Brixton news, rumour and general chat - February 2015

[footballerslegs]

Do you a reckon a feature in Buzz may help? I'd need a bit more info....

It sounded like she's made her decision, though I'm not sure how actively they're recruiting for someone to take her place. If I find out any more I'll let you know if it's suitable for a feature. I think it's open for the short term though (Wednesdays - Sundays) and would definitely make a great place for a bit of work and a coffee in the meantime

 

[editor]

Dumped beds, old shops and a decent pub: a night time stroll along New Park Road, Streatham

han

 

[editor]

What do you reckon this is? I'm guessing a fire hydrant but its seems very old.

 

[editor]

New Park Road is Streatham, isn't it?

 

[Manter]

New Park Road is Streatham, isn't it?

Yes

What do you reckon this is? I'm guessing a fire hydrant but its seems very old.

fire hydrant. If it works, there should be a yellow H sign around somewhere apparently. Also, did you know their locations are not shown on any publicly available map? They are secret- as much as large and obvious things can be secret.

 

[innit]

The Dumbarton Road end is in Brixton.

 

[han]

Yes

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Wow, I've been living in Streatham for 10 years without realising. [emoji6]

No, New Park Rd and the roads off it are referred to as Brixton Hill or Clapham Park. It's in SW2.

The other side of the South Circular is where Streatham begins.

 

[Manter]

Wow, I've been living in Streatham for 10 years without realising. [emoji6]

No, New Park Rd and the roads off it are referred to as Brixton Hill or Clapham Park. It's in SW2.

The other side of the South Circular is where Streatham begins.

Oooh, we could have a really long debate about where places are and what postcode is actually Brixton- we haven't had one of those for a while

 

[editor]

Wow, I've been living in Streatham for 10 years without realising. [emoji6]

No, New Park Rd and the roads off it are referred to as Brixton Hill or Clapham Park. It's in SW2.

The other side of the South Circular is where Streatham begins.

It seems that it's open to debate! This site says:

With the building of Roupell Park, north Streatham had almost developed its own identity. Concentrations of commercial and residential property could be seen flanking the high road and filling in the immediate area. Along the edge of the parish, marked by New Park Road, lay Thomas Cubitt's Clapham Park development, and with continuing developments along Brixton Hill and Upper Tulse Hill, a suburban townscape had gradually unfolded.
http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/case-studies/streatham/5

It doesn't feel like Brixton to me, but I've changed the article title to 'south London' and I'll let everyone argue amongst themselves (as they are already are on Facebook!).

 

[leanderman]

What is the pub quiz in the effra social like? My old man is staying with me tomorrow and he likes a quiz but he doesn't like ones that are all about what's on telly at the moment.

You should bring a team to the Sudbourne school quiz on Friday, March 6. I'll be asking the questions - probably none about the telly. Very cheap bar.

 

[wiskey]

The other side of the South Circular is where Streatham begins.

This

 

[han]

Oooh, we could have a really long debate about where places are and what postcode is actually Brixton- we haven't had one of those for a while

Er, let's not.

North Streatham? I've never heard of that before.
Well, the A to Z calls our area Clapham Park. And we were in Brixton Hill ward for the elections but now we've become absorbed into Streatham ward. And we have a Brixton postcode. So I don't think it'll ever be clear!

 

[han]

It's a bit of a no-man's land, as you can see from Editor's photos, but I like it.

 

[han]

It's completely lacking in any pretensions!

 

[wiskey]

It's definitely 'home'

 

[Manter]

han Sorry, it's already started. There are <<squints>> four posts already above making categorical geographic statements. <<settles in to watch>>

 

[han]

Arrrghgh!

 

[editor]

It's in Brixtam. Or Streaxton.

 

[Crispy]

I like the hardware store on NPR. They do excellent fireworks in November

EDIT: Brixton Hill or Clapham Park, but not Streatham.

 

[teuchter]

The other side of the South Circular is where Streatham begins.

Correct. This isn't even debatable.

 

[brixtonblade]

You should bring a team to the Sudbourne school quiz on Friday, March 6. I'll be asking the questions - probably none about the telly. Very cheap bar.

Tempting however I won't have the excuse of my dad being down. His visits always let me slope off to the pub without the baby

 

[DietCokeGirl]

Noooo, olga was a sweetiepie! Damn.

 

[BigMoaner]

is it me or has london never looked so run down??

 

[editor]

is it me or has london never looked so run down??

Oh, Atlantic Road looked a lot more fucked up 14 years ago.

http://www.urban75.org/blog/atlantic-road-brixton-archive-photos-from-2001/

 

[Orang Utan]

New Park Road is Streatham, isn't it?

Noooooo. Deffo Brixton. It's north of the A205

 

[editor]

Noooooo. Deffo Brixton. It's north of the A205

Hey, I'm keeping out of this one!

 

[simonSW2]

Well, I've reported the flytipping on our street (Doverfield Rd) four times to Lambeth Council since mid December. Still, they do nothing, despite my emails copying Chuka in. So I've given up on communicating with them directly, and am taking it to Twitter. You can see from this photo that wheelchair users have to go into the road in order to pass this pile of crap.
Furthermore, on a walk to Streatham last week, I counted 5 double mattresses and a fridge on my way to Dr Dolittle's.

If the wheel of that red van touched that kerb, Lambeth would have a fixed penalty fine slapped on the windscreen within a couple of hours for causing an obstruction to pedestrians innit.

 

[simonSW2]

This is quite a good read on the subject of London's current exodus / purge.
Includes quite a bit about Brixton.

"Gentrification, social-cleansing – pick your epithet. It boils down to a simple market equation: if you're poor, London is inviting you to quietly fuck off."

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/im-m...-exiled-by-new-london-748?utm_source=vicefbuk

 

[han]

Good article. Really disheartening though.

My favourite sentence - "Who'd have thought that Wetherspoon's, once derided as formulaic and soulless, would become a last refuge of the everyman?"

 

[snowy_again]

Well George surely (hence the moon under water)? Or am I missing something.