Brixton chitter chatter part 1 (Nov 2006-June 2008)

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The actress, Elizabeth Berrington, buying her lunch in M&S and then the Portuguese deli over the road.

Made a fewl of myself by doing that smiley hello thing you do to people you sort of recognise, before realising that you don't know them from Adam and they're just that person off the telly.

With that luck, I'm due to knock over James Nesbitt on my way home, with the cry of "you don't shop in Asda, you're always in Mimosa buying posh ham".

Elizabeth Berrington?

 

[snowy_again]

exactly!

Secrets & Lies, I guess is her most famous thing, but she was in The Office and the last run of Abigail's Party...

Completely forgotten how to post images:

And yes, I did spend five minutes on google trying to work out who she was.

 

[Not a Vet]

Talking of Jimmy Nesbitt, he was drinking in the Regent last night

 

[bluestreak]

Not when i was he wasn't.

 

[tarannau]

Could well have been though, He's like a gastropub whore mind - when the Commercial first opening he was ligging in there, then he was to the Regent, then to the Bishop.... and now back to the Regent again.

He's one of those annoying celebs who always winks at you, as if you're trying to catch his eye or something.

 

[editor]

Look what we've got outside our block! Nice, eh?

 

[Not a Vet]

Re Jimmy, he came in about 8 last night with a mate, not that I was stalking or anything!

 

[Jonti]

Looking across Brockwell Park from the south-west (tulse hill) corner on a bright afternoon is increasingly spectacular. The autumn leaves are going canadian!

 

[snowy_again]

It does get a cracking sunset. Sort of miss my old flat that over looked the back of the park by the lido.

 

[brix]

Fire on New Park Road last night

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7057713.stm

How they decided that New Park Road is in West Norwood I don't know

 

[Kanda]

Apparently, Estate agents are now calling it New Park Village. A result of which is one person I know property value rising 10k

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7057713.stm

How they decided that New Park Road is in West Norwood I don't know

Maybe you should correct them and let them know that it's neither in West Norwood or S E London

 

[tufty79]

The portuguese deli has started to sell sparkly fish lady's pictures, all the money going to her.

the lady who sells the pics made of sparkly tape and glitter and things, outside iceland?

if so, i bought one off her on friday. it's either a leaf in front of a double sunset, or a tulip.

it's beautiful

 

[zuszsa]

I too have a sparkly lady original - it's of a flower (her bird phase having ended) and I adore it I have it arranged so the sun moves across it during the day and the sparkly stuff changes.

 

[zuszsa]

And in other news - I've just had a chat with some construction type chappies out the back of the Brixton Tube and asked them when they thought they might be finishing. I was told that they are now turning the walk through into office space and the public won't be getting an electric lane entrance/exit. Bugger - it would have shaved at least 20seconds off my morning walk to the Victoria Line.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

And in other news - I've just had a chat with some construction type chappies out the back of the Brixton Tube and asked them when they thought they might be finishing. I was told that they are now turning the walk through into office space and the public won't be getting an electric lane entrance/exit. Bugger - it would have shaved at least 20seconds off my morning walk to the Victoria Line.

That's appalling. Think of the extra 20 seconds you could have had in bed

 

[zuszsa]

tell me about it

What interests me is that they have been constructing this walkthrough entrance for the seven years I have been living here. My grandmother (a handywoman true) could have finished it quicker. Why is it taking so long - the people need to know

 

[Brixton Hatter]

And in other news - I've just had a chat with some construction type chappies out the back of the Brixton Tube and asked them when they thought they might be finishing. I was told that they are now turning the walk through into office space and the public won't be getting an electric lane entrance/exit. Bugger - it would have shaved at least 20seconds off my morning walk to the Victoria Line.

And it looks like there may still be other plans for the rest of that "triangle" between atlantic road and electric lane....the most recent page of the brady's thread includes a proposal to do up bradys, but refers to some other work LBL have in hand...

anyone know about that? Brixton central regeneration plan or something?

 

[editor]

The scaffolding's going back up again on that big Coldharbour Lane redevelopment, one year after the developers went bust.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

tell me about it

What interests me is that they have been constructing this walkthrough entrance for the seven years I have been living here. My grandmother (a handywoman true) could have finished it quicker. Why is it taking so long - the people need to know

Yes, but look how long it took them to stick the lift and escalators in the tube

 

[Crispy]

anyone know about that? Brixton central regeneration plan or something?

Hmm. No planning applications this year, so if there is something moving, it's still in early stages.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Brand new white and pink vans driving round Brixton with "LAMBETH GUMBUSTERS" emblazoned on the side.

"Lambeth streets chewing gum solutions" or some such. I will sleep much easier at night now knowing this issue is being addressed!

 

[bluestreak]

Yeah, I noticed one of them yesterday. Cue the rest of my walk wondering if they were really necessary, as Brixton doesn't really have a problem with dropped gum compared to anywhere i've lived in East London. But maybe that's because they exist.

 

[netbob]

Looks like the hotel thingy above the prince is getting ready to open, theyve put in an application for an illuminated sign: http://tinyurl.com/2vuynz

 

[editor]

Went to bed to the sound of a helicopter hovering overhead, woke up to the sound of a helicopter hovering overhead.

 

[slcr]

Um, was anyone else near the Telegraph kept awake through the early hours of this morning by the music? I was in the estate on the other side of the road and had all the [double glazed] windows shut.. Surely pubs aren't allowed to make that much noise?

 

[brix]

Um, was anyone else near the Telegraph kept awake through the early hours of this morning by the music? I was in the estate on the other side of the road and had all the [double glazed] windows shut.. Surely pubs aren't allowed to make that much noise?

I live on New Park Road and I wasn't kept awake by the music but I was kept awake by people leaving the club, pissed or whatever, shouting, rowing, crying, screaming, etc. until well after 4am.

 

[netbob]

The Brixton Society are having a book launch:

dedicated to the life of Brixton including pen portraits/testimonies to lives of people who have lived/worked/contributed there e.g. Herman Ouseley, Linda Bellos, Donald Hinds et al. A short film of the Lambeth Bicentenary Abolition commemoration event held earlier this year will also be shown.

The event will be held at: Brixton Tate Library, Brixton Oval on Wednesday 31 Ocober 2007 commncing at 7.00pm.

 

[netbob]

And guess what this pub is going to be turned into?:

http://tinyurl.com/36c9ud

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

And guess what this pub is going to be turned into?:

http://tinyurl.com/36c9ud

Bloody hell. I didn't even know it was shutting


A lot of screws drink there don't they