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

[TruXta]

The Fire Brigade just said they had to remove someone off the bus.

Alive or dead?




Brixton threads have been well morbid lately.

 

[Knight]

Ha ha, i passed just after that. now the the the editor is involved. Think it may be Ronald McDonald from across the road killing people outside KFC. Spreading suicide pact lies to boost sales. Colonel versus the clown, it's a good old fashion street war!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Maybe the police screen was for the woman who was having a heart attack whilst giving birth

 

[Pat24]

apparently it was a stabbed pregnant woman having a heart attack whilst giving birth then died on the bus ...

http://beta.fishburn-hedges.co.uk/2011/06/does-the-police-have-a-duty-to-stop-the-spread-of-rumours/

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

apparently it was a stabbed pregnant woman having a heart attack whilst giving birth then died on the bus ...

http://beta.fishburn-hedges.co.uk/2011/06/does-the-police-have-a-duty-to-stop-the-spread-of-rumours/

Yeah, I read that on Twitter last night and decided it was a pisstake

 

[editor]

If I told you that I knew of a new club opening up in Brixton soon that was being styled like an English country manor 'with an urban twist,' would you believe me?

 

[ajdown]

If I told you that I knew of a new club opening up in Brixton soon that was being styled like an English country manor 'with an urban twist,' would you believe me?

I'd heard that too, and this was the headline act for the opening night -

 

[Badgers]

If I told you that I knew of a new club opening up in Brixton soon that was being styled like an English country manor 'with an urban twist,' would you believe me?

If you had said 'styled like an English country manor in motion' I would have believed you.

 

[ericjarvis]

Unless she kicked out the back window of the bus and threw a blue police tarporline over herself. I think there has been another brixton death which hasn't made the news yet. Is this conspiracy? is there a KFC related suicide pact? What the hell is going on?

It's all down to the Illuminated Brethren of the Sacred Dogstar attempting to muscle in on the turf of the Masonic Federation of Anarcho-Syndicalist Beekeepers and take control of the Brixton low alcohol lager black market. It all kicked off when one of the Illuminate Brethren sold a 6 pack of Skol Super relabelled as Kaliber to a Norwegian tourist who turned out to be the Grand Panjandrum Without Portfolio of the Scandanavian Congress of the Knights of the Sacred Hula Hoop. As you can no doubt imagine there was an immediate reaction from the South London Chapter of the Rational Society Of Chartered Fishmongers. It all spiralled out of control from there.

Or so I'm reliably informed by Twitter.

 

[ericjarvis]

If I told you that I knew of a new club opening up in Brixton soon that was being styled like an English country manor 'with an urban twist,' would you believe me?

The urban twist being that the bouncers mug you on the way out?

 

[Winot]

If I told you that I knew of a new club opening up in Brixton soon that was being styled like an English country manor 'with an urban twist,' would you believe me?

I've heard it will be offering shooting on its own estates.

 

[eroom]

Surely that's a typo at the end of the press release. Clearly they meant 'like an English country manor 'with an urban twat.''

They could audition at Brixton Village of a Saturday...

 

[editor]

If you had said 'styled like an English country manor in motion' I would have believed you.

It truly is happening. Opening in July.

 

[snowy_again]

Where?

 

[editor]

Where?

I'll have to wait until I get the official press release. But it's definitely coming!

*orders jodhpurs

 

[TruXta]

Good god. It's not that Electric Social place is it? It is, isn't it.

http://www.designmynight.com/blog/155-Electric-Social-New-Brixton-Bar-London

 

[Badgers]

Good god. It's not that Electric Social place is it? It is, isn't it.

http://www.designmynight.com/blog/155-Electric-Social-New-Brixton-Bar-London

I was wondering about that place going past on the bus yesterday

 

[TruXta]

I was wondering about that place going past on the bus yesterday

Doomed to failure. There's been about 6 places in that spot since I moved to Brixton 4 years ago (only slightly exaggerated).

 

[trabuquera]

Nothing like a view of giant Tesco car park to give things an urban twist, surely. And of course Acre Lane is regularly filled with pheasant. Both sides of the equation seem to hold up perfectly well to me.

 

[quimcunx]

Has it been bought by Chris Eubanks?

 

[Badgers]

Nothing like a view of giant Tesco car park to give things an urban twist, surely. And of course Acre Lane is regularly filled with pheasant. Both sides of the equation seem to hold up perfectly well to me.

To be fair you can hardly see the Tesco car park behind the bank of recycling bins.

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

The pet shop down the Oval end of Brixton Road is closing down. Went in today and they said they're selling what they couldn't return to their suppliers and that's it.
I wonder who's next.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The pet shop down the Oval end of Brixton Road is closing down. Went in today and they said they're selling what they couldn't return to their suppliers and that's it.
I wonder who's next.

That's a shame. They've been there for ages

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

I believe their rates were increased SUBSTANTIALLY.
I can't see how Tony's is going to be able to compete with Tesco tbh, not if their rates have also been increased.

 

[editor]

Good god. It's not that Electric Social place is it? It is, isn't it.

http://www.designmynight.com/blog/155-Electric-Social-New-Brixton-Bar-London

Yep! Opening in August now apparently. I'll post up the press release when I get it and feed it to the urbanz.

 

[quimcunx]

I believe their rates were increased SUBSTANTIALLY.
I can't see how Tony's is going to be able to compete with Tesco tbh, not if their rates have also been increased.

Who decides the rates? I wonder if there is any connection.

 

[TruXta]

Yep! Opening in August now apparently. I'll post up the press release when I get it and feed it to the urbanz.

What's the longest any venue has survived in that spot? Anyone care to take a guess? The last one, Gold Coast, lasted maybe a year, year and a half?

Anyway, I can see this being marketed more towards the Clapham end of Acre Lane.... How's the Living Bah doing then? Went down there a few weeks back, still very bare and a bit cold like. Has it been decorated properly yet?

 

[wtfftw]

The pet shop down the Oval end of Brixton Road is closing down. Went in today and they said they're selling what they couldn't return to their suppliers and that's it.
I wonder who's next.

Pets Pantry? (((my childhood)))

 

[teuchter]

When they say "styled like an English Manor House" I bet that just means they are going to get some glass chandeliers and a couple of chesterfields just like 95% of all bars in London.

 

[editor]

Anyway, I can see this being marketed more towards the Clapham end of Acre Lane.... How's the Living Bah doing then? Went down there a few weeks back, still very bare and a bit cold like. Has it been decorated properly yet?

It still looks well bleak.