Brixton chitter chatter, part 2

[ericjarvis]

It is a heron, & it is by Maggi Hambling, apparently.

She's dead good. I sat as a model for her class at Morley College once, was very disappointed she didn't do a drawing.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Is this meant to be a joke?

Why, are you laughing.......

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Maybe it'll be a kebab shop or pizza place?

Or, another nail bar?

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Maybe it'll be a kebab shop or pizza place?

Or, another nail bar?

Or all three combined Chic-King-kebab-polish and shine

 

[Janh]

...Something to do with Herne Hill possibly deriving its name from "Heron Hill".

Maybe, maybe not.

The Brixton Arts and Creative Lighting Projects Report says:

Weathervane project
Maggi Hambling is one of today’s most celebrated British artists and is a Lambeth resident. Hambling discovered a connection between the old River Effra, which would have run along a similar course to Brixton Road, and the name of the nearby Heron Road. This inspired a heron-shaped weathervane
which will reflect the changing nature of the area and the influences coming in from all over the world.

 

[Ms Ordinary]

That does make more sense, actually.

Someone should tell 'em at Lambeth Life, that's where I read the Herne Hill thing.

 

[Janh]

Lambeth Life, what's that?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Lambeth Life, what's that?

Freebie delivered newspaper

 

[Janh]

Ah, you mean recycling.

 

[Ol Nick]

What would really help Central Brixton (by that I mean between the railway bridge and KFC) would be somewhere to have a sit-down that wasn't a bus stop and uncomfortable seat.

I'm fairly convinced, on the basis of no evidence at all, that seats in Central Brixton are made deliberately uncomfortable to discourage lingering. It could just be the fashion, but I doubt it.

 

[gaijingirl]

I have the Lambeth Life article in front of me and it says "The sculpture has been created to celebrate Brixton's history and the herons that used to populate the River Effra, which now runs below ground". It goes on to say that "it is thought that Herne Hill could derive from Heron Hill".. but as an aside I think.

Full article here (page 5)..
http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/0A716C59-1C41-4F78-A3B2-0B6CC6DE6C20/0/aLL97master.pdf

I keep my Lambeth Life in the toilet - good to read for those "moments" and can always double up in an emergency!

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Has no-one heard of Herne the Hunter?

 

[lang rabbie]

Has no-one heard of Herne the Hunter?

Pah! Genteel Georgian Antiquarianism!

No example of the name Herne Hill has been found earlier than 1789. (ref. 43)

43. English Place-Name Society, vol. XI, The Place-Names of Surrey, p. 23.

 

[teuchter]

Pah! Genteel Georgian Antiquarianism!

No example of the name Herne Hill has been found earlier than 1789. (ref. 43)

43. English Place-Name Society, vol. XI, The Place-Names of Surrey, p. 23.

The decline of Denmark Hill and Herne Hill as wealthy residential areas began in the 1860s when the railways invaded the neighbourhood.

That's not really how things work nowadays, is it.

 

[editor]

I keep my Lambeth Life in the toilet - good to read for those "moments" and can always double up in an emergency!

*too much detail

 

[lang rabbie]

That's not really how things work nowadays, is it.

Now that the lower orders can use their Oyster cards to get to Herne Hill, I fear the onslaught of "cider tourists" arriving at the Lambeth Country Show by train for free. Let us therefore be thankful that the proprietors of the railway companies have seen fit to close the Thameslink line, so that only the south London multitude will descend upon us.

 

[Orang Utan]

She's dead good. I sat as a model for her class at Morley College once, was very disappointed she didn't do a drawing.

i think you've been exploited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/09/hadley-freeman-sexual-abuse-models

 

[Brixspy]

lovin the Heron

Wow that Heron is GREAT!!!!!!!! good on yer Maggi

 

[teuchter]

Wow that Heron is GREAT!!!!!!!! good on yer Maggi

Hi there Maggi; welcome to the boards

 

[gaijingirl]

*too much detail

it's not really true - I read it and put it in the recyling bin.... _

 

[Ms T]

Now that the lower orders can use their Oyster cards to get to Herne Hill, I fear the onslaught of "cider tourists" arriving at the Lambeth Country Show by train for free. Let us therefore be thankful that the proprietors of the railway companies have seen fit to close the Thameslink line, so that only the south London multitude will descend upon us.

It's always closed at the weekend.

 

[Crispy]

It's always closed at the weekend.

The central bit is anyway.

 

[teuchter]

It's always closed at the weekend.

Pedant note:

Not always; nearly always.

 

[Greenfish]

bit of a bee in my bonnet here, but why does that hootenany pub have the them skanky crap flags hanging over the door! such a beautiful, impressive looking pub - those flags make it look like a skip!

cheers, greenfish.

 

[Badgers]

Good point on the Hoot. I actually like the casual/scruffy feel of the place but the flags are a big ugly. It is a lovely building.

 

[Kanda]

I think they're there solely for the purpose of posting on a bulletin board about.

 

[Badgers]

I think they're there solely for the purpose of posting on a bulletin board about.

We need all the material we can get. The Windrush Square debate can't last forever

 

[ovaltina]

big old steam train is leaving victoria for weymouth right now, might be heading to brixton? its on the kent line :

 

[shakespearegirl]

total choas at Brixton. Vic line closed and looooong wait to get on buses

 

[Kanda]

big old steam train is leaving victoria for weymouth right now, might be heading to brixton? its on the kent line :

Weymouth isn't on the Kent line.