A fallen giant 
Brixton news, rumour and general chat - February 2014
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Tree down in Crownstone Road:
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/02/...-as-tree-crashes-down-in-crownstone-road-sw2/
Wow, that's a big fucker.
lefteri
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lefteri
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Tree down in Crownstone Road:
http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/02/...-as-tree-crashes-down-in-crownstone-road-sw2/
quite likely weakened by the recent removal of its neighbouring tree and the rebuilding of that wall which it's bust down as part of the new landscaping work to st matthew's estate
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Two down on Leander too. It's not like we have too many trees either.
boohoo
No.
Looks like a small amount of roots for a tree so big.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
And six trees removed from Helix Rd. I guess it must be the council
I hope the sites get replanted.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Tried the new Morrisons on Acre Lane this morning. Positive: they did have kippers. Negative: only self-service tills, and none of them were working, so the poor shop lad had to put in his override code after *every* item was scanned.
I shall be staying loyal to Costcutter, in which the only difficulty is squeezing into the shop past the oblivious gossiping ladies standing in the door.
I shall be staying loyal to Costcutter, in which the only difficulty is squeezing into the shop past the oblivious gossiping ladies standing in the door.
I take it you are not talking of pollarding but complete removal, if so no local authority should be allowed to commit this vandalism without being held to account. At the very least they should consult the immediate denizens and only remove trees as a last resort. This also impacts on house prices.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Sawn off at 2ft. Home prices already down too
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
I have to admit about the only good thing about the refurb is the fact that they seem to have done a really good job of sorting out the clock tower
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Not sure if it's going to work again or not though. Hope so.I have to admit about the only good thing about the refurb is the fact that they seem to have done a really good job of sorting out the clock tower
cuppa tee
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....if it does it will probably be sponsored by wahaca and carry the logo......"IT'S TACO TIME"
I heard the clock will be hand wound.
This edge of Brockwell Park has a few foxes; one of them has a route through the estate to the bins for the chicken scraps etc.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Pollarding then, unless they drilled and killed the stumps too. Not fun for dog-owners, when the new growth comes in, and dogs can snag their undersides on it.
Anyone have an explanation for why KaoSarn on the coldharbour lane side of Brixton Village is always so packed? I went once and it was ok, nothing special, but everytime i pass by it is bursting at the seams with a huge queue out into the courtyard. Even at Sunday lunch yesterday it was swarming....most odd
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
It was reviewed by Jay Rayner in the Observer magazine ages ago and has been heaving ever since:
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/may/01/jay-rayner-restaurant-review-kaosan
I have never been because I don't really like queuing up for food tbh
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Cutting them at 2ft is pretty drastic pollarding. I didn't think pollarding was usually done lower than about chest height.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
It shouldn't be, but Lambeth have form on this. When I lived on Clapham Park estate back in the '80s the council pollarded a load of trees at about 18"-24" on the estate, as well as on King's Avenue, Atkins Rd and Poynders Rd.
Perhaps they intended to kill the trees, but couldn't be arsed to stump up for killing the roots - whatever the intention, there was a lot of thick secodary growth the next year, which was clipped off, leaving lovely sharp "stakes" for dogs to catch themselves on.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
It shouldn't be, but Lambeth have form on this. When I lived on Clapham Park estate back in the '80s the council pollarded a load of trees at about 18"-24" on the estate, as well as on King's Avenue, Atkins Rd and Poynders Rd.
Perhaps they intended to kill the trees, but couldn't be arsed to stump up for killing the roots - whatever the intention, there was a lot of thick secodary growth the next year, which was clipped off, leaving lovely sharp "stakes" for dogs to catch themselves on.
Awaiting answers from Lambeth on this. I may be some time!
We'll replant them with residents' assoc if need be
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
From what I recall of when they "culled" (because that's what it boiled down to) the trees on Clapham Park, they kept schtumm about their reasons, despite loads of queries.
Good on your residents' association, in that case!
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