Brixton news, rumour and general chat - December 2013
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madolesance
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It nearly didn't happen because Jerry refused to play 'Free Nelson Mandela"...... or perhaps every one in the Effra Social
where demanding he played it and he choose not to.
where demanding he played it and he choose not to.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Even though the song has had such an impact on his life (as he told radio 5 on Friday), I guess he might weary of it.
Everyone I spoke to on Saturday seemed to be going, which scared me off
supercity
Back, and readjusting
I've been meaning to scan this in and share for a while. Picked it up on eBay. It's a postcard to his fiancée from a French Swiss man studying to become a businessman in Brixton in August 1912. I won't insult all you linguists by translating the note on the back, which isn't of much real interest. I can't make out what he's scrawled at the front on the bottom, though, except that he lives 3 minutes' away from this view. Note that he points to a 'cyné' at the front left (there was an unlicensed cinema operating at the time in what's now the bed shop), and that today's Halifax is still the Black Horse pub. What I find poignant is that they can have had no idea of the massive shitstorm about to engulf Europe just 2 years later...
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Quin & Axtens facade (i.e. JobCetntre, Barnados &c) seems to be still Victorian - and easier on the eye than the present neo-Fascist version. Also Marks & Sparks beyond the Pont du Cherin de Fer seems to be in an earlier & more modest incarnation.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
You could try http://www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/Greater+London They don't filter as fine as Brixton unfortunately, but you can specify the type of job.
Volunteer Center Lambeth on Station Road run drop in sessions on a Tuesday and Thursday 1000-1200 and 1400 - 1600 where you can search their database of voluntary roles in the Lambeth area. Alternatively you can also look on www.do-it.org
That's awesome. It really hasn't changed that much at all... my grandmother would have been born about then, in that direct area. Thanks for posting it up.
AKA pseudonym
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A festive feast awaits at Brixton Soup Kitchen
23 December is going to be the 'main' day there, though we will be about over ALL the 'fesivities'....
23 December is going to be the 'main' day there, though we will be about over ALL the 'fesivities'....
passivejoe
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What penmanship!
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hiraethified
I just took some pics of them!There's a small choir doing some lovely carol singing outside KFC a few minutes agoThey were raising money for Eaves so stop for a listen and pop some change in if you go past.
zenie
>^^<
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
It's very mild today says the weather man.It's like a horror movie out there.... Expect it to be cold tomorrow
Chilavert
Undermining strikes :-(
I was walking through Tulse Hill estate a few days ago and saw a woman shouting out of her window at a Lambeth Council groundsman using a leaf-blower to clear the grass areas between Leander Road and Tulse Hill.
She obviously had no fucking perception that the reason he was doing the work, at 11am, was to keep the area looking as nice as possible.
Anyway, the workman wasn't impressed.
She obviously had no fucking perception that the reason he was doing the work, at 11am, was to keep the area looking as nice as possible.
Anyway, the workman wasn't impressed.
Remus Harbank
Cake and whipped cream…
There was no fog in Streatham this morning, but then it's always sunny in Streatham (except at night).
cuppa tee
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..........those leaf blowers can have an adverse effect on some people
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
A story to make you vote Tory
passivejoe
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Has anyone seen Sam recently, the old beardy guy who can often be seen wandering the market and surprising people with a quick boo?
Used to see him everyday and say hello but haven't for the last few weeks and wondered if he was ok.
Used to see him everyday and say hello but haven't for the last few weeks and wondered if he was ok.
Is there any more useless invention than the Leaf Blower it just redistributes leaves,a fucking rake is much more effective.
Onket
Je suis [CONTENT REMOVED]
It does the same job as a rake, but quicker.
Do they though ever stood and watched someone with a leaf blower, huge expenditure of energy with fuck all in the way of results.
TruXta
tired
That's a problem with the operator, not the tech.
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