Brixton news, rumour and general chat - January 2014

[Manter]

It's your own fault for not setting up a rota. If you fail to plan you plan to fail. Learn from this experience and move on

 

[Onket]

Fuck you, Manter. FUCK YOU.

 

[isvicthere?]

Ambulance and police van in Haycroft Road. Not sure why.

 

[isvicthere?]

Ambulance and police van in Haycroft Road. Not sure why.

Looks like a house in the street has partly collapsed.

 

[Manter]

Looks like a house in the street has partly collapsed.

 

[sleaterkinney]

Does anyone know a man with a van?. Need to move a king size mattress.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

(((onket)))

is there no justice in this world?

Not for the weak, the poor, the downtrodden.

 

[editor]

I rather liked the less-rammed-than-has-become-the-norm Brixton last night. I kind of miss the days before we became a "destination."

 

[editor]

Finnish marriage proposal at the Ritzy!

http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/01/a-finnish-marriage-proposal-goes-up-at-the-brixton-ritzy/

 

[isvicthere?]

I rather liked the less-rammed-than-has-become-the-norm Brixton last night. I kind of miss the days before we became a "destination."

And it seemed less like you were in Harrogate or Cheltenham.

 

[Onket]

Eh?

 

[friendofdorothy]

Finnish marriage proposal at the Ritzy!

http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2014/01/a-finnish-marriage-proposal-goes-up-at-the-brixton-ritzy/

Wonder if she said yes? anyone know?

 

[Smick]

I saw something similar there in 2009 or 2010 at 8ish in the morning.

I noticed as I approached that the girl looked emotional and then she started hugging the guy.

The board read "The Proposal, Starring...." and their names.

I thought it was a lovely touch.

 

[B-Town]

Does anyone know what is on fire, whole of Brixton Hill smells of smoke!

 

[leanderman]

Does anyone know what is on fire, whole of Brixton Hill smells of smoke!

Houses collapsing, fire ... it's all going off in Brixton Hill.

 

[quimcunx]

I can't smell anything.

*reaches for the lockets*

 

[story]

I smell it...

 

[madolesance]

Just stuck me head out the door and something is deffinatley on fire.

 

[story]

I hear sirens, too. But that might just be, like, normal Brixton on a Saturday night, innit.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

I can hear lots of police sirens in central Brixton, not sure if fire related.

 

[Effrasurfer]

Continuing on the Armageddon theme, here's a flood to add to the earthquake and fire. A resident on the estate just called me practically in tears because her 83-year-old mother's flat has been flooded out from the flat above. Lambeth Living have been out and rigged up electricity for her telly and kettle and a lamp in the living room but she has no other lights and they say they can't do anything more until Monday morning. The resident rang the entryphone of the flat above but they wouldn't let her in and denied the leak is from them.

I called the emergency call centre and they explained that the problem is, the flat above are leaseholders. Apparently leaseholders often don't want to let Lambeth Living get involved in any repairs because they know they'll be charged. They advised me to call the Fire Brigade.

We're going to have another go tomorrow morning and see if the leaseholders are any more reasonable in daylight hours.

 

[oryx]

Continuing on the Armageddon theme, here's a flood to add to the earthquake and fire. A resident on the estate just called me practically in tears because her 83-year-old mother's flat has been flooded out from the flat above. Lambeth Living have been out and rigged up electricity for her telly and kettle and a lamp in the living room but she has no other lights and they say they can't do anything more until Monday morning. The resident rang the entryphone of the flat above but they wouldn't let her in and denied the leak is from them.

I called the emergency call centre and they explained that the problem is, the flat above are leaseholders. Apparently leaseholders often don't want to let Lambeth Living get involved in any repairs because they know they'll be charged. They advised me to call the Fire Brigade.

We're going to have another go tomorrow morning and see if the leaseholders are any more reasonable in daylight hours.

Must be something in their lease agreement around this, surely?

<usual disclaimer that I am not a lawyer etc.>

 

[editor]

*Loved* the Queens Head tonight. The 414 was good too.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Six foxes fighting out on the back green.

 

[editor]

I don't know if anyone remembers me saying that there was a knife fight outside my block about six months ago. I've just learnt that the guy got 8 years.

 

[Effrasurfer]

Must be something in their lease agreement around this, surely?

<usual disclaimer that I am not a lawyer etc.>

You're right. The leaseholder let us in to have a look this morning and we did a bit more daylight diagnosis, Looks as if it could be pipe damage caused by the council's recent works, but they won't come out until the leaseholder's got her own plumber out to confirm. Fortunately we persuade the leaseholder to call one there and then instead of waiting for another Lambeth Living department (leaseholder enforcement or something) to send her a letter. It's all very crazy, I blame Margaret Thatcher personally.

 

[leanderman]

I don't know if anyone remembers me saying that there was a knife fight outside my block about six months ago. I've just learnt that the guy got 8 years.

Good, though the posters on the Brixton prison protest thread may disagree!

 

[editor]

T'under!

 

[story]

And lightning!

 

[ViolentPanda]

Houses collapsing, fire ... it's all going off in Brixton Hill.

Minnie_the_Minx probably set fire to her grill pan again.