Brixton news, rumour and general chat - February 2014

[editor]

Blimey. It's pelting down outside right now.

 

[Onket]

That's the perennial excuse isn't it - whenever someone disagrees it's always "oh you're so po-faced, can't take a joke, lighten up".

It was glaringly obvious from the initial post. You've not 'disagreed', you've just moaned.

 

[Onket]

Can you stop trolling now please? It's just becoming dull and disruptive.

And you used to call other posters "Eeyore" .

 

[nagapie]

When many of you are attending Drew's funeral on Thursday, I will also be at the funeral of another long time member of the Brixton community. My colleague, Mat Fox, recently passed away.

Mat had lived in Brixton for years and been head of peripatetic music at our (local) school for around 20 years. He was an incredibly tall and dynamic man who put music at the heart of the school. Even when standards were really low at the school about 10 years ago, it's improved now, music was still excellent and that was down to him. He made a real difference to the lives of so many local teenagers. Our musicians used to play at places like the Southbank with more affluent schools and always outperformed them. Mat was also a musician in his own right and I remember chatting with him a few years ago about playing for Jerry Dammers.

I can't believe he won't be at school when I return in October, a massive massive loss. RIP.

 

[colacubes]

That's sad nagapie. Sounds like he was an ace bloke RIP

 

[leanderman]

The 8-10 trees I said had been axed in Leander and Helix rds were stolen by a gang of thieves. Lambeth say they didn't do it and our CCTV has captured a group men red-handed. Now down to Lambeth tree team to answer my calls. They never have in the past!

 

[Manter]

Lovely tribute nagapie RIP

 

[Manter]

The 8-10 trees I said had been axed in Leander and Helix rds were stolen by a gang of thieves. Lambeth say they didn't do it and our CCTV has captured a group men red-handed. Now down to Lambeth tree team to answer my calls. They never have in the past!

Eh? Stolen trees??

 

[Winot]

Eh? Stolen trees??

Will they be fenced?

 

[TruXta]

Sad to hear that nagapie - a good music teacher is a pretty damned great thing for students. I had two growing up, both were great guys and encouraged budding musicians of all stripes, even going so far as to let my group of friends (teenage punk shits) have the use of the music room for rehearsals.

 

[colacubes]

Sad to hear that nagapie - a good music teacher is a pretty damned great thing for students. I had two growing up, both were great guys and encouraged budding musicians of all stripes, even going so far as to let my group of friends (teenage punk shits) have the use of the music room for rehearsals.

This is what I thought too. I had 2 or 3 great music teachers over the course of my life who really made me who I am today tbh

 

[editor]

And you used to call other posters "Eeyore" .

What the fucking hell are you on about now? Who did I call "Eeyore"? When?
And what's any of this nonsense got to do with this thread?

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

The 8-10 trees I said had been axed in Leander and Helix rds were stolen by a gang of thieves. Lambeth say they didn't do it and our CCTV has captured a group men red-handed. Now down to Lambeth tree team to answer my calls. They never have in the past!

Wrong department. You need to call Special Branch.

 

[TruXta]

slow clap

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

slow clap

It should be a local number no need for a trunk call.

 

[TruXta]

It should be a local number no need for a trunk call.

Barking up the wrong three there.

 

[el-ahrairah]

we'll root out these offenders somehow.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Why, then, did you so enthusiastically agree with el-ahrairah's theory which supposed that the reason behind my classification of some posters as "not-sures" was to do with my confusion and surprise that they are not "the semi-literate numbskulls the WC are meant to be"?

Because I knew it would piss you off, you ridiculous person!

 

[editor]

we'll root out these offenders somehow.

We'll soon twig on to who's responsible.

 

[boohoo]

Leave it to someone else.

 

[quimcunx]

I'd like to see them hoist by their own pollard.

 

[el-ahrairah]

oooof

 

[boohoo]

Stick-ing it too them?

 

[colacubes]

Must have been some larch criminal

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

These thieves should get the birch.

 

[quimcunx]

They've beeched a moral code here. Lock them away until they're much alder. Leave them to pine in their cells.

 

[Onket]

What the fucking hell are you on about now? Who did I call "Eeyore"? When?
And what's any of this nonsense got to do with this thread?

Really?!

 

[ViolentPanda]

pah! I have a standing date with ViolentPanda for him to come after me with a pitchfork

e2a or was it a flaming torch? I forget

Both!

 

[editor]

Really?!

Please explain why you're disrupting this thread with bizarre, off topic claims because it's becoming really tiresome. What the fuck is this "Eeyore" thing you're going on about and what has it to do with me or Brixton?

 

[Greebo]

When many of you are attending Drew's funeral on Thursday, I will also be at the funeral of another long time member of the Brixton community. My colleague, Mat Fox, recently passed away.

Mat had lived in Brixton for years and been head of peripatetic music at our (local) school for around 20 years. <snip>

I can't believe he won't be at school when I return in October, a massive massive loss. RIP.

Sorry for your (and many others') loss, nagapie; a really good music teacher makes a very lasting and widespread difference.