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

[Minnie_the_Minx]

gaijinboy was approached by a woman outside the Ritzy with a clipboard collecting signatures for a petition for the homeless. At 11:40pm at night. Of course this evolved into asking for a donation which she happily received and as she walked off she pulled a can of cider from her pocket and swigged it.

Quite ingenious I thought..

 

[Bob]

The relatively new grocers on the corner of Coldharbour Lane / Atlantic road has a little black & white kitten gambolling round it.

 

[zuszsa]

The Brixton Bar and Grill has reopened after an exceptionally long summer holiday

Anyone know what the goss is?

 

[editor]

The relatively new grocers on the corner of Coldharbour Lane / Atlantic road has a little black & white kitten gambolling round it.

It's a cutie too!

 

[rennie]

The Brixton Bar and Grill has reopened after an exceptionally long summer holiday

Anyone know what the goss is?

Is it still called the same thing?

 

[netbob]

different people I think - there was a for sale sign that then turned into an under offer sign before it reopened.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The old Tent & Tarpaulin shop is now just a white blob of nothingness

 

[editor]

There's a 'For Sale' sign on Brady's.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

There's a 'For Sale' sign on Brady's.

More yuppie flats or a trendy bar? Someone should start taking bets

 

[colacubes]

There's a 'For Sale' sign on Brady's.

It's been on there for quite a while - at least 2 months. I think there were a few bids on the table with the council for it's future apart from the ABC one. I've got a nightmare vision that one of them is bound to be Tesco Metro on the ground floor and "luxury apartments" above

 

[editor]

I've got a nightmare vision that one of them is bound to be Tesco Metro on the ground floor and "luxury apartments" above

Who'd want to live in a building that is *part* of a well used railway bridge? Have you felt how the thing sways when heavy trains rumble overhead?!

 

[colacubes]

Who'd want to live in a building that is *part* of a well used railway bridge? Have you felt how the thing sways when heavy trains rumble overhead?!

Tell me about it - our front room vibrates v slightly when they go over - I can't imagine what it'd be like to live directly by it

Bound to be someone who does though!

 

[Bob]

Tell me about it - our front room vibrates v slightly when they go over - I can't imagine what it'd be like to live directly by it

Bound to be someone who does though!

I'll be astonished if the council doesn't sell it. I like the alternative plans but simply can't seen any chance that the council will retreat from selling a site worth a few million when there's a £20m hole in their school building plans.

 

[twistedAM]

The relatively new grocers on the corner of Coldharbour Lane / Atlantic road has a little black & white kitten gambolling round it.

thanks for the hygiene warning

 

[Crispy]

thanks for the hygiene warning

You think a kitten will do more damage than the 100's of miles, hands and hours of london air that the stuff's been exposed to?

 

[shakespearegirl]

Who'd want to live in a building that is *part* of a well used railway bridge? Have you felt how the thing sways when heavy trains rumble overhead?!

The new 'luxury apartments' in Loughborough Junction (the old junction pub) are pretty much right on the railway line

 

[waverunner]

Not quite chitter chatter but can someone please tell me what time the Albert opens today?

 

[Orang Utan]

11am, I'd imagine - all pubs open then don't they?

 

[waverunner]

11am, I'd imagine - all pubs open then don't they?

Oh I've not a clue about pub opening times, so thank you

 

[Orang Utan]

Well things could have changed since the licensing laws changed but I reckon it's a safe bet that it opens at 11

 

[lenny101]

Most pubs (if not all) open at 12 on Sundays.

 

[Kanda]

Well if she got there at 11, only 13 mins left till it opens

 

[newbie]

I've got a nightmare vision that one of them is bound to be Tesco Metro on the ground floor and "luxury apartments" above

not keen on luxury flats but good sized Tesco might be the best thing that could happen to the market.

 

[waverunner]

Well if she got there at 11, only 13 mins left till it opens

I'm still here Going soon ho hum... need food first.

 

[story]

not keen on luxury flats but good sized Tesco might be the best thing that could happen to the market.

In what way would a Tesco be good for the market?

 

[Crispy]

In what way would a Tesco be good for the market?

I assume it's being suggested that the 'magnet' effect would bring people to the market. I'd say that it's more likely that a Tesco would compete directly with the market and do it great damage. What the market needs is some money spent on infrastructure and promotion.

 

[story]

I assume it's being suggested that the 'magnet' effect would bring people to the market. I'd say that it's more likely that a Tesco would compete directly with the market and do it great damage. What the market needs is some money spent on infrastructure and promotion.

Agree with you there Crispy.

The market is a fantastic asset that is being ignored and left to crumble away. All those empty units, all that unfulfilled potential for sections of it to be open in the evening for semi-alfresco dining, for instance.

I know the infrastructure is really dodgy. I worked inside the market for a while. Everytime it rained hard, sewage would bubble up. Nothing was ever done about this.

The rents are screamingly high, I understand - driving long-established businesses like Alltone Records and the pet shop into non-existance.

I can't see that another big hitter like Tesco would help at all.

Poor Brixton Market.

 

[avenginangel]

Not quite chitter chatter but can someone please tell me what time the Albert opens today?

The Albert opens at 12 everyday (cept New Years and Xmas)

 

[newbie]

Anything to draw people into the market area is likely to improve sales, and at the moment there's nothing except the market to pull people off the high street.

A lot of people walk up to Tesco from the central area. Their footfall doesn't go past the stalls or smaller shops in the market, so even if what they're purchasing is available, they don't see it.

That's partially because the central supermarkets are pretty poor- ever met anyone with a good word to say for that Sainsburys?, and both Iceland and M&S are shunned by more people than actually use them. None of them serve the 'social hub' role of Tesco on Acre Lane, which is where people meet by chance and stop for a natter.

Maybe Tesco moving back into the market wouldn't change any of that, and the fortunes of the market wouldn't improve, but what other use for the old pub would have a more positive effect?

 

[Ms T]

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and both Iceland and M&S are shunned by more people than actually use them.

Really? They're always packed whenever I go in there.