Brixton news, rumour and general chat - January 2015

[snowy_again]

The council is canvassing opinion on the Country Show:
‘.....we're keen to hear your ideas on how we can make the show bigger and better for this year.
So that you can have your say on what you'd like to see at the show, we've created a short survey that should take no longer than five minutes of your time.’
http://lambeth.gov.uk/events/lambeth-country-show-2015

After completing the survey questions I received a completely blank 'confirmation' email, which was nice.

 

[editor]

After completing the survey questions I received a completely blank 'confirmation' email, which was nice.

That's what they think of you and your feedback. Perhaps they'll 'lose' your comments too.

 

[shifting gears]

My Facebook feed tells me the soup kitchen has been given a car by the Sun

Aha - that would explain why I saw Solomon Smith being interviewed by Sun hacks, a couple of weeks ago one morning on Coldharbour Lane. Meant to mention it here but it slipped my mind.

Much as I loathe the Sun , in this case I think the old adage 'all publicity is good publicity' firmly applies, and if he got a motor out of the vicious, dishonest, scummy bastards then all the better!

 

[Black Halo]

http://lambeth.gov.uk/events/lambeth-country-show-2015

Am I going mad or are the age ranges under 16 and then 25+? i.e. you can't select an age between 16 and 25? (not that I am ...)

 

[colacubes]

Am I going mad or are the age ranges under 16 and then 25+? i.e. you can't select an age between 16 and 25? (not that I am ...)

No, you're not. They've missed an age group out

 

[colacubes]

After completing the survey questions I received a completely blank 'confirmation' email, which was nice.

As did I. Thanks for that Lambeth

 

[Greebo]

As did I. Thanks for that Lambeth

That's so Lambeth.

 

[editor]

If any local snappers want to get involved...
Brixton photographers – want to get your work showcased on Brixton’s biggest site?

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Just been called the "lycra bandit" by a well known pub landlord as he caught me going out for a run, soon no one will catch me; i posted my fastest time of the year. The body remembers long after the mind has forgotten.

 

[teuchter]

If any local snappers want to get involved...
Brixton photographers – want to get your work showcased on Brixton’s biggest site?

Is Brixton Buzz now "bigger" than urban75?

 

[EastEnder]

Am I going mad or are the age ranges under 16 and then 25+? i.e. you can't select an age between 16 and 25? (not that I am ...)

No, you're not. They've missed an age group out

I am all in favour of ignoring the opinions of 16-25 year olds. Young people are loud, annoying & don't know they're born, etc. I'd probably increase the ignored age range to 16-35. Anyone who can't remember the 70's has nothing useful to add to the debate, unless the topic is Justin Bieber's latest hair style.

 

[teuchter]

I'd probably increase the ignored age range to 16-35. Anyone who can't remember the 70's

How much of the 70s do you think a 36 or 37 year old remembers?

 

[EastEnder]

How much of the 70s do you think a 36 or 37 year old remembers?

Well I'm 39 and I clearly remember being shouted at for crayoning all over my brother's Beano annual in about 1978. So there

 

[Yelkcub]

That's so Lambeth.

Is that like 'well Mexico'?

 

[ViolentPanda]

Is Brixton Buzz now "bigger" than urban75?

Is Urban 75 only about Brixton?

 

[Greebo]

Is that like 'well Mexico'?

Nothing like it. Imagine disjointed communication, doublethink, patchwork planning, incompetence, disorganisation, and a general vibe of "CBA, don't care, it may be my job but it's not my problem". Now turn the volume on all of that right up, to eleven.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Changes planned for 415 bus route:

https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/buses/route-415

 

[boohoo]

Well I'm 39 and I clearly remember being shouted at for crayoning all over my brother's Beano annual in about 1978. So there

you are getting ancient!

 

[editor]

There was quite a few people making use of the free Dr Bike service in Windrush Square today - get along if you want your bike fixed for nowt!

 

[EastEnder]

you are getting ancient!

I am ageing like a fine wine - covered in dust & slowly turning to vinegar.

 

[Smick]

Changes planned for 415 bus route:

https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/buses/route-415

Well the buses they use are completely clapped out so new hybrid ones might be nice.

They should also increase the frequency. Get on one at Hardel Rise at 8am and it's full by Upper Tulse Hill.

And stop the girls from St Martin in the Field getting on at Hardel Rise to go to High Trees.

I've just realised that I do have quite a few opinions for their survey, but instead of filling it in, I'll write it on here in the hope that TFL will take a look before the end of the consultation.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

You can't stop people getting on the bus for one stop....

...although, it'd be nice if yer could

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Especially old people.

Fuck them and their ailments....and pull along trolleys

 

[Greebo]

You can't stop people getting on the bus for one stop....

...although, it'd be nice if yer could

Sometimes you're one of those people growling at people staying on the bus for just one stop, sometimes you're the one who was either in a hurry or just couldn't face walking as far as the next bus stop.

 

[Greebo]

Especially old people.

Fuck them and their ailments....and pull along trolleys

And fuck anyone who isn't disabled/frail, tiny, or pregnant, but uses the priority seats; are they crippled by shyness or is it selfishness this time?

 

[Nanker Phelge]

yeah...bus wars!

 

[CH1]

According to the biography on R4 this morning (repeated at 12.30 am Thursday) Robert Wyatt - of Soft Machine - married his first wife in Brixton. "The wedding took place at Brixton Registry Office on 28 January 1969: Wyatt's twentyfourth birthday".
Presumably they used the registry office at 340 Brixton Road, next to the Lambeth Accord. The building was subsequently used by SLAM/Lambeth PCT for Learning Difficulties community services, then sold to Lexadon who turned it back into residential for luxury rented flats.

Ironically the registry office in use subsequently in the 1980s/1990s - the one at 359 Brixton Road - was also bought by Lexdon for luxury flats - including the now demolished distinctive octagon marriage suite now being repaced by a bland modern bock (dealt with at length in Brixton Buzz)

 

[boohoo]

According to the biography on R4 this morning (repeated at 12.30 am Thursday) Robert Wyatt - of Soft Machine - married his first wife in Brixton. "The wedding took place at Brixton Registry Office on 28 January 1969: Wyatt's twentyfourth birthday".
Presumably they used the registry office at 340 Brixton Road, next to the Lambeth Accord. The building was subsequently used by SLAM/Lambeth PCT for Learning Difficulties community services, then sold to Lexadon who turned it back into residential for luxury rented flats.
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Ironically the registry office in use subsequently in the 1980s/1990s - the one at 359 Brixton Road - was also bought by Lexdon for luxury flats - including the now demolished distinctive octagon marriage suite now being repaced by a bland modern bock (dealt with at length in Brixton Buzz)

my mum and dad got married here. My mates got married at the newer one.

 

[Biscuits]

I’ve just received an out of office from the chap at Lambeth who is responsible for bike hanger installation. His out of office listed various alternative contacts followed by this gem of a sentence.
“I don't intend spending hours and hours trailing through my emails on my return so if you are keen that I see it please make a note to resend it week beginning 19 Jan.”

 

[friendofdorothy]

BBuzz piece here.

Summary: Owls, Aswad, cider please.

you can keep your owls. Can we have our horses and sheep back please!

(I've done the questionaire to say so to lambeth)