Brixton chitter-chatter and news Nov 2011
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Rushy
basically a scrotum
I seem to remember the landlady banned dominoes some years ago, before it became so much busier, because of the frequent domino related 'incidents' often leading to upturned chairs and tables.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Heh. So do I. I'm the former but not the latter demographic...
TruXta
tired
We'll have to make sure to abuse each other next time Spurs play Liverpool then!
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
You'll have to join the queue 
Actually, the only gobby fans I've known in there were gooners. I like it as a footie pub.
Actually, the only gobby fans I've known in there were gooners. I like it as a footie pub.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Sunday night in the Effra is great - a better way to end the weekend than sitting at home getting depressed.
Lauren Dalrymple who runs it is one of my Brixton heroes.
Anyone remember when Robert "fingers" Mitchell used to be part of the house band?
TruXta
tired
You'll have to join the queue
Yeah, I wasn't saying I've habitually abused or been abused by fans of other teams in there. Good-natured ribbing IME.
editor
hiraethified
Is that pub doing OK now? I hope so, It's a beautiful building.They now play at the marquis of lorne pub on dalyell rd. can create quite a racket too
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
oh - one of the things mentioned in that Lambeth Weekender paper that i thought I might mention as it could be of interest to some here was...
on December 2nd they're switching on the Christmas lights and simultaneously launching a Friday night market which will take place on Windrush Square every Friday evening apparently (apparently London's only Friday twilight market) - I can't remember the wording but it sounds like cakes, olives, crafts and that sort of thing... much like the one that was briefly on the corner outside KFC.
on December 2nd they're switching on the Christmas lights and simultaneously launching a Friday night market which will take place on Windrush Square every Friday evening apparently (apparently London's only Friday twilight market) - I can't remember the wording but it sounds like cakes, olives, crafts and that sort of thing... much like the one that was briefly on the corner outside KFC.
It's always pretty quiet. I used to live across the road from it so it became my local. Still pop in now and then. Nice group of regulars.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
I remember fingers.
Lauren is responsible for what was probably the only ever black tie event in the Effra when she did a fundraiser on the 10th anniversary of her Sunday night gigs. That would suggest she has sung her closer "Mercy Mercy Mercy" some 500 times by now!
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Yeah I missed that 10th anniversary because I was away!
And Mercy Mercy Mercy will be forever associated with Effra Sundays in my mind. They tried to change it to something else for a few weeks once but it reverted soon enough....
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
The planters outside Brixton Cop Shop have been updated. Apparently Jesus does not know who his father is
teuchter
je suis teuchter
If I were him, I'd be thinking that some bits of the story don't add up, too.
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
The lady from the Atlantic Road deli told me there's a big food fair on Brixton Station Rd next Saturday. They're having a stall for publicity purposes. When I said I was surprised they needed it, she said they've recently had people coming in the shop saying they'd lived in Brixton for years but didn't know about the deli. Who are these people and do they walk about with their eyes closed? One person asked her if they'd opened off the back of the success of Brixton Village. 
I said they should have a sign: "Feeding Brixton's middle classes for the past twenty years".
I said they should have a sign: "Feeding Brixton's middle classes for the past twenty years".
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Does she not feed the lower classes then?
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
and certainly not cheap.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Second from top left?
e2a, yes, by the looks of things.
I walked past a little while ago and could just see in to the bar (it's in the same place) the wall at the end of the bar looks to be this colour.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
What's good though? I keep cycling past but don't seem to stop...
News of the lido pool; having now stripped back most of the non-waterproof paint (
), it's been discovered the people who painted that last year also concreted the walls of the pool in very cold weather, leading to the concrete later cracking - not ideal.gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
Went to the park at dusk and it was STUNNING - so pretty.. never been in it when it's been that foggy before. Loads of people had the same idea and it was really packed but you'd not see anyone until they were almost upon you.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Call that a pea-souper? I'd call that Consommé
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i haven't even looked out of the window today.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
it was pretty thick at first light and had thinned out a fair bit by lunchtime. It's now a little misty.
hmmph
Well-Known Member
Not such a good pub (rubbish in fact) if you're a not a beer drinker...only Magners / Bulmers for cider and only small glasses of wine
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Well, nowadays most Brixton pubs are rubbish for beer drinkers, so it redresses the balance.Not such a good pub (rubbish in fact) if you're a not a beer drinker...only Magners / Bulmers for cider and only small glasses of wine
I caught a glimpse out the window earlier. You are missing nothing.
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