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Brixton news, rumour and general chat - January 2015

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Gramsci said:
The Farmers Market on Sundays outside the Brixton Rec sometimes has stall selling plants.
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It also has a stall selling honey. Needful of a pot last week I picked one up and was asked for £14.50 in exchange for it. Is the lid made of gold I enquired?

No, I was told, however the honey does have anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal properties, it helps your digestion, is an antioxidant, it strengthens your immune system, eliminates allergies, and even helps cuts and cures infections.

No it fucking doesn't, I replied as I returned the pot to its plywood shelf and and went about my business.
 
Mr Retro said:
It also has a stall selling honey. Needful of a pot last week I picked one up and was asked for £14.50 in exchange for it. Is the lid made of gold I enquired?

No, I was told, however the honey does have anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal properties, it helps your digestion, is an antioxidant, it strengthens your immune system, eliminates allergies, and even helps cuts and cures infections.

No it fucking doesn't, I replied as I returned the pot to its plywood shelf and and went about my business.
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I think honey has been proven to have some of those affects.
and the £14.50 stuff may well have been made by named artisan bees, and loving hand battled by organic farmers...

But honey can be bought in other establishments for as little 99p.
 
Mr Retro said:
It also has a stall selling honey. Needful of a pot last week I picked one up and was asked for £14.50 in exchange for it. Is the lid made of gold I enquired?

No, I was told, however the honey does have anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal properties, it helps your digestion, is an antioxidant, it strengthens your immune system, eliminates allergies, and even helps cuts and cures infections.

No it fucking doesn't, I replied as I returned the pot to its plywood shelf and and went about my business.
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friendofdorothy said:
I think honey has been proven to have some of those affects.
and the £14.50 stuff may well have been made by named artisan bees, and loving hand battled by organic farmers...
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I think it must be this Manuka Honey. Seems to cure a lot of things. I have friend who is an osteopath and swears by it.

He mocks my credulous attitude to religion - but I must admit I am rather skeptical about health foods and the like - even New Zealand honey.
 
CH1 said:
I think it must be this Manuka Honey. Seems to cure a lot of things. I have friend who is an osteopath and swears by it.

He mocks my credulous attitude to religion - but I must admit I am rather skeptical about health foods and the like - even New Zealand honey.
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It does have some antiseptic qualities but it's worth keeping in mind Manuka is a fucking shrub that colonises areas that nothing else will grow in and is a big problem for cleared land as it grows and forces out other native species (it's the same thing that is called teatree in Oz and which also has the "alternative" medince people in its thrall).
 
Any honey in hot drinks when you have a cold is soothing for coughs and sore throats. Put it together with lemon and soluble paracetamol and its nicer /cheaper than pharmacy remedies, I recall even NHS recomends it. I'm skeptical about manuka honey, though it tastes nice enough, I have someone who keeps buying it for me as a gift, but I wouldn't bother myself.
 
boohoo said:
Opportunity is important though. I did detached youth work in Bootle back in the 90s and there was a huge gulf between opportunity there and opportunity in London which led to very limited expectations.

I do agree that wages have stayed stagnant whilst the cost of living in London has rocketed and that rising inequality is a huge issue. But the answers like more social housing and rent caps are not happening. What do we do?
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This:
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How about this for brightening up the Prince of Wales?
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14/06661/ADV | Installation of 10x LED advertising boards to the upper floors. | 467 Brixton Road London SW9 8HH
Was chatting to a concerned friend looking at a response for the Brixton Society, and he noticed there are no public responses on the council's webite - possibly because it has not been advertised (as far as we know).
Official deadline for comment is tomorrow, 26th January.

I'm thinking about starting a thread on this and the other mega advertising we've had and will no doubt get in future.

Meanwhile, the applicant for the above scheme says it will enhance the area, and advises: " ...it is considered that the site context is similar to Piccadilly Circus or Old Street roundabout........The nature of Brixton Town Centre is very much a dynamic and vibrant commercial and retail hub where such a proposal would not be out of place."
 
colacubes said:
WTAF :eek::D
I'll stick in an objection to that monster :eek: Is it not part of the Conservation zone ffs?
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Yes - Town Centre Conservation Area - and I think the building itself has some sort of local listing:
467 Brixton Road SW9 8HH
467 – 469. Large curved brick frontage on corner with Coldharbour Lane. Vertical fins and monumental Prince of Wales feathers motifs in faience. Rebuild of earlier hotel by Joseph Hill for the Wenlock Brewery, 1938
Coldharbour Brixton (CA26)
 
CH1 said:
Yes - Town Centre Conservation Area - and I think the building itself has some sort of local listing:
467 Brixton Road SW9 8HH
467 – 469. Large curved brick frontage on corner with Coldharbour Lane. Vertical fins and monumental Prince of Wales feathers motifs in faience. Rebuild of earlier hotel by Joseph Hill for the Wenlock Brewery, 1938
Coldharbour Brixton (CA26)
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Yeah, was just looking it up myself as I thought it was.

http://lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/pl-CA26Brixton240412.pdf

I know that the advertising hoarding above Iceland is only temporary whilst the developer "works" on the building (not much evidence of that) and I think I saw some discussion that the hoarding above H&M hasn't got permission, but if it has again it will only be temporary whilst the Premier Inn is being built (which there seems to be some movement on as they've been granted a rolling road closure on Electric Lane for lifting stuff in place over the next 18 months). Even then those are static advertisements so I just can't see how there's any precedence for this nonsense.
 
Well you certainly can't fault them for trying! I can't believe this has the remotest chance of being passed!

Still worth commenting after the deadline any time up to the decision date but sooner the better. Probably cannot do it on the site but Just email the planner direct.
 
CH1 said:
How about this for brightening up the Prince of Wales?
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14/06661/ADV | Installation of 10x LED advertising boards to the upper floors. | 467 Brixton Road London SW9 8HH
Was chatting to a concerned friend looking at a response for the Brixton Society, and he noticed there are no public responses on the council's webite - possibly because it has not been advertised (as far as we know).
Official deadline for comment is tomorrow, 26th January.

I'm thinking about starting a thread on this and the other mega advertising we've had and will no doubt get in future.

Meanwhile, the applicant for the above scheme says it will enhance the area, and advises: " ...it is considered that the site context is similar to Piccadilly Circus or Old Street roundabout........The nature of Brixton Town Centre is very much a dynamic and vibrant commercial and retail hub where such a proposal would not be out of place."
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fuck that shit
 
CH1 said:
How about this for brightening up the Prince of Wales?
View attachment 66855 View attachment 66856
14/06661/ADV | Installation of 10x LED advertising boards to the upper floors. | 467 Brixton Road London SW9 8HH
Was chatting to a concerned friend looking at a response for the Brixton Society, and he noticed there are no public responses on the council's webite - possibly because it has not been advertised (as far as we know).
Official deadline for comment is tomorrow, 26th January.

I'm thinking about starting a thread on this and the other mega advertising we've had and will no doubt get in future.

Meanwhile, the applicant for the above scheme says it will enhance the area, and advises: " ...it is considered that the site context is similar to Piccadilly Circus or Old Street roundabout........The nature of Brixton Town Centre is very much a dynamic and vibrant commercial and retail hub where such a proposal would not be out of place."
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It was "advertised" in last week's "Lambeth Weekender" (just checked it and the SLP).
 
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