Brixton Chitter Chatter and News - July 2012

[Brixton Hatter]

The Hive is becoming one of those poncy real ale pubs:
http://www.brixtonblog.com/craft-beer-pub-to-open-on-site-of-hive-bar-brixton/5864

I can't wait to leverage my 'consumer buy-in' for their 'brand concept' and test my drinking skills by getting wasted on their 'covenant'.



It's a bit small for a boozer and I wonder how they will fit all the taps on that tiny bar downstairs.....unless they are going to refurb.

Be good to have another place selling decent beer & cider though.

 

[colacubes]

Tbf, Hive wasn't exactly cheap anyway so it's not like existing clientele will be priced out. It may even work out cheaper to have a drink there now.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Where is this? I can't think of a single S London park where this could be. Is it a gated wood somewhere that I haven't been allowed to see?

I'm not sure. It's definitely not Brockwell Park, or Ruskin Park or any other local park. It doesn't look like Dulwich or Sydenham Woods. I thought it could possibly be somewhere on Streatham Common (up the top, in the wild bit near the Rookery) but I don't recognise it.

I do know what it is though...it's bollocks.

 

[TruXta]

That tube entrance on the website wasn't very familiar looking either.

 

[OpalFruit]

That tube entrance on the website wasn't very familiar looking either.

No, it looks as if it is somewhere on the S Bank (but I don't recognise the station) - and is that Boris down in the righthandside corner??

 

[snowy_again]

It's Canary Wharf isn't it?

 

[Brixton Hatter]

It's Canary Wharf isn't it?

yes.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Just spotted a new (I think) Invader piece above the 'Chic N Grillz' shop on the corner of Atlantic Road/Coldharbour Lane. Anyone know how long it's been there? Fairly new I think.

It's probably a slightly more discreet place than the last one he did right next to the tube station.....which got nicked within a few days

E2A - just been told it's been there for a few months. So much for my observation skills! Must have walked/cycled past loads of times...often sober as well!

 

[Orang Utan]

That's the one I mentioned earlier - been there ages!

 

[Ol Nick]

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

"Brixton Village used to be known as Granville Arcade – but locals and foodies don’t care what it’s called because all that matters is the amazing array of restaurants and delis residing beneath the roof.
Many compare it favourably with Borough Market, saying it’s what that place used to be"

• So locals, you don't care what it's called so stop arguing.
• And of course it is what Borough Market used to be, a bar- and restaurant-led redevelopment that somehow turned into a potato wholesale warehouse before becoming great for sausages and cheese. I think he has confused Brixton with Maltby St/Bermonsey Spa markets because that is just nonsense.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

"Brixton Village used to be known as Granville Arcade – but locals and foodies don’t care what it’s called because all that matters is the amazing array of restaurants and delis residing beneath the roof.
Many compare it favourably with Borough Market, saying it’s what that place used to be"

• So locals, you don't care what it's called so stop arguing.
• And of course it is what Borough Market used to be, a bar- and restaurant-led redevelopment that somehow turned into a potato wholesale warehouse before becoming great for sausages and cheese. I think he has confused Brixton with Maltby St/Bermonsey Spa markets because that is just nonsense.

I've already seen that crap, and I'm a local and I care, so there!

 

[Winot]

Granville Arcade was renamed Brixton Village quite a while before the Spacemakers project started iirc.

Anyway, someone should tell all these journos that locals have now renamed it the Nigel.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

I've already seen that crap, and I'm a local and I care, so there!

Me too. (Mind you, if it was still called Granville Arcade I think every new housing development in the area would be called 'Brixton Village'....either that, or estate agents would have nicknamed every outlying area 'Brixton Village'.)

And it's nothing like Borough Market. BM was a great produce market that got ruined by expensive stalls selling meat rolls.

 

[Onket]

There are a couple in herne hill that aren't. The one on the corner of croxted rd, and the one on herne hill. Both were built around existing old buildings and then massively extended, but it can be done.

Much more expensive for them to have done it that way, so I expect someone has leant on them. I don't know the sites, but glad it sounds like the redevelopment has been done the right way.

I didn't say it couldn't be done, tbf.

 

[colacubes]

Popped out earlier - saw a load of police and thought someone was being arrested. C'est la vie.

Just got back an hour later to find that our entire road is overrun with a film crew and they're using our front gate and the inside of our alley with no one's permission (the alley is private land). Either they've got 10 of Lambeth's finest on attachment or they're bullshitting about the level of "security" they have to protect our property. Apparently they "knocked" during the day to ask if it was ok to use it - well I was in all day and they did not They've tapped up our neighbour's lodger for electricity for their massive lights Anyway, we trolled them for a bit with some gerroff my land type stuff after being given evils to get in our front door for walking through a film set. Killer line from them was "can we give you some cash - it's for Channel 4" We didn't extract any obv, but have got a promise that they'll fuck off by 11. More trolling may follow if they don't

/trollingnewmediatypes

 

[Onket]

I'd have fucking taken the cash from the piss-taking cunts, tbf.

Go and tell them you've changed your mind.

 

[colacubes]

I'd have fucking taken the cash from the piss-taking cunts, tbf.

I'm slightly regretting not now tbf (damn my principled stance ). If they carry on after 11 I'm going to have as much as I can get

 

[peterkro]

get out there with signs if possible and keep getting in shot they'll cough up (cash only obv)

 

[colacubes]

get out there with signs if possible and keep getting in shot they'll cough up (cash only obv)

It's gonna happen in about half an hour if they don't sort it out. I've paid for a new bath to be installed today and thinking about it I could do with C4 contributing

 

[Onket]

It's not as if they won't be making any money out of it.

 

[colacubes]

It's not as if they won't be making any money out of it.

Well quite. And tbf if they'd actually asked permission in advance I wouldn't be too bothered. But they haven't and there' a film crew of 50 right outside my bedroom at the moment, which frankly is rather unwelcome when I fancy an early night.

 

[Onket]

You can get me a St Edmunds next time you see me in the pub.

 

[colacubes]

memespring's gone out to have a word. I expect cash on his return

 

[colacubes]

Well they've now fucked off after setting off about 40 car alarms in the process The entitlement of people who work in TV/film is extraordinary

And we didn't get any cash in the end

 

[peterkro]

Shame it worked on the Long Good Friday.

 

[RaverDrew]

ffs

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Killer line from them was "can we give you some cash - it's for Channel 4" We didn't extract any obv, but have got a promise that they'll fuck off by 11. More trolling may follow if they don't

What a mug! You should have taken it and given it to me

or the server fund

 

[colacubes]

I know, I know. at myself tbh. I should have fleeced the twats for as much as I could. We did get offered a bottle of wine when we went out and complained about the noise

The most annoying thing is if they'd *actually* asked for permission we probably have said ok. It's just the annoyance that they have this sense of entitlement that they think since they've got permission from the local authority therefore they can do whatever the fuck they want without any recourse to local residents. We all need to be up for work in the morning and some of my neighbours have got small kids that need to sleep. If it was a one off I'd be less annoyed but I can barely step out of my front door these days without being in the middle of a fucking film set. We live in the market and tbf that means that we get noise in the day and early mornings. That's the trade off we live with. But it is actually a really quiet area at night. If this is the way things are going the centre of Brixton really is the new Shoreditch

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I know, I know. at myself tbh. I should have fleeced the twats for as much as I could. We did get offered a bottle of wine when we went out and complained about the noise

The most annoying thing is if they'd *actually* asked for permission we probably have said ok. It's just the annoyance that they have this sense of entitlement that they think since they've got permission from the local authority therefore they can do whatever the fuck they want without any recourse to local residents. We all need to be up for work in the morning and some of my neighbours have got small kids that need to sleep. If it was a one off I'd be less annoyed but I can barely step out of my front door these days without being in the middle of a fucking film set. We live in the market and tbf that means that we get noise in the day and early mornings. That's the trade off we live with. But it is actually a really quiet area at night. If this is the way things are going the centre of Brixton really is the new Shoreditch

You need to move up to the leafier suburbs of SW2 where it's nice and quiet

 

[colacubes]

You need to move up to the leafier suburbs of SW2 where it's nice and quiet

Nah - some of us are proper SW9 Brixtons

*plane takes off*