Brixton chitter-chatter and news - May 2012

[madolesance]

Now, this is nothing than a mere Facebook rumour, so it should be treated with all the gravity of a cuddly kitten playing with a ball of wool - and I'll put it in a small typeface just to emphasise its lack of credibility. I'll post it anyway just in case it proves to be true and people will later recognise me as being the first with red hot Brixton news:

It has been said that the Canterbury is going to be demolished to make way for a car park for the new Tesco that's going to replace the skating rink that replaced the market car park.

Tesco's will never take over that site. It's about the same size as the their Acre lane car park. It's more likely to be a Waitrose given the current trend.

 

[Ms T]

Sounds like bollocks to me. Apart from anything else, the road access to that site is rubbish.

 

[quimcunx]

Someone should phone the council and force them to issue a denial anyway.

There was a hailstone puddle outside M&S earlier. I took a picture. It's on my phone and probably staying there.

 

[Orang Utan]

I'm moving to south east london. Fuck this shit.

 

[Sirena]

Is the Canterbury where PROD was a couple of times?

 

[quimcunx]

I'm moving to south east london. Fuck this shit.

They probably get hailstones there too.

 

[quimcunx]

Sounds like bollocks to me. Apart from anything else, the road access to that site is rubbish.

Not saying it's true but that isn't necessarily an issue if tesco think that having a tesco and carpark round there would further close down competition from the market and then benefit further from the market not being viable. I remember they wanted to expand their land on Acre lane at one point but it's hard to see how they would makes gains on sq footage from it, unless lambeth was willing to knock down the rec for the sake of some other leisure facility deal.

 

[RaverDrew]

Is the Canterbury where PROD was a couple of times?

yup

 

[editor]

Is the Canterbury where PROD was a couple of times?

Still the regular home of two excellent events put on by urbanites, too.

 

[peterkro]

I would say the Polis would object to Tesco taking over that bit of land,they wouldn't be able do their Frisby and Crutch impressions when leaving the station carpark.

 

[Orang Utan]

They probably get hailstones there too.

But not expensive, organic, ethically sourced hailstones. The ones in Deptford have nowt but grit and ash and disappointment in them.

 

[Badgers]

Breakfast bap in the Phoenix Cafe was nice. Friendly welcome as usual. Only downside was they had the Mladic war crimes trial on as background 'entertainment'

 

[editor]

Can't go wrong with the Phoenix.

 

[Biddlybee]

unless you want lasagne and chips

 

[Badgers]

Can't go wrong with the Phoenix.

Mladic did not like it much

 

[MAD-T-REX]

This is doing the rounds on Facebook:

http://londonist.com/2012/05/hand-drawn-maps-of-london-super-detailed-city.php

It's a hand-drawn guide to London's trendy areas (a copy is yours for only £120!). I am sure everyone will be relieved to find out that Brixton has been labelled 'Real'.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

This is doing the rounds on Facebook:

http://londonist.com/2012/05/hand-drawn-maps-of-london-super-detailed-city.php

It's a hand-drawn guide to London's trendy areas (a copy is yours for only £120!). I am sure everyone will be relieved to find out that Brixton has been labelled 'Real'.

Southwark gets 'Foodie'. Seems more appropriate to Brixton, as does 'diverse'. King's Cross has nabbed our 'vibrant'

 

[editor]

Where's 'edgy'?

 

[Frumious B.]

Has anyone noticed how dangerously close to the kerb some of the buses passing through are? Its pretty scary...

The mirror is at just the right height to stove in the head of anyone close to the edge of the pavement. On '24 Hours in A&E' last week there was a severely injured man in King's who thought this had happened to him. If you google it you can see it happens quite often. The mirror bracket would be the first point of contact. It's an unprotected metal rod. The only safety measure is that the mirrors were painted yellow a few years back. I'm surprised that something so dangerous is provided for us on London streets without any warnings.

 

[editor]

The mirror is at just the right height to stove in the head of anyone close to the edge of the pavement.

I got clipped by a bus mirror when I was waiting by the street crossing by the Beehive, but luckily it only just glanced my bonce. The potential for accidents is huge there.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

It happened to rennie from these forums (lorry not bus, I think). iirc she had a head injury requiring stitches.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Where's 'edgy'?

Shoreditch/Hoxton/Dalston seem to get 'edgy', 'trendy', 'chaotic' and 'posy'

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The mirror is at just the right height to stove in the head of anyone close to the edge of the pavement. On '24 Hours in A&E' last week there was a severely injured man in King's who thought this had happened to him. If you google it you can see it happens quite often. The mirror bracket would be the first point of contact. It's an unprotected metal rod. The only safety measure is that the mirrors were painted yellow a few years back. I'm surprised that something so dangerous is provided for us on London streets without any warnings.

24 Hours in A&E last week? I thought new series didn't start 'til tonight, or is that the old series?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I got clipped by a bus mirror when I was waiting by the street crossing by the Beehive, but luckily it only just glanced my bonce. The potential for accidents is huge there.

I mentioned that exact same spot earlier.

My shopping got hit by a bus once but so far I've not been hit myself

 

[Frumious B.]

24 Hours in A&E last week? I thought new series didn't start 'til tonight, or is that the old series?

Dunno, sorry. I don't watch it much.

 

[Lazy Llama]

Yelp say Brixton is now so trendy that you need a Passport To Brixton to visit it....."celebrating just how friggin' cool & creative Brixton is"

 

[crawl]

Saw the man being put into ambulance, hope he survives. Apparently, the bus driver was alterted to the fact he'd hit someone by passengers on the bus, hence bus not stopping til outside mothercare.

Late to comment, but unfortunately I had a friend witness that one -- injured guy had a bad head injury and he looked to be seizing up. Apparently his girlfriend or someone was with him, can't imagine how horrible that would be.

So, be careful and watch where you're walking. And stand away from the curb. Not only for the buses, but because there are assholes out there that seem to love to splash you with giant puddles on purpose

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

So, be careful and watch where you're walking. And stand away from the curb. Not only for the buses, but because there are assholes out there that seem to love to splash you with giant puddles on purpose

Twat

 

[Brixton Hatter]

There's a SolFed demonstration outside of New Look at the moment - it's against workfare. About 20 people dressed in party hats making lots of noise, giving out leaflets, a couple of large banners...

 

[Brixton Hatter]

The mirror is at just the right height to stove in the head of anyone close to the edge of the pavement. On '24 Hours in A&E' last week there was a severely injured man in King's who thought this had happened to him. If you google it you can see it happens quite often. The mirror bracket would be the first point of contact. It's an unprotected metal rod. The only safety measure is that the mirrors were painted yellow a few years back. I'm surprised that something so dangerous is provided for us on London streets without any warnings.

It's happened to me too - being almost 6 foot the mirror is exactly the right height to smack me on the back of the head. It happened a few years ago on Dulwich Road. Fucking hurt - driver didn't stop.