Brixton Chitter Chatter and News - July 2012

[Minnie_the_Minx]

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.

They will always be Marathons.

Have you had a word with Onket yet about clapperboards/sandwich boards?

 

[tarannau]

Ach, it's more similar to the Carling branding outside the Academy. You leave out the unnecessary bit and call it the name it's had for years.

 

[Orang Utan]

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

Yes, they often are

 

[quimcunx]

Ach, it's more similar to the Carling branding outside the Academy. You leave out the unnecessary bit and call it the name it's had for years.

That, certainly. It was Carling and now it's O2. It might be Tena Lady next year. It's the Brixton Academy whoever slaps their brand on it.

 

[boohoo]

That, certainly. It was Carling and now it's O2. It might be Tena Lady next year. It's the Brixton Academy whoever slaps their brand on it.

Please please let it be Tena Lady...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Yes, they often are

Not village then?

 

[fortyplus]

The post office still calls it Granville Arcade. However, because of the big letters over the entrance, those of us who trade there have found that calling it Brixton Village makes it easier for the rich hipsters whose money we crave to find it.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The post office still calls it Granville Arcade. However, because of the big letters over the entrance, those of us who trade there have found that calling it Brixton Village makes it easier for the rich hipsters whose money we crave to find it.

You should get all the tenants to make sure post is addressed to them at Granville Arcade (Brixton Village) to reinforce that that's what it's supposed to be called and make sure it's on all online websites

 

[twistedAM]

Prince of Wales is closed for a refurb or something, not closing down.

 

[RoyReed]

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

So they should rename Burlington Arcade as Burlington Village? It's Granville Arcade and always will be as far as I'm concerned - especially as one of my earliest ever memories is of the Mynah Bird in the pet shop that used to be there in the 1950s.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

So they should rename Burlington Arcade as Burlington Village? It's Granville Arcade and always will be as far as I'm concerned - especially as one of my earliest ever memories is of the Mynah Bird in the pet shop that used to be there in the 1950s.

Really? I love Mynah Birds. Really funny

 

[Orang Utan]

Not village then?

Yes the village. The village was a local hub for shopping in a city

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Yes the village. The village was a local hub for shopping in a city

Maybe where you lived

 

[Orang Utan]

It's a snappy name. What's the big deal? It's obviously been a success

 

[Orang Utan]

Maybe where you lived

Not just me, evidently

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It's a snappy name. What's the big deal? It's obviously been a success

It's to make it sound twee and attractive, just like Abbeville Village, Kennington Village etc. Just estate agent bollocks

 

[Orang Utan]

It works though. Rebranding innit

 

[RoyReed]

Really? I love Mynah Birds. Really funny

Really - I must have been about three or four. I can remember it wolf-whistling.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It works though. Rebranding innit

So would Granville Arcade have worked

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Really - I must have been about three or four. I can remember it wolf-whistling.

Yeah, remind me of Malaysia. They walk funny as well

 

[RoyReed]

 

[Orang Utan]

So would Granville Arcade have worked

Clearly not. It's not an attractive name. Sounds like Open All Hours. I didn't know it was even called that til they changed the name. Never went in there either.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Clearly not. It's not an attractive name. Sounds like Open All Hours. I didn't know it was even called that til they changed the name. Never went in there either.

But maybe you never went in there because all those eateries weren't there?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Here's the Common Mynah Bird. Watch from about 40 seconds in to hear them

 

[Orang Utan]

But maybe you never went in there because all those eateries weren't there?

Of course, but it was all part and parcel with the rebranding.

 

[colacubes]

Looks like something's finally happening with the Foot Locker building. A load of scaffolding has gone up since I last walked past at the end of last week. No signs to give clues as to what it might be though.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Of course, but it was all part and parcel with the rebranding.

I reckon they should revert back to Granville Arcade now everyone knows where it is

 

[gaijingirl]

Everything's a bloody village these days.. even in the more recently built swimming pools with communal changing (such as in Clapham) they are "changing villages". A village to me is in the countryside and typically has a church, a pub and maybe a shop or two. But now people who live in Abbeville Village will have a swim using the changing village at Clapham and then maybe lunch in Brixton Village!

But then, I guess it's just another example of how words change their meanings over time. Perhaps one day people will look back and go... "ooh a village used to be a place in the countryside etc" and I'm just getting old and stuck in my ways.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Everything's a bloody village these days.. even in the more recently built swimming pools with communal changing (such as in Clapham) they are "changing villages".

FFS. Has anyone asked these places why their changes rooms are suddenly villages?

 

[leanderman]

Everything's a bloody village these days.. .

From midnight tonight, my road will be known as Leander Village.

I expect your cooperation in this matter. Thank you.