Brixton chitter chatter, part 2

[miss minnie]

I hope they get the sound to start at the same time as the picture for her.

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

I hope she gets a sore back from the seats in screen one (as i did) and sues them (as i didn't).

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

janet jackson would seem to have made her arrival. mentalness down there.

i wonder what her highness will make of the ritzy? pretty stiff bar prices. and cinema 1 has shitty seats. what they gonna do with her?

Stick her in screen 1 and see if she lands on her nose?

What if she did though? She'd probably sue The Ritzy, they'd go bust, and Brixton would be heartbroken

I hope she gets a sore back from the seats in screen one (as i did) and sues them (as i didn't).

 

[ajdown]

2 steel drummers outside Iceland, and lots of people enjoying Windrush Square as I came through on the bus about 15 minutes ago.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

2 steel drummers outside Iceland, and lots of people enjoying Windrush Square as I came through on the bus about 15 minutes ago.

Great. I love those guys. They should be a permanent fixture in Brixton.

 

[ajdown]

Especially in this weather, it makes you feel positively tropical.

I still hate the hot weather, of course - but it'll all be over in a few months I'm sure.

 

[Badgers]

Today is very much a Brockwell Park day I feel. Picnic things mostly sorted and happy sunny happy Sunday.

 

[ajdown]

Shopping today - clothes, supermarket, Brixton Farmers Market, and perhaps a trip to Argos to buy a hedge trimmer if there's any money left.

 

[Badgers]

Shopping today - clothes, supermarket, Brixton Farmers Market, and perhaps a trip to Argos to buy a hedge trimmer if there's any money left.

Can I have a lend of the trimmer when you are done with it?

 

[Mrs Magpie]

So, according to tonight's The Standard, the street bike scheme is due to start in a couple of months. Sounds good to me Anyone heard whether there's a dock planned for Brixton? Maybe they're all more central...

These are the Boroughs where the scheme is going to happen.

The cycle hire scheme will be available in Camden, Hackney, Lambeth, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Westminster, City of London and the Royal Parks.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8698624.stm

 

[ajdown]

I just found this song about Brixton, although I expect most of you probably know about it

 

[se5]

These are the Boroughs where the scheme is going to happen.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8698624.stm

The ones in Lambeth are around Waterloo/Southbank/Vauxhall and Kennington - near the major transport interchanges generally. They are starting it in central London with the aim I think of establishing other locations later on.

There is more info on the lambeth website http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/...gCycling/LondonCycleHireSchemeCycleLondon.htm

 

[Badgers]

Cute bird in Brockwell Park today. Photo to follow

 

[Badgers]

Wicked

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Depending on who you believe, that's either a descendent of birds escaping from film studios during the filming of 'The African Queen' or one of the James Bond films, or released by Jimi Hendrix and his girlfriend.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/r/ringneckedparakeet/index.aspx

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Wicked

They normally fly over Brixton Hill every day in the summer.

Don't know whether they do in the winter as I don't tend to be outside to see them

 

[Mrs Magpie]

They still fly back and forth at dawn and dusk from roost to daytime pleasure grounds and back again during the winter. Stark cries and long tails silhouetted against the sky.

 

[RaverDrew]

Wicked

That looks different and a lot bigger than the usual parakeets I've seen round here. Sure it's not an escaped pet ?

 

[brix]

That looks different and a lot bigger than the usual parakeets I've seen round here. Sure it's not an escaped pet ?

I thought that. It's a parrot isn't it? It's even sitting on a bird cage from what I can see.

 

[billythefish]

I thought that. It's a parrot isn't it? It's even sitting on a bird cage from what I can see.

Here's a Parakeet I snapped a few weeks ago... definitely smaller and a bright red beak...

How long 'til we get some puma sightings?

 

[quimcunx]

I've never once seen them in Brixton. I saw my first one in Mordern Hall Park last year and last time in Kew Gardens.

I have spent practically the whole weekend in Windrush Square. I declare it a success.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I've never once seen them in Brixton. I saw my first one in Mordern Hall Park last year and last time in Kew Gardens.

I have spent practically the whole weekend in Windrush Square. I declare it a success.

It's lucky you're a smoker I suppose, then you can't blame traffic pollution for a dodgy chest

 

[quimcunx]

The water feature hasn't been working for the last few days. Anyone know why?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The water feature hasn't been working for the last few days. Anyone know why?

Lambeth haven't paid their water rates?

It's so pathetic, it's a waste of time having it?

 

[miss minnie]

I rather like it... when its working.

 

[quimcunx]

I like it too. a couple of weeks ago I saw a small child get caught out when it came back on suddenly.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I like it too. a couple of weeks ago I saw a small child get caught out when it came back on suddenly.

That's why we should have dancing fountains, so we can watch little kiddies getting caught unawares. Great fun

 

[Badgers]

The park parrot did have a cage and owner when I took the pic

 

[Biddlybee]

I still don't understand...

 

[Orang Utan]

where are those and why are they orange?