Brixton chitter-chatter & news Feb 2012

[snowy_again]

Here's the arty version:

He's blatantly playing a set of panpipes.

 

[wurlycurly]

There was a squirrel outside my window today. Nine floors up!

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Unbelievable! Cocky little git. Assuming they don't use the lifts, how do they get up there? (apols for dumb question)

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Unbelievable! Cocky little git. Assuming they don't use the lifts, how do they get up there? (apols for dumb question)

Drainpipes?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Editor's squirrel is far more of a social climber than this SE1 squirrel who only went up to the 5th floor

 

[Orang Utan]

Unbelievable! Cocky little git. Assuming they don't use the lifts, how do they get up there? (apols for dumb question)

a fox chased it

 

[quimcunx]

piggy backed on a monkey.

 

[Rushy]

Unbelievable! Cocky little git. Assuming they don't use the lifts, how do they get up there? (apols for dumb question)

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I've seen those before

(Not in Brixton obviously)

 

[boohoo]

The frontage of Costa Coffee is being revealed:

http://www.urban75.org/blog/brixton...e-a-squirrel-scuttles-about-on-barrier-block/

I mentioned on another thread but Sanders were meant to provide the clock for the Stockwell war memorial but wanted their branding on it! info here (5th paragraph!)

 

[story]

Brrrr!

 

[story]

Inshop, the owners of Granville Arcade, have sent letters round to all the traders saying that the market will be shutting at 9:30 rather than 10:00 on Thursday and Friday evenings, and that there will be a charge of £75 per week for the privilege of opening in the evenings. Obviously, this is a concern for all, especially the restaurateurs.

All traders are being asked to sign the letter to indicate agreement.

I'm not at liberty to say whence this information came to me, but it is a pretty good source.

Anyone got any more information about this?


Thread stared here

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Inshop, the owners of Granville Arcade, have sent letters round to all the traders saying that the market will be shutting at 9:30 rather than 10:00 on Thursday and Friday evenings, and that there will be a charge of £75 per week for the privilege of opening in the evenings. Obviously, this is a concern for all, especially the restaurateurs.

All traders are being asked to sign the letter to indicate agreement.

I'm not at liberty to say whence this information came to me, but it is a pretty good source.

Anyone got any more information about this?

Why are they charging extra to keep it open later? Is it costing Inshop to keep it open later?

 

[story]

Makes no sense, eh.

Maybe they want to drive out the smaller indie trades and move corporates in?

 

[Brixton Hatter]

What, pay more for shorter opening hours? Maybe the shops should get together and tell them to fcuk off.

You can see where all this is going though...

 

[fortyplus]

Inshop, the owners of Granville Arcade, have sent letters round to all the traders saying that the market will be shutting at 9:30 rather than 10:00 on Thursday and Friday evenings, and that there will be a charge of £75 per week for the privilege of opening in the evenings. Obviously, this is a concern for all, especially the restaurateurs.

All traders are being asked to sign the letter to indicate agreement.

I'm not at liberty to say whence this information came to me, but it is a pretty good source.

Anyone got any more information about this?

This is true; I have such a letter.

The £75 is supposed to cover the costs of the "security" staff, the extra rubbish that late opening generates, and the fact that the cleaners have to work later. It's ludicrous. Obviously the Brixton Village Bubble will burst, but it's nuts that InShops are bursting it themselves.
But at least they aren't imposing the surcharge on all the traders. It does cost them something extra to keep the market open later, and it wouldn't be right to make the fish/wigs/fruit'n'veg pay for something that benefits only the restaurants.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

This is true; I have such a letter.

The £75 is supposed to cover the costs of the "security" staff, the extra rubbish that late opening generates, and the fact that the cleaners have to work later. It's ludicrous. Obviously the Brixton Village Bubble will burst, but it's nuts that InShops are bursting it themselves.
But at least they aren't imposing the surcharge on all the traders. It does cost them something extra to keep the market open later, and it wouldn't be right to make the fish/wigs/fruit'n'veg pay for something that benefits only the restaurants.

oh, so it's just the middle-class eateries then?

 

[fortyplus]

oh, so it's just the middle-class eateries then?

Well, it's the eateries that open late, so they can make money off people with day jobs who buy their fish from Waitrose. Everyone else packs up at half-five or half-three on Wednesdays.

 

[JoJo17]

Moving to Brixton end of the month. Suggestions for hidden gems of things to do/see...and what to avoid?

 

[Orang Utan]

avoid SW2 if you can help it, it's full of vagabonds, brigands and ne'er-do-wells

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Moving to Brixton end of the month. Suggestions for hidden gems of things to do/see...and what to avoid?

Don't miss Lambeth Country Show in July

 

[quimcunx]

Moving to Brixton end of the month. Suggestions for hidden gems of things to do/see...and what to avoid?

You can go on a mural hunt.

http://londonmuralpreservationsociety.com/murals/

 

[Greebo]

Chuggers (Save the children) near the tube have got a bit more creative:
One tried to stop me with "Excuse me, my heart's just been touched by an amazing woman"
"Yeah, well, it wasn't me so bugger off."

 

[quimcunx]

minnie, minnie! The heating went off 2 hours ago, -2 degrees it is outside and I'm sat here with the window open.

 

[Winot]

Well, it's the eateries that open late, so they can make money off people with day jobs who buy their fish from Waitrose. Everyone else packs up at half-five or half-three on Wednesdays.

But why close at 9.30 rather than 10pm, that's the bit I don't get. It's gonna fuck the whole model - it's already a rush to get diners out by 10.

 

[fortyplus]

But why close at 9.30 rather than 10pm, that's the bit I don't get. It's gonna fuck the whole model - it's already a rush to get diners out by 10.

Indeed, this is the worst of it. The £75 is (almost) justifiable - if they were transparent about what it's made up of, which they're not being. But 9.30 is way too early. There were discussions about midnight, and this latest ultimatum is the result of the "collapse" of those discussions. (They didn't collapse, it's just that inShops only wanted to talk to one, self-appointed representative).
The basic problem is the same as it ever was, though. InShops execs are stuck up in Liverpool and no one has a clear vision of how it should develop, the local market office are ambivalent to antipathetic towards evening opening. It shouldn't be a concession to traders, it should be a central part of the business model for the arcade.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Perhaps a flood of polite correspondence to their headquarters is in order.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

minnie, minnie! The heating went off 2 hours ago, -2 degrees it is outside and I'm sat here with the window open.

You don't need 23 degrees though! (Not that it's hit 23 degrees in this living room for the past week or so despite having heating on full blast for 16 hours a day as well as fan heater on)

 

[quimcunx]

You don't need 23 degrees though! (Not that it's hit 23 degrees in this living room for the past week or so despite having heating on full blast for 16 hours a day as well as fan heater on)

23 degrees? That was at 2am.

My thermostat is set to about 17/18.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

23 degrees? That was at 2am.

My thermostat is set to about 17/18.

23 degrees centigrade (ie. 73F)

You don't have vascular disease

 

[quimcunx]

23 degrees centigrade (ie. 73F)

You don't have vascular disease

Oh! I thought you thought I had it at 23 degrees.

I was just trying to keep you informed of my open window activities.