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nick h. said:
Interesting point! Maybe he discourages the drug tourists (and saves them from buying herbs) and gives a warm feeling to Americans looking for Franco Manca. The manager told me the place has been written up in an American airline magazine. It would be fun to have American tourists roaming around. It might make up for the Norwegian school parties not coming here any more. They were a sight for sore eyes.
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That is wierd I was approached by a 'school girl' from Denmark yesterday in cafe Nero who was doing a school project. She asked me a few questions about brixton and then asked me about how i compared it to Paternoster square!! Although she didn't know the name of paternoster she said you know the big square full of business people near the catheral !!

Was Brixton full of norwegien students in the past?
 
I am seeing a lot of hipsters carrying 1980s 35mm SLRs hanging from their necks (probably with a B&W roll of film inside it) in Brixton these days. They always seem to be taking pictures of Brick Box signage.
 
not sure if this is the right place to post this (?) but a lot of (current) twitter activity along the lines of:

GHETTO NEWS UPDATE: POLICE AND DOGS ARE SEARCHING BUSES AND CARS IN STREATHAM AND BRIXTON HILL! IF YOU AIN'T LEGAL PLEASE AVOID!
 
ash said:
Was Brixton full of norwegien students in the past?
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There was a school in Oslo which had an annual visit to London for its sixth formers as part of their English Studies course (which I think is mandatory there). They would spend a day in Brixton having a fiction-packed lecture and walking tour from the fount of all knowledge who owns Secondo/The Juice Bar. I've never seen so many jaws hit the floor as when a snake of thirty blonde six foot goggle-eyed teenagers wended its way up Coldharbour Lane.
 
Quite a lot of mugging activity too.

My brother-in-law, visiting from out of town, was beaten up for his laptop bag in Leander Road at 9pm last night (weds).

He staggered into our house bleeding heavily but is better after treatment at King's.

The investigating police said muggings are becoming common again.
 
ah that sucks, sorry to hear that...

only time i ever got mugged i was with a friend on his first night out in brixton.. he's not been back since
 
leanderman said:
Quite a lot of mugging activity too.

My brother-in-law, visiting from out of town, was beaten up for his laptop bag in Leander Road at 9pm last night (weds).

He staggered into our house bleeding heavily but is better after treatment at King's.

The investigating police said muggings are becoming common again.
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That's awful :(

When they say 'common' it doesn't necessarily mean that there are a lot of 'muggers' about, its quite often caused by a small group or even a single person. I was 'mugged' (hate the term) once in the 90's and a year later got a letter from the police saying that they had someone in custody who had admitted to robbing me along with 60 other street robberies. The crime wave in our area pretty much ceased after that (for as long as I lived there anyway, 2-3 years).
 
A new Japanese curry place has opened next to Goodbench/Rosie's in Market Row. It's called Curry Ono, I think. In other food news, I am told an ice-cream place is opening next to Wild Caper.
 
leanderman said:
Quite a lot of mugging activity too.

My brother-in-law, visiting from out of town, was beaten up for his laptop bag in Leander Road at 9pm last night (weds).

He staggered into our house bleeding heavily but is better after treatment at King's.

The investigating police said muggings are becoming common again.
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Shit, that's awful. Hope he's not too traumatised.

There was a mugging in our street a few weeks ago as well, which I heard about via the street e-mail. Not good.
 
leanderman said:
Quite a lot of mugging activity too.

My brother-in-law, visiting from out of town, was beaten up for his laptop bag in Leander Road at 9pm last night (weds).
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He staggered into our house bleeding heavily but is better after treatment at King's.

The investigating police said muggings are becoming common again.
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ah sorry to hear that leanderman.:( It's very rare that I take my laptop out of the house, but when I do, I don't carry it in a laptop case as it's too obvious what I'm carrying.
 
Minnie_the_Minx said:
ah sorry to hear that leanderman.:( It's very rare that I take my laptop out of the house, but when I do, I don't carry it in a laptop case as it's too obvious what I'm carrying.
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Exactly: good point. I hope it was a one-off - certainly it's the first mugging I have directly known of in five years here.

And the medics said they usually treat victims from Clapham.
 
leanderman said:
Exactly: good point. I hope it was a one-off - certainly it's the first mugging I have directly known of in five years here.

And the medics said they usually treat victims from Clapham.
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ah well, probably better laptops in Clapham :D

Sorry, not meaning to make light of your situation :oops:
 
there will be a display of free books and videos at the corner of trinity gardens on the opposite side of the square to the trinity arms tomorrow from 10am. lots of good stuff, not just trash. Don't sleep on it!
 
uk benzo said:
I am seeing a lot of hipsters carrying 1980s 35mm SLRs hanging from their necks (probably with a B&W roll of film inside it) in Brixton these days. They always seem to be taking pictures of Brick Box signage.
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Funnily enough I spotted one today too, visibly rocking Brixton Village with a 1980s vintage black Canon SLR.
 
i still haven't got to the bottom of the mystery of the people throwing stones at trees in trinity gardens in the middle of the night. any ideas anyone?
 
Oval end of Brixton Rd shut. Traffic chaos. Also lots of police activity round Academy.
 
Someone had come off their bike near the Brixton end of Brixton Road... anyone know what happened at Kennington end?

Please not another bike :(
 
Bit of diggnig and searching and was another cyclist, but says a broken leg not fatality on another board.
 
The Kennington end incident had just happened as we were coming past on a 133 at about 7.20am this morning - there was a paramedic there dealing with someone on the ground already as we approached, an ambulance came screaming past us and parked in the middle of the road which gave our bus issues getting out, then as we came up to the next junction where the A23 joins the A3 a police van came down towards us presumably heading to the incident too.
 
BBC Traffic

A23 London - A23 Brixton Road in Kennington closed and queueing traffic in both directions between the Caldwell Street junction and the A202 Camberwell New Road junction, because of a serious accident. Diversion in operation - bus routes 3, 59, 133, 159 and 415 are diverting via A203 Stockwell Road and A3 Clapham Road. Congestion on A202 Camberwell New Road to the Lothian Road junction
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