Rushy
basically a scrotum
Brilliant!Here's one for you pooch owners:
Muddy Dog Challenge at Brockwell Park to raise money for Battersea Dogs & Cats Home
(Is that Edward ?)
Brixton news, rumour and general chat - January 2015
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(Is that Edward ?)
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hiraethified
I don't who Edward is, but it's the pic that accompanied the press release (minus the caption). I think it's a great fund raising initiative.
Mr Retro
Beware hedgehogs
I don't think it's automatically a bad thing that a fashionable outlet is moving in there and my initial response is to be optimistic. And anybody who opens a business could be described as an entrepreneurs really.
In this case I think this shop will be an improvement on what was there before and makes the street even better.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Belongs to an eponymously named mutual acquaintance. Pretty sure those aren't his owners calves though.
My dog is from Battersea so we'll hopefully get involved.
han
love is the answer
The street can probably get away with one chain, but my worry is that the more of these kind of shops that arrive, the more the delicate balance of what keeps it special will be ruined.
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Indeed. And once the trendy and well connected bars move in, pressure inevitably grows on the smaller businesses. I've worried about Station Road for ages. It's one of the last authentic and unspoilt stretches left in Brixton.
BTW, it appears that the self styled 'JoshyBOOM' of Boom Burgers is the grandson of Tory peer Lord Peter Rees.
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In this particular case, I'd venture that anything would be an improvement and preferable to the chicken takeaway outlet it replaces (if it is the type of shitty, zero welfare, zero quality fried chicken takeaway shop that plagues every high street, town and city in the land).
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Digisheds tweeted Buzz to tell us that the Brixton Regeneration team are "sorting out the "High Street".
The picture shows one person holding an iPad and another with a large piece of paper. I don't know what's going on.
I've never heard of Digisheds, neither do I understand their mission statement:
http://www.digisheds.com/
The picture shows one person holding an iPad and another with a large piece of paper. I don't know what's going on.
I've never heard of Digisheds, neither do I understand their mission statement:
Anyone know about them? Their website has no information at all.
http://www.digisheds.com/
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I don't like any of them but they are usually very affordable. Almost certainly more affordable than the new trendy one that's replacing it.
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hiraethified
It is a weird name but they're on trend with their keywords:I keep reading their name as 'Dickheads'
Something probably to do with the council's repeated emphasis on social enterprise and nurturing local business last night. As part of the plans for the next 5-10 years.
I'd like to believe the best of it, but it bodes.
aussw9
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There are at least half a dozen if not more fried chicken stores within a block each way of Briton station road.
That being said, I wont be visiting boom burger as there are already better alternatives in town.
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
"steady on brixton yah, you dark-skinned people have been doing caribbean cooking all wrong, let an aristocrat show you how to cook jamaican"
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ricbake
working out how
For a "Digi"tal organisation seems odd that their web site isn't really a website just a holding page
But this seems to say something about them - http://www.bitc.org.uk/blog/post/developing-digisheds-lambeth
Sounds like it should just be the Job Centre Plus
"Digisheds is a unique and innovative employability programme that provides job opportunities and employability training for individuals at a disadvantage in the job market, such as young NEETs, and long-term unemployed adults. It currently runs three days a week for 20 people at a time."
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Excellent news.
cuppa tee
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surely not the same guy who's sister is Jazzy de Lisser cited as one of Londons "it kids" by Vanity Fair magazine.....http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/03/londons-new-it-kids
and who's mother is married to ex-race driving toff and best mate of Prince Charles Johnny Dumfries...................http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Crichton-Stuart,_7th_Marquess_of_Bute
if so then by strange coincidence he attended the same £!!,000 a term private school as at least one, maybe both, of the guys opening a new "hip" joint on the site of the former Frontline off license
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The way that bodies (social entrepreneurs) like Digisheds were spun last night, you'd ve thought they were saints - smartening up young people and their attitudes, persuading hardnosed businessowners to give those poor people a chance...
Nothing in it for the social entrepreneur, honest.
Mr Retro
Beware hedgehogs
I understand peoples worries but comments made by a reader of Brixton Buzz like "posh people out of Brixton" is nothing but inverted snobbery.
Makes me hope the place does well even more than I normally would wish a new business well.
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snowy_again
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They're BITC linked:
http://www.bitc.org.uk/blog/post/developing-digisheds-lambeth
"Digisheds is a unique and innovative employability programme that provides job opportunities and employability training for individuals at a disadvantage in the job market, such as young NEETs, and long-term unemployed adults. It currently runs three days a week for 20 people at a time. Participants complete a four week intensive curriculum with the support of volunteer mentors from local businesses."
Some of the guff on there will no doubt prompt a reaction on here.
Usually I stay out of these debates... but Station Road is really the last place I can go without looking and feeling out of place. Granville Arcade, Market Row and the high street are a different world. And based on the recent history of Brixton, we know it only takes one upmarket place to completely transform beyond recognition an area.
snowy_again
Slush
There's a story about him learning to cook from his 'cook' whilst growing up in Jamaica as a child. An incredible gulf in life experience.
Do you have any Island Records in your collection?!
Mr Retro
Beware hedgehogs
I normally stay out of them too, it's not worth the energy. But seriously, do you feel more out of place on the high street than you did say 10 years ago? Has it really changed that much for you? I'm not challenging you, genuine friendly question.
I don't feel out of place on the high street per se, but there are no shops that I can frequent apart from Iceland. 10 years ago, I would spend time in woolworths faffing about aimlessly, eating like a king with a £5 budget in Speedy Noodles, pop into Websters to buy work shoes and get treated with respect by the staff etc. Now the high street is made up of bland characterless establishments and come weekend/evening time, full of pissed up people holding up their phones with google maps loaded onto it, pissing on walls and vomiting everywhere.
Regarding BV and Market Row, I genuinely do feel out of place. No doubt about that.
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For the record, that comment was made by a reader, but I can understand why some locals may feel uncomfortable about the changes taking place.
Because of one anonymous comment?
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