.

Cherry Groce's maybe?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13520669

 

[miss minnie]

Cherry Groce's maybe?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13520669

Maybe

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Lots of people. Think it's her funeral

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lcptv-news

 

[ajdown]

Just had a very pushy salesman at the door trying to get me to change to their free broadband service. Took me quite a few attempts of "No, not interested thanks" against his well polished sales patter before I had to shut the door in his face.

I knew I should have stuck with my principle of never answer the door.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I bet it was talktalk. Those bastards are really pushy.

 

[ash]

I may have had the same one earlier in the week he was very insistent on shaking my hand which I was not intereste as his Schpiel was too in my face. I had to ask him to move his hand so i could shut the door really OTT!

 

[editor]

I bet it was talktalk. Those bastards are really pushy.

They've just been *slammed* by OFCOM for engaging in "dishonest, misleading or deceptive conduct" :
http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ca/news/2073162/talk-talk-task-ofcom-misleading-customers

 

[Mrs Magpie]

@ ash Spiel

 

[ajdown]

He didn't once mention the name of the company, or seem to have any leaflets to give me. I'd have gladly taken a leaflet from him to read at my leisure (and put straight in the bin once I'd shut the door) but he wanted me to get a piece of paper so he could write it all down and explain it to me.

Something definitely didn't feel right to me about it.

 

[ash]

@ ash Spiel

That looks better!! I think I was thinking of schmutter and thought it had some Yiddish conections but now I am thinking that should be smutter or shmutter?

 

[ash]

AJ- sounds like the same guy was he a black guy 25-30 shaved head suit purple tie and black (possibly) addudas bag over his shoulder?

 

[teuchter]

According to this there were 18 reported gun crimes in Lambeth last month. http://www.met.police.uk/crimefigures/boroughs/lx_month - mps.htm But how many have we heard about?

I would say we've heard about 18 of them.