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

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Apparently there was a major incident at the Twin Barbers today, involving a gang of blokes bum-rushing the place, a smashed window, a machete, a slashed leg and people being chased about.

Eeek!
 
editor said:
Apparently there was a major incident at the Twin Barbers today, involving a gang of blokes bum-rushing the place, a smashed window, a machete, a slashed leg and people being chased about.

Eeek!
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Those two were the top bullies at my school :D oh well.
 
some kind of incident on atlantic road - atlantic road itself and electric avenue and cordoned off. 2 heliflopters are out.
 
There seems to be a general perception that the gnarl-o-meter around the town part of Coldharbour Lane has notched up considerably in the last week or two.

Apart from the Twin Barbers incident, last night's nearby murder and stabbings and an increase in bag thefts from pubs, I'm hearing quite a few unpleasant things which has got local traders feeling pissed off with the police's response.
 
editor said:
There seems to be a general perception that the gnarl-o-meter around the town part of Coldharbour Lane has notched up considerably in the last week or two.

Apart from the Twin Barbers incident, last night's nearby murder and stabbings and an increase in bag thefts from pubs, I'm hearing quite a few unpleasant things which has got local traders feeling pissed off with the police's response.
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displacement from expanded exclusion zone up towards the moorlands. id guess the police would say they can handle things better on CHL than on residential streets, but there's nasty knock on events like this :(
 
Moorlands is part of the zone. They cleared the anti-social people from the market area which then displaced to House of Bottles, Albert and by the bus stop. I know local businesses and members of the public were heartily pissed off at the 'ripple effect' outwards from the market and contacted the police under the dispersal zone initiative. Also there is now increased 'coverage' (really not sure how else to describe it) as before the cut-off point for different beats (I think I've got this right) used to be up to the bridge that goes to Brixton overground.
 
with all the current crime in Brixton, maybe you should have a "Brixton crime sub-forum" thread so people can keep up with it so they're aware what's happening (ie. Josephine Avenue = dodgy place, bag snatches from pubs all the rage etc)

Might scare a few yuppies away as well













Just a thought :oops:
 
has anyone else noticed loads of 'stop and searches' in the past week? every day over the past week cycling between brixton and work (victoria) i've seen cars full of young men being stopped, including two on brixton road on friday, two on brixton road on wednesday, two on black prince road kennington on thursday, three on victoria st on wednesday, and two on railton rd this weekend. keeps the coppers busy eh...
 
Brixton Hatter said:
has anyone else noticed loads of 'stop and searches' in the past week? every day over the past week cycling between brixton and work (victoria) i've seen cars full of young men being stopped, including two on brixton road on friday, two on brixton road on wednesday, two on black prince road kennington on thursday, three on victoria st on wednesday, and two on railton rd this weekend. keeps the coppers busy eh...
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yes, quite frequently in Brixton itself. Obviously not pleasant for innocent people and no doubt it's going to cause a lot of tension.
 
I noticed that Brixton station was closed this morning.

As I was obliged to take a bus and then get off at Stockwell station carrying a rucksack I suppose I can count myself fortunate to not have been assassinated by the Metropolitan Police.
 
looks like something's finally happening to Raleigh Hall:

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RALEIGH HALL, 1-3 EFFRA ROAD
LONDON
SW2 1BU (07/05036/LB)

Part demolition and re-construction of Raleigh Hall including: demolition of various internal walls and timber stairs; reconstruction of an existing bay window at ground and first floor levels as well as areas of flooring at all levels; insertion of two new staircases and passenger lift to allow level access to all floors; erection of a single storey building to provide an ancillary cafe/bar and a 2-storey extension housing an exhibition space and bookshop at ground floor level and a new archive space at second floor level; formation of a new courtyard and main entrance, installation of a window turbine; alterations to existing boundary treatment and provision of a disable car parking space as well as a bus drop-off/loading and unloading area on Saltourn Road (Town Planning and Listed Building Consent).

MORE INFORMATION: http://tinyurl.com/27zuwa
MAP: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=sw2+1bu&z=15
WHAT DO YOU THINK?: http://tinyurl.com/2xggv2
===
 
I can't get the plans to come up - are there none available? (I've had issues with the lambeth planning website before though)
 
they dont tend to put those on line. you have to go to the library (where they generally dont have them either), then to the planning office
 
baws :(
Some council websites have really good planning websites. Lambeth ain't one of them
 
It seems the parking enforcement officers in Herne Hill got robbed this morning on Milton Road.

x3 police cars and one confused PC asking how someone could have reached into a mini bus and pinched something from the cab over the body of the person sitting in it at the time.
 
Crispy said:
I can't get the plans to come up - are there none available? (I've had issues with the lambeth planning website before though)
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Are you using a mac? I had this problem some time ago; couldn't view drawings. I wrote to Lambeth about it - they emailed me the drawings directly but admitted there was a problem ... here was their final reply to my various emails:

Lambeth IT bloke said:
xxx has passed on your email to me for further clarification regarding the compatibility of the 'Public Access' system.

I'm sorry that you have had trouble in using the system - as Len has mentioned in his reply this is due to a limitation of our current system.

The system that shows the associated documents is an 'off the shelf' product from a company called Anite (the same company provide the back office electronic document storage system for Lambeth Council). At the time of purchase, limited resources and budget meant that this was the only viable solution, albeit with some limitations. We have raised the browser compatibility limitation (and other issues) with Anite and we will certainly be looking to improve our existing system when product revisions and / or budgets allow.

Once again, my apologies for the inconvenience that this has caused you.
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"when budgets allow" - I take that to mean no time soon, then.
 
prs_bca_5.9ddd213a.jpg

That's the bovril building on the left.
The architect's page for the project:
http://www.prsarchitects.de/tfl_palestra_building.php?id=22

The courtyard will have a retractable roof to allow outdoors events in all weather.
 
Oooh, they were filming some telly/film outside subway last night. A fake bus stop and queue. I'd have stopped to ask what it was, but I was carrying heavy food shop and my hands were hurting.
 
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Oooh, they were filming some telly/film outside subway last night. A fake bus stop and queue. I'd have stopped to ask what it was, but I was carrying heavy food shop and my hands were hurting.
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and with several minders too when I walked past (several times, in both directions, looking directly, yet handsomely into the camera).
 
Crispy said:
prs_bca_5.9ddd213a.jpg

The courtyard will have a retractable roof to allow outdoors events in all weather.
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Big Plans: Be good to see raleigh hall used for something other than a graffiti canvas...
 
more about Raleigh Hall

Looks like the Black Cultural Archives are returning to central Brixton :) ... (they used to be opposite the Dog Star on a corner of the Atlantic Road / Coldharbour Lane crossroads).
Pringle Richards Sharratt has been appointed to design the new Black Cultural Archive in Brixton, London, following a competitive interview.

The project is a joint venture between Lambeth Council and the Black Cultural Archive to provide new accommodation for black cultural artefacts and archives in a controlled environment within the UK for the first time. The building will be opposite Lambeth Town Hall and form part of the challenging redevelopment of Brixton Town Centre. A substantial part of the project will be the refurbishment of Raleigh Hall, a listed building owned by Lambeth Council and made available by them for the sole use of the BCA.

The new BCA will provide a much needed new focus within both Brixton and the UK for the black community. The building will provide flexible space for external events and the presentation of temporary exhibitions like ‘Black Gold’ which was carried out recently by the BCA as a joint venture with the V&A. The scheme will involve the complete refurbishment of the listed buildings to create new exhibition space, visitor centre, interactive orientation area, library and conservation spaces, as well as creating a new extension providing integrated storage for the collection to BS 5454.
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The garage on Coldharbour Lane has just been permanently de-garage-ified and a really, really shoddy semi-permanent fence put up around it - so it looks like we're in for months of this eyesore.
 
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