Brixton chitter-chatter and news - Oct 2011

[quimcunx]

Get teuchter or Crispy to pick it up for you.

They won't mind.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Thank you teuchter and Greebo, very helpful. I think I may get them to come collect as I have no driver for a streetcar.

£20 for 4 items. £5 per item in same collection thereafter

 

[nagapie]

£20 for 4 items. £5 per item in same collection thereafter

Oh, I didn't realise it was only 4 items. Is there a size limit? And is that cheaper than Lambeth collection?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Oh, I didn't realise it was only 4 items. Is there a size limit? And is that cheaper than Lambeth collection?

Sorry, crossed wires here. That is the Lambeth Bulk Refuse Collection price

 

[twistedAM]

Doesn't every estate in lambeth have a cage thing that you can dump stuff in like there is in Blenheim Gardens? Hardly anyone uses that one.

 

[Greebo]

Doesn't every estate in lambeth have a cage thing that you can dump stuff in like there is in Blenheim Gardens? Hardly anyone uses that one.

No.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Doesn't every estate in lambeth have a cage thing that you can dump stuff in like there is in Blenheim Gardens? Hardly anyone uses that one.

No. Some don't have anything. You just dump bulk refuse near the big communal bin shoots and a Lambeth van comes by a couple of times a week and removes it

Which makes you wonder, how come estates don't get charged for removing bulk refuse (other than the fact that they'd have difficulty figuring out who dumped it), but people who live in houses are now being charged? I can see people dumping their stuff on council estates

 

[Greebo]

No. Some don't have anything. You just dump bulk refuse near the big communal bin shoots and a Lambeth van comes by a couple of times a week and removes it<snip>I can see people dumping their stuff on council estates

I have no idea what you're talking about, young lady *polishes halo and replaces it on horns*.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I have no idea what you're talking about, young lady *polishes halo and replaces it on horns*.

Of course, nobody on U75 would ever dump stuff illegally, but there are people that do it

*whistles innocently*

 

[madolesance]

The march begins-

http://sevenatbrixton.wordpress.com/

and continues-

http://saladclub.wordpress.com/

 

[editor]

I heard that there's a new tapas bar opening up in Market Row.

 

[ajdown]

I particularly like this bit from the Salad Club website

"We’ll be nipping off throughout September to rear our heads on the festival scene first (West Norwood Feast, Alex James Presents Harvest, Abergavenny and Real Food Harvest Festival) and then we’ll be right back with you, ready to open up the shop, and in one place for once. "

I guess "festivals" has a different meaning to the upper clarse, I think more of knee deep in mud and half collapsing tents with an array of empty beer cans liberally scattered around outside.

The "big name" on one of them is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall...

 

[Badgers]

I heard that there's a new tapas bar opening up in Market Row.

Any early indication of the meat VS veggue % split?

 

[Ms T]

I heard that there's a new tapas bar opening up in Market Row.

Seven at Brixton, next to Casa Morita. Cocktails and pintxos, apparently (Basque tapas served on pieces of bread). And there's a space for artists upstairs.

 

[editor]

Seven at Brixton, next to Casa Morita. Cocktails and pintxos, apparently (Basque tapas served on pieces of bread). And there's a space for artists upstairs.

Ah, I didn't put two and two together and realise it was Seven. Presumably they won't be able to stay open late because the market physically closes so they must be hoping for early cocktail drinkers.

 

[editor]

I guess "festivals" has a different meaning to the upper clarse, I think more of knee deep in mud and half collapsing tents with an array of empty beer cans liberally scattered around outside.

It's not exactly what I associate the "festival scene" with.

 

[twistedAM]

No. Some don't have anything. You just dump bulk refuse near the big communal bin shoots and a Lambeth van comes by a couple of times a week and removes it

Which makes you wonder, how come estates don't get charged for removing bulk refuse (other than the fact that they'd have difficulty figuring out who dumped it), but people who live in houses are now being charged? I can see people dumping their stuff on council estates

Those cages are pretty solid and therefore not cheap to put up. I reckon they'll soon have a CCTV camera to go with them to monitor flytipping by young ladies (see greebo's post above)

 

[twistedAM]

It's not exactly what I associate the "festival scene" with.

Glynbourne, Hay-On-Wye, Brixton Village

 

[London_Calling]

Whe Boris returns the Effra to its former glory <any day soon, I'm sure> the rowing regattas will be fun.

 

[leanderman]

the alex james harvest? time for my favourite ever pic.

those of a nervous disposition should not follow this link

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images...16103329634/Alex-James-looks-on-as-Je-007.jpg

 

[London_Calling]

Now there's a trio to warm the collective Urban heart.

 

[twistedAM]

I particularly like this bit from the Salad Club website

"We’ll be nipping off throughout September to rear our heads on the festival scene first (West Norwood Feast, Alex James Presents Harvest, Abergavenny and Real Food Harvest Festival) and then we’ll be right back with you, ready to open up the shop, and in one place for once. "

I guess "festivals" has a different meaning to the upper clarse, I think more of knee deep in mud and half collapsing tents with an array of empty beer cans liberally scattered around outside.

The "big name" on one of them is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall...

The pay is good.
http://westnorwood.spacemakers.org.uk/volunteer
These yups know a thing or two about business. The intern-for-day scheme.

 

[teuchter]

Fwiw, a proper transit is £9.00 an hour on Streetcar - you can't get as much in people carriers as many think as the seats themselves occupy a surprising amount of the interior.

The significance of the people carrier in relation to taking stuff to the dump is that it counts as a "car" whereas if you show up in a van they will charge you trade rates for waste disposal. In theory at least.

 

[London_Calling]

In practice, it's a rental van with fucking great logos on all sides of it. Thus not trade.

 

[twistedAM]

In practice, it's a rental van with fucking great logos on all sides of it. Thus not trade.

Trade rents vans too. A van is a van.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Those cages are pretty solid and therefore not cheap to put up. I reckon they'll soon have a CCTV camera to go with them to monitor flytipping by young ladies (see greebo's post above)

I reckon young ladies (for young ladies see Greebo) may do it in the middle of night whilst wearing hoodies and making sure to avoid any cameras

 

[twistedAM]

I reckon young ladies (for young ladies see Greebo) may do it in the middle of night whilst wearing hoodies and making sure to avoid any cameras

Actually a young lady could just park her SUV on Blenheim Gardens and get the hired hand to carry it round to the car park but at the moment I don't think there are any cameras there.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Actually a young lady could just park her SUV on Blenheim Gardens and get the hired hand to carry it round to the car park but at the moment I don't think there are any cameras there.

I reckon a certain young lady could use you as her hired hand as your face is familiar enough around there, people probably think you're resident

 

[Greebo]

Actually a young lady could just park her SUV on Blenheim Gardens and get the hired hand to carry it round to the car park but at the moment I don't think there are any cameras there.

No cameras here either, except for the main road (speed trap) and the basement carpark. Not much need for a hoodie either.

 

[teuchter]

In practice, it's a rental van with fucking great logos on all sides of it. Thus not trade.

In practice, you are wrong on two counts; firstly streetcar people carriers don't have logos on them and secondly the relevant waste handling company website makes an explicit distinction between vans and people carriers and the charges attached.