Brixton news, rumour and general chat - January 2016
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"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I've never met anyone with keener hearing that the chair of the Arlington Lodge TA.
kittyP
Pluviophile
I bet the flower man outside the station made a fortune that day!
snowy_again
Slush
Haha, yes and they were quite happy about it too.
Fingers
From Tuscany SE22
he did very well!
Rushy
basically a scrotum
There are even more today. Huge heap. Also lots of messages written all over the walls and on Morley's windows.
xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
WTF 
CCTV footage shows the moment a woman tried to stab a 15-year-old boy with a huge kitchen knife as he boarded a bus with his grandmother.
The incident happened on Boxing Day at around 12.30 pm on the Route 133 bus on Brixton Road in Lambeth.
The attacker, who was already on the bus, came up to the teenager and attacked him with a large kitchen knife.
The victim's 51-year-old grandmother managed to wrestle the weapon off the attacker, who then fled towards Oval.
Woman tries to stab 15-year-old boy with huge kitchen knife as he gets on bus with grandmother
CCTV footage shows the moment a woman tried to stab a 15-year-old boy with a huge kitchen knife as he boarded a bus with his grandmother.
The incident happened on Boxing Day at around 12.30 pm on the Route 133 bus on Brixton Road in Lambeth.
The attacker, who was already on the bus, came up to the teenager and attacked him with a large kitchen knife.
The victim's 51-year-old grandmother managed to wrestle the weapon off the attacker, who then fled towards Oval.
Woman tries to stab 15-year-old boy with huge kitchen knife as he gets on bus with grandmother
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hiraethified
For some reason, my story about Brixton being renamed East Clapham is all over social media again and spawning fresh outraged comments!
Friend of mine in Brighton posted it up earlier on Facebook and someone pointed out the date to her.
Good satire if it is still going and is plausible!
Ms Ordinary
randompointlesschemistry
DietCokeGirl
Fishing in the rivers of life
I love the indignation. Its a good satire but theres a few telling hints its a joke.
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hiraethified
I think "Tory councillor Chuck Munna" is a very convincing character
10k page views today so far!
299 old timer
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It demands a sequel:
"The backbench adventures of Chuck Munna and his dastardly Tory counterpart Chuck Wonga - ever wonder why you've never seen them in the same room together?"
"The backbench adventures of Chuck Munna and his dastardly Tory counterpart Chuck Wonga - ever wonder why you've never seen them in the same room together?"
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"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Hardly surprising. Streatham is hardly a place for a Tory councillor with lots of Wonga these days.
Tricky Skills
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Almost 22,000 hits for that story alone today. The modern interweb is BONKERS.
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"Red Guard"(NLYL)
According to The Standard the former head of Railtrack has just been appointed to the £250,000 post of CEO of SEGRO - formerly known as Brixton Estate.
Railtrack collapsed into a government bail-out in 2003 after three rail crashes (Now called Network Rail). They know a thing or two about railway arches and shopping malls.
Hence the fit. Brixton Estate merged some years ago with Slough Estate and runs serviced offices, warehousing and shopping centres as SEGRO. Their first premises was the building a 1-3 Brixton Road now called Kennington Park, and partly occupied by Decca Records until the 1960s.
The moral of all this is:
1. There is nothing you can't live down in business
2. Big business in Lambeth is as bizarre and unaccountable as big politics in the Town Hall.
Railtrack collapsed into a government bail-out in 2003 after three rail crashes (Now called Network Rail). They know a thing or two about railway arches and shopping malls.
Hence the fit. Brixton Estate merged some years ago with Slough Estate and runs serviced offices, warehousing and shopping centres as SEGRO. Their first premises was the building a 1-3 Brixton Road now called Kennington Park, and partly occupied by Decca Records until the 1960s.
The moral of all this is:
1. There is nothing you can't live down in business
2. Big business in Lambeth is as bizarre and unaccountable as big politics in the Town Hall.
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hiraethified
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gaijingirl
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For her 6th birthday my daughter wants dinner (aka FEB) at her absolute favourite Cafe Max. We normally go Sunday mornings - do they still do FEB on weekdays at around 6/7pm? Anyone know?
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hiraethified
I didn't realise my interview would form the entire article on ITV News, but here you go:
What it was like to be at the Brixton Bowie remembrance gig
What it was like to be at the Brixton Bowie remembrance gig
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
I popped in for coffee earlier and asked what time they close -- not until 11pm.
gaijingirl
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Thanks for asking, that'd kind of you. I knew they were open late (didn't realise it was *that* late) but wasn't sure if they'd still do the FEB. It's actually her b'day today and, in the end, we went to another Portuguese place at the end of my road that she likes - which was probably the right thing to do as I'm bunged up with a cold. Hopefully see you there some Sunday soon though.
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
Does anyone know/ have experience of selling gold to any of the pawn shops in Brixton? Will I get a decent price in Brixton or should I hawk it up town or elsewhere? I've only got one small item I need to sell. A quick look on line shows a huge variation in prices - but I don't know who to trust and I don't want to get ripped off. Any recommendations would be appreciated, feel free to pm me. Thanks.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Not in Brixton but I have sold gold (a filling!) in Hatton Garden. Went into 2 places (one of which has been recommended by a jeweller friend) and was offered pretty much the same price in each so figured I wasn't being ripped off.
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
thanks
LadyV
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Got some takeaway fish'n'chips from the new take out window at Chip Shop on CHL/Atlantic Road on Friday, they weren't bad, not proper chip shop chips though which let them down, never eaten in the restaurant so can't compare. Price wise £7.50 for haddock and chips which I think is about average these days
Probably wouldn't go back for a few reasons, 1, it was far too cold to stand around in the outside waiting for them to be ready, 2, the chips, they just weren't right, 3, I felt as if I was being unfaithful to Jimmys Plaice plus Jimmys does proper chips!
Probably wouldn't go back for a few reasons, 1, it was far too cold to stand around in the outside waiting for them to be ready, 2, the chips, they just weren't right, 3, I felt as if I was being unfaithful to Jimmys Plaice plus Jimmys does proper chips!
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hiraethified
Indeed. Why go for second best (and pay more) when there's the magnificence of Jimmy's Plaice?
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