Brixton news, rumour and general chat - April 2014

[friendofdorothy]

Someone is considered to be in absolute low income if they receive less than 60% of average income.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/206778/full_hbai13.pdf

Woah too much statistical info.AHC, BHC, median, absolute, relative? I'm none the wiser about what average is - after a brief glance at that there seems to be so many differnt ways to count average. Sorry I asked.

 

[friendofdorothy]

Lambeth housing Activists meeting this evening at 7 at the Effra social.. All welcome..

What sort of meeting? what kind of thing happens?

 

[friendofdorothy]

Notice the BCA building is coming on well - its looking good. Anyone know when it will open?

 

[AKA pseudonym]

What sort of meeting? what kind of thing happens?

People from various housing groups. Tra's etc.. Planing responses and actions to the attacks on housing by Lambeth council etc... A diverse and open group.. There will be a few missing tonight due to other commitments..
Well worth popping along.. There's usually a few urbs about

 

[ffsear]

I'm not running, but I'm going along to support my mate with cystic fibrosis who's running it.

Please donate if you can!
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/03/...ferer-to-run-the-london-marathon-for-charity/

DO you know what his shirt number is? Will add him to my tracker. CF have asked me to take photos on the day so wanna make sure I catch him

 

[editor]

DO you know what his shirt number is? Will add him to my tracker

Not yet, but how does that work?

 

[Crispy]

Not yet, but how does that work?

Each runner has a chip in their bib and you can track their progress on the website. Means you can sit in the pub, wait till your mate is nearly there, pop outside, cheer him on, then go back inside

 

[editor]

Well as pisstakes go, this one is pretty complete.

Streatham.org.uk has just lifted my entire photo article about the Kite Day without credit and stuck its own © sign at the bottom.

Right. Time to slap it down.

 

[ffsear]

Its just the results website, but it updates live. So you can seen when whoever your looking for goes through each gate (5km, 10km, 15km, 20km and so on)

2014 not up yet, but heres last years http://results-2013.virginlondonmarathon.com/2013/

 

[Onket]

Are people still planning to lift a glass in Brixton tomorrow at 5pm?

 

[friendofdorothy]

Are people still planning to lift a glass in Brixton tomorrow at 5pm?

I am! Another opportunity to rant about Thatcher's reign of misery! Is it just you, me and Dexter Deadwood? anyone else I can rant with?

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

I am! Another opportunity to rant about Thatcher's reign of misery! Is it just you, me and Dexter Deadwood? anyone else I can rant with?

I'm going to be elsewhere tomorrow but i look forward to seeing you again on another occasion.

 

[friendofdorothy]

I'm going to be elsewhere tomorrow but i look forward to seeing you again on another occasion.

Shame - I was looking to seeing you again. Just me and Onket then? buscador has said she'll join in too. Anyone else? I won't bother with a banner if its only me and the grrl.

 

[Orang Utan]

saw the horse shit on atlantic road, must have been not long after you took that photo as that same fella (who I know) was still sitting in the window of kaff

Is that the fella who dresses rather extravagantly for a night out at The Grosvenor?

 

[Orang Utan]

I was in Brixton today. I love Deptford but Housewives Cash & Carry is no substitute for Nour. I love that place.

 

[nagapie]

Anyone know if Zippos Circus tickets are the same price online as at their box office? I want to take the small boy to Brock Park tomorrow for the afternoon show as a holiday treat.

 

[lefteri]

Is that the fella who dresses rather extravagantly for a night out at The Grosvenor?

it certainly may well be

 

[leanderman]

'Middle class' covers a huge range of incomes.

Up to 70 per cent of people, by some calculations.

 

[Onket]

Shame - I was looking to seeing you again. Just me and Onket then? buscador has said she'll join in too. Anyone else? I won't bother with a banner if its only me and the grrl.

I will be around from 5pm, but not for ages. Shame Dexter Deadwood can't make it.

 

[SarfLondoner]

Do the kids in CC still wear daft hats?

I didn't escape the daft hat,they introduced them and a new uniform in 1980 along with the silly shorts.

 

[se5]

Cyclist dies after being hit on Clapham Manor Street - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26931925

 

[Chilavert]

The very bottom of Brixton Hill (St Matthew's Church/Lambeth Town Hall) is closed in both directions with plenty of police and (I think) utilities people there; does anyone know what's happening?

 

[Manter]

Anyone know if Zippos Circus tickets are the same price online as at their box office? I want to take the small boy to Brock Park tomorrow for the afternoon show as a holiday treat.

think so. I looked at the board and the internet last week and didn't notice a difference. Have fun

 

[colacubes]

The very bottom of Brixton Hill (St Matthew's Church/Lambeth Town Hall) is closed in both directions with plenty of police and (I think) utilities people there; does anyone know what's happening?

Collision and spillage according to the radio.

 

[colacubes]

Collision and spillage according to the radio.

ETA - it's actually at Christchurch Road in Streatham Hill but they've closed the road all the way up to Acre Lane. It's diesel apparently.

 

[Onket]

Just seen that Public Enemy are playing at Electric Brixton in June! Tickets on sale 9am tomorrow.

If I manage to get any I will eat my hat.

 

[isvicthere?]

ETA - it's actually at Christchurch Road in Streatham Hill but they've closed the road all the way up to Acre Lane. It's diesel apparently.

That'll explain why I saw an N35 going up Branksome Road (towards Lambert Road!) at 5.20 this morning.

 

[shakespearegirl]

It looked like something had happened outside St Matthews as well. Some lights or signage poles had been knocked down.

 

[editor]

I've just posted up a little review of the Express cafe.

I really miss the old Phoenix but I really don't like it now.

The food at the Express is not quite as good at the Phoenix, but it's a LOT cheaper and the decor much less hospital-canteen-like (although very plasticky).

 

[Orang Utan]

What's the best FEB in Brixton?
(only answer if you eat bacon and meat sausages in an FEB)