Brixton Chitter Chatter and News - July 2012

[TruXta]

The Hand has a cafe that is not a pub

Why are you trying to confuse me?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Why are you trying to confuse me?

Because it's easy

Don't know whether it has wifi in the cafe bit of the pub though

 

[Kanda]

Don't know whether it has wifi in the cafe bit of the pub though

It's a bit iffy. I'm looking at getting it extended throughout in the next few weeks.

 

[Badgers]

It's a bit iffy.

What does that mean in non-tech speak?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

What does that mean in non-tech speak?

Probably best not to bother for now

 

[Kanda]

What does that mean in non-tech speak?

Signal is weak in some areas of the pub.

 

[twistedAM]

Signal is weak in some areas of the pub.

Apparently that's to do with the large amount of aluminium in pubs. And a PA doesn't help either.

 

[Onket]

Lasagne?

Yes please.

 

[Kanda]

Apparently that's to do with the large amount of aluminium in pubs. And a PA doesn't help either.

It's due to the foot thick walls/ceilings. I live above the room the base station is in and the signal isn't great so I've put plug-ethernet in.

 

[el-ahrairah]

do locals care that the granville is now the village?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/in-the-know/london-shopping/9400551/london-covered-markets.html

 

[Orang Utan]

I doubt it.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

do locals care that the granville is now the village?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/in-the-know/london-shopping/9400551/london-covered-markets.html

I'd like to know what was wrong with Granville Arcade that they had to change its name in the first place

 

[GertNPR]

Last Friday they were all in the Hand, rumour was they hadn't paid the beer bill but it would be paid the next day so they re-opened.

Brewery charged £1000 per week rent & beer tie. Former barmaid has a three month holding. Robbie, recently landlord, has been there or the Royal Oak for 31 years.

 

[el-ahrairah]

it didn't sound like a nice place to go for a gourmet experience?

 

[Orang Utan]

Brixton Village is a better name. It gives a better indication if what's to be found in there, so attracts more people

 

[TruXta]

Brixton Village is a better name. It gives a better indication if what's to be found in there, so attracts more people

The fuck it is. It's a shit name. It's not a village, it's a fucking arcade.

 

[Orang Utan]

Village as in shopping precinct. I prefer it. Though I wish people would stop writing it as if people pronounce it in French cos they clearly don't

 

[Kanda]

Brewery charged £1000 per week rent & beer tie. Former barmaid has a three month holding. Robbie, recently landlord, has been there or the Royal Oak for 31 years.

Fuck me that's a lot!!! Good luck to them.

 

[TruXta]

Village as in shopping precinct. I prefer it. Though I wish people would stop writing it as if people pronounce it in French cos they clearly don't

How is a village a shopping precinct? Villages that grew to have markets are usually called market towns.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Brixton Village is a better name. It gives a better indication if what's to be found in there, so attracts more people

So a village is a place with lots of eateries then?

eta: Oh, I notice you say shopping precinct.

No, it's not that either

 

[quimcunx]

do locals care that the granville is now the village?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/in-the-know/london-shopping/9400551/london-covered-markets.html

It's an odd thing to use a quarter of your column inch saying unless you are aware that some people 'still call it granville arcade', or even 'still stubbornly call it granville arcade' which would suggest the opposite to not caring.

 

[Crispy]

http://www.clarksvillage.co.uk/
http://www.bicestervillage.com/#
http://www.eaglesgate.co.uk/
http://www.rutlandvillage.co.uk/

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

http://www.clarksvillage.co.uk/
http://www.bicestervillage.com/#
http://www.eaglesgate.co.uk/
http://www.rutlandvillage.co.uk/

Just like Brixton Village then

NOT!

 

[tarannau]

Eh? Surely a name used for (mainly) outlet shopping malls in rural areas (off junction x of the motorway) wouldn't obviously apply to an existing area of historic indoor market in London

Brixton Village is a horrible, twee bit of surplus branding, used mainly by tossers ime.

 

[Orang Utan]

I dunno. Perhaps it's just me. Centre of the city where all the shops are = town. Local centre where all the shops are = the village

 

[tarannau]

This is what people in Battersea and Fulham are liable to tell themselves about their 'exclusive' locales, possibly whilst wearing red corduroy trousers.

It's an urban area with a rich history, a few feet from the Frontline. 'Village' can go fuck itself.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I dunno. Perhaps it's just me. Centre of the city where all the shops are = town. Local centre where all the shops are = the village

I would have thought the shops are normally on the High Street/High Road?

 

[quimcunx]

Eh? Surely a name used for (mainly) outlet shopping malls in rural areas (off junction x of the motorway) wouldn't obviously apply to an existing area of historic indoor market in London

Brixton Village is a horrible, twee bit of surplus branding, used mainly by tossers ime.

Regardless, it is what it's called. It says so above the entrances.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Regardless, it is what it's called. It says so above the entrances.

Marathons are called Snickers nowadays. Doesn't mean I'm going to call them Snickers

 

[quimcunx]

Marathons are called Snickers nowadays. Doesn't mean I'm going to call them Snickers

That's correct. They are called Snickers and you still call them Marathons. I was still calling them that for years too. You can call them Didgeridoos if you want, doesn't change trufax.