Brixton Chitter Chatter and News - June 2012

[crawl]

Got stopped by security in Iceland

How can I show my face in town again?

Almost as bad as getting stopped at 99p! NO one is slipping out with a Jeremy Clarkson book and a can of ham from 2008 for free, by god

 

[Badgers]

Market House update...

They have tablecloths on the outside decking tables. Seemed busy all day (outside anyway) but not sure if the tablecloths were the factor. More to follow next week.

 

[ajdown]

Got followed home by a street preacher who decided to jump on our bus. Nice encouraging message about not sinning, no adultery, and all that sort of stuff. Most uplifting...

 

[Badgers]

Got followed home by a street preacher who decided to jump on our bus. Nice encouraging message about not sinning, no adultery, and all that sort of stuff. Most uplifting...

Good times eh?

 

[ajdown]

Indeed they were, when she got off the bus where we did I really thought she was following us but then she got on a 109 that had just arrived and headed off towards Fort Neef.

Not perhaps the most engaging approach even with a captive - if rapidly thinning - audience.

 

[Sirena]

I never heard of Fort Neef before...

 

[Badgers]

Not perhaps the most engaging approach even with a captive - if rapidly thinning - audience.

Did not convert you then?

 

[ajdown]

Did not convert you then?

I didn't need converting...

 

[ajdown]

I never heard of Fort Neef before...

Did you work out where it is?

 

[Sirena]

Did you work out where it is?

It took me more than a minute to work it out..... I may use it myself....

 

[Brixton Hatter]

The Ritzy are showing the England Euro 2012 games on the big screen...

It's free too.

 

[Badgers]

The Ritzy are showing the England Euro 2012 games on the big screen...

It's free too.

Blimey

I did this once at a nightclub. It was a bit shit a bit good too?! The sound guy got a bit carried away at the end but my memory is blurred.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Blimey

I did this once at a nightclub. It was a bit shit a bit good too?! The sound guy got a bit carried away at the end but my memory is blurred.

Yeah I can't work out quite what it will be like.....will be great to see it on a huge screen (in the dark) but I can't imagine there will be an atmosphere like in a pub (....unless we all drink heavily beforehand and get the singing going)

 

[Badgers]

Yeah I can't work out quite what it will be like.....will be great to see it on a huge screen (in the dark) but I can't imagine there will be an atmosphere like in a pub (....unless we all drink heavily beforehand and get the singing going)

You doing it? fair play. I would think it is the best screen in town and you can sit down and stuff.

 

[CH1]

Indeed they were, when she got off the bus where we did I really thought she was following us but then she got on a 109 that had just arrived and headed off towards Fort Neef.
Not perhaps the most engaging approach even with a captive - if rapidly thinning - audience.

If you went to West Africa - either Ghana or Nigeria - you would find that buses all start in "stations" where they load up until full. Will not move unless every seat is taken.
This of course is God's Gift to preachers, quack remedy sales persons etc. Also the ladies who sell you a spicy hard boiled egg through the window. Or indeed the lads on Fan Milk sit-up-and-beg bikes with refrigerator boxes who sell ice lollies, yoghurts etc. You haven't been on a bus unless you've been on a Trotro in Ghana!

P.S. my current "theme" is Cape Coast castle in Ghana - as featured in Werner Herzog's last (1986) film with Klaus Kinski (Cobra Verde). Shocking dungeons etc for the slaves. Also buried on site is the first Fante Anglican clergyman - though they don't mention him unless asked.

 

[Alo Licentia!]

Fort Neef.

I just got it.

 

[twistedAM]

Fort Neef.

I just got it.

I'm slow this morning. Still trying to figure it out.

 

[Kanda]

Thornton Heath!!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'm slow this morning. Still trying to figure it out.

 

[twistedAM]

Thornton Heath!!

Doh. Thanks. I'd heard it said before; just never seen it written down like that.
And yeah fuck off Minnie with your smilies As I said I'm slow this morning - it was hard work looking at sad Irish fans last night.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Doh. Thanks. I'd heard it said before; just never seen it written down like that.
And yeah fuck off Minnie with your smilies As I said I'm slow this morning - it was hard work looking at sad Irish fans last night.

Oh yeah, forgot you're Irish

My condolences

 

[el-ahrairah]

i'm a londoner and i didn't get it. partly because thornton heath doesn't really exist in my world.

 

[Onket]

I used to work there.

 

[Badgers]

www.thisislondon.co.uk/goingout/restaurants/ten-burgers-to-try-before-you-die-7811458.html

Honest Burgers is one of the top ten London burgers to try before you die in this article. Still not tried them and should get round to it soon.

 

[Sirena]

I lived in Thornton Heath for 5 months and it was the freakiest time of my life. Lesbianism, suicide, street riot, burglary, my only physical fight, 13 year olds getting pregnant, being covered in yorkshire pudding batter...... The list is almost endless.....

After 30 years, I still shudder if I have to drive past the top of County Road.

 

[Orang Utan]

Lesbianism you say?
Why are you listing it amongst a bunch of bad things?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I lived in Thornton Heath for 5 months and it was the freakiest time of my life. Lesbianism, suicide, street riot, burglary, my only physical fight, 13 year olds getting pregnant, being covered in yorkshire pudding batter...... The list is almost endless.....

After 30 years, I still shudder if I have to drive past the top of County Road.

It's the only place wannabe gangsters have poked a gun in a taxi I've been in

 

[Mrs Magpie]

www.thisislondon.co.uk/goingout/restaurants/ten-burgers-to-try-before-you-die-7811458.html

Honest Burgers is one of the top ten London burgers to try before you die in this article. Still not tried them and should get round to it soon.

Brockly Market on Saturdays and Eat Street Market on Tuesdays​

Brockley and East Street, presumably.

 

[nagapie]

A friend emailed me today to say that the owner of Cafe Sitifis thinks he may have to close down soon as he is losing money every day. I think it's such a shame as he's lovely and welcoming and does a great and cheap plate of mezze. I think he's suffering because of the slightly out of the way location, especially with the rising popularity of Brixton Village. I confess to always going to Brixton Village myself when down that way but am going to make an effort to go to Sitifis again, recommended.

 

[Ms T]

A friend emailed me today to say that the owner of Cafe Sitifis thinks he may have to close down soon as he is losing money every day. I think it's such a shame as he's lovely and welcoming and does a great and cheap plate of mezze. I think he's suffering because of the slightly out of the way location, especially with the rising popularity of Brixton Village. I confess to always going to Brixton Village myself when down that way but am going to make an effort to go to Sitifis again, recommended.

On no - this is one of my favourite places! The mezze is amazing and great value. Perhaps that's part of the problem - his prices are a bit too reasonable. I think with the advent of better (ha!) weather, people are going to the Village more. I certainly am but will be frequenting Sitifis as much as possible to persuade them to stay open.