Brixton news, rumour and general chat - February 2015

[Thimble Queen]

£20 would get me a Nandos full chicken with two regular sides- that'd feed Mrs B, Kid B and me. Afterwards we would be able stop at the 99p shop for sweets and drinks with the change from Nandos.

Yes but we'd be paying for the 'experience' at berlin brunch *sigh*

 

[uk benzo]

Yes but we'd be paying for the 'experience' at berlin brunch *sigh*

At the price they are charging, I'd want The Scorprions playing Winds of Change as I eat my schnitzel.

 

[Greebo]

At the price they are charging, I'd want The Scorprions playing Winds of Change as I eat my schnitzel.

Word - and those chairs don't look very comfortable if I'm going to be spending a few hours sitting there.

Fussy I am not, until you expect me to pay more for one meal than I'd usually spend on groceries for one adult.

Reckon I can bear to wait until the autumn for the genuine thing.

 

[Thimble Queen]

Not sure I'd want to 'mingle' with the other customers either tbh.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Mingling is minging, man!!!

 

[Greebo]

Not sure I'd want to 'mingle' with the other customers either tbh.

We'd need to build a critical mass of non hipsters. Nah, CBA at those prices.

 

[editor]

Not sure I'd want to 'mingle' with the other customers either tbh.

It's all about the Mingle'n'Graze in a shabby-chic pop up with scuffed paintwork. Quirky'n'Vibrant.

 

[editor]

Oh, and fuck plates. Booooring! Gimme slabs o'slate.

 

[Thimble Queen]

We'd need to build a critical mass of non hipsters. Nah, CBA at those prices.

Maybe we could just have our own german brunch club in the park when the weather gets better

 

[editor]

My weather app says it's about to snow soon. It doesn't look very about-to-snow-ish outside to me right now. But I'm ready for it!

 

[Greebo]

Maybe we could just have our own german brunch club in the park when the weather gets better

Now that sounds like a better idea.

 

[Thimble Queen]

Now that sounds like a better idea.

With some excellent techno played fucking loud on one of Crispy rave suitcases

 

[Thimble Queen]

I seem to be winking a lot this morning.

 

[editor]

Snow! Well, a little bit...

 

[Crispy]

It's thick on the ground up on the hill. Cars mere lumps in the drifts. People leaving houses by first floor windows. Roofs caved in etc.

 

[Onket]

Damp squib.

 

[snowy_again]

me

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I seem to be winking a lot this morning.

I wink most mornings...

 

[Greebo]

Have dusted off the snowshovel.

 

[T & P]

It's thick on the ground up on the hill. Cars mere lumps in the drifts. People leaving houses by first floor windows. Roofs caved in etc.

Crispy, earlier...

 

[leanderman]

As a Lambeth snow warden, it was not what I was hoping for.

 

[editor]

As a Lambeth snow warden, it was not what I was hoping for.

Do you get a red hat with that job? And an orange shovel?

 

[editor]

This wasn't the feature I was hoping to write (I had the title, "Brixton Frozen In A Winter Wonderland' in my mind) but here it is anyway: Brixton gets the lightest dusting of snow – we check the forecast for more

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Snow, it's just rain but colder. I'm too old to get this romantic fascination with sludge and freezing temperatures. Spring and daffodils (flowers of hope) are just around the corner and that's what i am looking forward to.

Having said that, i did like this photo;

 

[technical]

What a fantastic view of the park

 

[Greebo]

As a Lambeth snow warden, it was not what I was hoping for.

Cheer up, rumour has it that more will be on the way. *sorts out rubble sack for sledging*

 

[T & P]

I'm really yearning for a good snowfall in London this year. Last year we got zilch, and there has not been a decent, work-disrupting one since, what... 2010?

One of my fondest memories of the last few years was a day in (I think) 2009 when so much snow fell that most people (including me) were told not to even bother trying to make it to work. Free day off so walked to Brockwell Park and found it rammed full of grown-ups playing in the snow amongst the kids and shouting and laughing as if they were little nippers. We followed it with a pint at lunchtime in the (very busy) pub. Great day

 

[editor]

I'm really yearning for a good snowfall in London this year. Last year we got zilch, and there has not been a decent, work-disrupting one since, what... 2010?

This was easily one of the best snowstorms I've seen in Brixton (in 2010): Brixton TopShop and Vodafone protests brave the blizzards!

http://www.urban75.org/blog/brixton-covered-in-snow-photos-dec-18th-2010/

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I made it to Stanstead for a seminar during that 2010 storm....I remember the taxi ride through London was a bit daunting...

 

[colacubes]

Well I think it would be fair to say the drains are fucked in Electric Avenue again given the size of the hole being dug at the moment. They've been pumping on and off overnight for a couple of weeks but cancelling the market is quite a big step. This is the deepest hole I've seen since the great summer of raw sewage running down the street in 2005