Minnie_the_Minx
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it has?
Maybe they were having a delivery or jiggling furniture around today then
Oh never mind me
Brixton chitter chatter, part 2
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it has?
Maybe they were having a delivery or jiggling furniture around today then
Oh never mind me
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
billythefish
toad licker
High Spirits has been going a few years now - they were on the corner of Brixton Hill and Josephine Avenue and are now in the process of moving up to Sheila's old place...
I mentioned the old shop a few months ago in answer to a question about where to buy good wine in Brixton. Now they're expanding to a newsagency and convenience stuff.
Good luck to them - they've always been very friendly and have a good range of beer and wine.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
ah right, I remember them on the corner, just didn't realise it was them that had moved
twistedAM
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Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
teuchter
je suis teuchter
That's good. Means I can get off the bus and go to the shop on the way home without having to try and cross the road to Nisa. Literally the most annoying place to try and cross a road, in the world, ever.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
I knew I recognised the name
I never went in there
I've never been either. Wrong side of the road innit. I used to go to Sheila's though as it was so bizarre in there.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
And dangerous...I got knocked down just up the hill from there at the lights by a speeding beamer that shot a red. Of course the cctv wasn't working or I might have had a bit of compo off the bastard.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
I tried to get a petition up about 20 years ago after a friend almost got killed crossing from the White Horse to the Dawn of the Raj, but a copper told me it had been tried before and hadn't worked because Fortress and the other shops had protested people wouldn't be able to park if they put a crossing there.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Sheila's was weird. I wonder where they went. Ambulances appeared there quite a few times over the years
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Would you like to make another attempt?
I can see the argument that there's a crossing 100m up from there, and another one 100m the other way - but the presence of bus stops on either side of the road at that point, as well as it being the centre of the parades of shops on either side, and the presence of the White Horse, seems to suggest that it's the most sensible point. There are always people trying to cross there.
I'd like to see a zebra crossing there, and capital punishment for anyone speeding on Brixton Hill.
Alternatively, ban cars altogether and reinstate the trams.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Would you like to make another attempt?
I can see the argument that there's a crossing 100m up from there, and another one 100m the other way - but the presence of bus stops on either side of the road at that point, as well as it being the centre of the parades of shops on either side, and the presence of the White Horse, seems to suggest that it's the most sensible point. There are always people trying to cross there.
I'd like to see a zebra crossing there, and capital punishment for anyone speeding on Brixton Hill.
Alternatively, ban cars altogether and reinstate the trams.
Good points and i agree with them all except for the last one as I think London should be the first city in the world to have a year-round all-weather ski slope. Brixton Hill would be ideal. Hell. we could have lifts, a gondola and all that jazz too.
Pipe dream, I know.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Would you like to make another attempt?
I can see the argument that there's a crossing 100m up from there, and another one 100m the other way - but the presence of bus stops on either side of the road at that point, as well as it being the centre of the parades of shops on either side, and the presence of the White Horse, seems to suggest that it's the most sensible point. There are always people trying to cross there.
I'd like to see a zebra crossing there, and capital punishment for anyone speeding on Brixton Hill.
Alternatively, ban cars altogether and reinstate the trams.
Can't see the point. The cop I spoke to said someone had already suggested it years before but the shops kicked up a stink. That's never going to change. Far too busy anyway.
You can do it and we'll nominate you for a knighthood when we get it
billythefish
toad licker
Can't see the point. The cop I spoke to said someone had already suggested it years before but the shops kicked up a stink. That's never going to change. Far too busy anyway.
You can do it and we'll nominate you for a knighthood when we get it
They should put an island on the Hill near the end of Josephine Avenue now it's closed. It's on the cycle network, and there are dozens of school kids crossing there every morning and afternoon.
silvershoes
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trams
speaking of trams, which I often do, it seems that Boris has trampled on Ken's plans for a cross river tram, running from Streatham to Holborn, or thereabouts. Not a day goes by when I don't wish that Boris never got anywhere near London.
Would you like to make another attempt?
I can see the argument that there's a crossing 100m up from there, and another one 100m the other way - but the presence of bus stops on either side of the road at that point, as well as it being the centre of the parades of shops on either side, and the presence of the White Horse, seems to suggest that it's the most sensible point. There are always people trying to cross there.
I'd like to see a zebra crossing there, and capital punishment for anyone speeding on Brixton Hill.
Alternatively, ban cars altogether and reinstate the trams.
speaking of trams, which I often do, it seems that Boris has trampled on Ken's plans for a cross river tram, running from Streatham to Holborn, or thereabouts. Not a day goes by when I don't wish that Boris never got anywhere near London.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Yes, he trampled on that some time ago I'm afraid.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I've just remembered, something incomprehensibly exciting happened this morning. I went on a bus - a 133 if I recall correctly - along Brixton Water Lane. From Brixton Hill to Effra Road. Not many people can say that.
It was diverted due to an "incident".
Pedestrians looked on, astounded.
It was diverted due to an "incident".
Pedestrians looked on, astounded.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Oh, I heard about that but can't remember what it was. Spillage/leakage springs to mind?
PS: Not that unusual at all. BWL and King's Avenue are normal diversion routes when something's happened on Brixton Hill
billythefish
toad licker
I hope you were on the top deck and able to ogle a new set of upstairs windows and concealed gardens...
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
I didn't but was aware of it once the cat came pelting in to the bedroom cos it was scared
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
No. But now that you've said that I do have a vague memory of something....
I often don't remember wakings up in the wee hours.
I then went on to have a dream about Peter Blake who is a Royal Academician, I see from Wiki.
Yes, I did - really, really loud, again felt really close (I'm on the hill)
Yep,i was up at 4am.
An aggressive storm with several impressive flashes and bangs.
(And lots and lots of rain.)
ajdown
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I'm thinking of liberating my goldfish, in the hope that they can at least save themselves because it doesn't look like this weather is going to improve any time soon.
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