Brixton news, rumour and general chat - April 2014

[Dexter Deadwood]

I've had too much to drink again

 

[Rushy]

I had been intending to arrange a rematch, but on second thoughts...

 

[Badgers]

You should have seen us on court, the only one who was looking the part was leanderman his strokes were professional but i could also see the remnants of a tasty backhand from Badgers

leanderman had the tightest shorts

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

leanderman had the tightest shorts

I didn't notice but i suspected his balls towards me were tender as he knew i was a novice.

 

[Ms T]

Haircut Sir used to be shocking when Hendo went there many moons ago. Has it improved?

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

I had been intending to arrange a rematch, but on second thoughts...

Given that you were absent from the first encounter a reasonable person could pull you up on the use of the word rematch but i will leave that to others.

 

[leanderman]

I didn't notice but i suspected his balls towards me were tender as he knew i was a novice.

We must play again: it's warmer.

 

[clandestino]

Wasn't it either Mr Cheap Potatoe or Mr Cheap Potatos? I'm sure it was spelled wrong.

My memory is that it was Mr Cheap Potatoe's.

 

[Orang Utan]

Yup. The Barber Of Seville is £12 for a dry hair cut and £5 for a beard trim

Seems reasonable to me

 

[T & P]

Well, based on those prices I guess the gentrification and Claphamisation of Brixton is not quite yet complete. I haven't checked their prices recently, but years ago the various hairdressers around Clapham Common were charging around £20 for a hair cut- safe to say they'll be at least £25 now. And in Chelsea, a run-of-the-mill hairdresser charges £28.95 for a gents haircut- don't even ask about 'designer' hair saloons.

ETA: Just remember a friend who enquired at a hairdresser in Herne Hill and was told it'd be 30 fucking quid.

 

[cuppa tee]

Well, based on those prices I guess the gentrification and Claphamisation of Brixton is not quite yet complete. I haven't checked their prices recently, but years ago the various hairdressers around Clapham Common were charging around £20 for a hair cut- safe to say they'll be at least £25 now. And in Chelsea, a run-of-the-mill hairdresser charges £28.95 for a gents haircut- don't even ask about 'designer' hair saloons.

ETA: Just remember a friend who enquired at a hairdresser in Herne Hill and was told it'd be 30 fucking quid.

I would estimate there are 3 or 4 barbers between Clapham North and Clapham Common where you can get a haircut for £10-12. the posh ones right on the edge of the Common are a different matter, I recall being shocked by yummy mummies bragging their sprogs were clients of the junior branch of Willy Smarts, whatever it was called, at some astronomical cost, the pudding bowl and hand operated clippers were good enough for me.....tbh you could not tell the difference.

 

[T & P]

In one of the posh ones they offer you beer (though I'm sure they must charge for it). It is rather weird to see several blokes sitting having their hair cut whilst drinking bottles of Kronenbourg.

 

[cuppa tee]

In one of the posh ones they offer you beer (though I'm sure they must charge for it). It is rather weird to see several blokes sitting having their hair cut whilst drinking bottles of Kronenbourg.

before I bought my clippers I used to go to a bloke in kennington just by the white bear, he would skiffle my nut once a week for £12 a month. the difference was he would be drinking beer as he clipped ....and lunchtimes for one hour he closed and went to the pub.

 

[uk benzo]

Just a heads up, if you need to poo, don't use the Morley's mens toilets. I made that mistake, not realising it was blocked.

 

[cuppa tee]

Just a heads up, if you need to poo, don't use the Morley's mens toilets. I made that mistake, not realising it was blocked.

thanks

 

[teuchter]

Went to the Brindisa cheese-on-toast emporium last night (not my choice of venue I have to stress). 6/10. Still hungry afterwards. Fuller report in due course.

 

[T & P]

Just a heads up, if you need to poo, don't use the Morley's mens toilets. I made that mistake, not realising it was blocked.

I'll just do an upper decker then.

 

[Rushy]

So The Trinity now needs door staff on a weekend to handle the crowds

 

[editor]

No. Really? I fear the Albert is going to end up with door staff sooner or later but I really don't like pubs with security lurking by the door.

 

[colacubes]

I think it's bound to happen at some point unfortunately We popped into the Grosvenor last night and they had door staff as well. I can't think of many pubs that don't have them at the weekend now. Albert, Beehive and possibly the Craft Beer place and Kaff?

 

[ash]

I think it's bound to happen at some point unfortunately We popped into the Grosvenor last night and they had door staff as well. I can't think of many pubs that don't have them at the weekend now. Albert, Beehive and possibly the Craft Beer place and Kaff?

and SW9

 

[boohoo]

I would estimate there are 3 or 4 barbers between Clapham North and Clapham Common where you can get a haircut for £10-12. the posh ones right on the edge of the Common are a different matter, I recall being shocked by yummy mummies bragging their sprogs were clients of the junior branch of Willy Smarts, whatever it was called, at some astronomical cost, the pudding bowl and hand operated clippers were good enough for me.....tbh you could not tell the difference.

I'm not gonna pay through the nose for my daughter to get her hair cut however I will not subject my daughter to a pudding basin haircut. I got called mushroom head cos of my hair cut til my mum let me grow it when i was 11. See on this thread.

 

[Rushy]

I think it's bound to happen at some point unfortunately We popped into the Grosvenor last night and they had door staff as well. I can't think of many pubs that don't have them at the weekend now. Albert, Beehive and possibly the Craft Beer place and Kaff?

The Effra Hall Tavern

 

[Rushy]

The High Street is heavy on the preachers today. There is one particularly shouty one. And the Dianetics crowd are outside Sainsbury's.

 

[Pickman's model]

The High Street is heavy on the preachers today. There is one particularly shouty one. And the Dianetics crowd are outside Sainsbury's.

the junior christians were limbering up outside the dalston shopping centre as i passed by 45 minutes ago.

 

[editor]

What's all the writing chalked on the floor by the Scientolonutters about? I took a quick pic as I sped by and it's going on about cigarette butts.

 

[Pickman's model]

I've had too much to drink again

i think it was nietzsche who said that if a man has character he has a typical experience which recurs time and again.

 

[editor]

Kaff has a doorman on weekends too. The Albert is the only bar left on the Brixton end of Coldharbour Lane without door staff on weekends now.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

i think it was nietzsche who said that if a man has character he has a typical experience which recurs time and again.

He also said;
“My genius is in my nostrils.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Index

 

[cuppa tee]

I'm not gonna pay through the nose for my daughter to get her hair cut however I will not subject my daughter to a pudding basin haircut. I got called mushroom head cos of my hair cut til my mum let me grow it when i was 11. See on this thread.

Sorry to hear that but we used a big bowl and called it an asymmetric bob