Brixton news, rumour and general chat - January 2016

[Rushy]

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!

Is that the same as the hip hop place? I was persuaded to have lunch in there last week and was surprised. Half roast chicken with rice and salad (or you could have chips) for £8 or £8.50. It was beautifully done. One of the people I was with had tuna steak - chunky and perfectly cooked. Same people who run Brixton Grill in the village. We were wavering about dessert so they gave us a slice of cheese cake to share. It was big enough for the three of us. And delicious. I find the hip hop theme a bit of a turn off but once inside it's not in your face at all.

 

[Manter]

-5 in Calais last night and there is a real risk of hypothermia or even death. Children a pillows are frozen solid and there are still refugees without socks. If you have any money to spare at all please please consider buying something off www.leisurefayre.com (click on the help refugees banner on the main page and it will take you to a page of desperately needed things)

It will be delivered free straight to the warehouse and is a wholesaler so really cheap. A blanket is £3.50 and might save someone's life.

I know this isn't Brixton specific but there is a huge Brixton crew that go out regularly and we'd be so grateful for the support.

 

[spitfire]

4 blankets sent, thanks for the link.

 

[Winot]

Done

 

[sparkybird]

Just got back in - it's freezing out there - I count my blessings that I can come back to a warm home.

Manter, thanks for reminding me about those who are not so lucky - blankets and socks on their way

xxx

 

[Manter]

Thank you all so much. xx

 

[brixtonblade]

Thank you all so much. xx

am at the checkout and it just occurred to me that I might be better giving cash with GiftAid? Is there somewhere I can do that or is it best to buy direct from that site as they've already discounted and sorted shipping etc?

 

[Manter]

am at the checkout and it just occurred to me that I might be better giving cash with GiftAid? Is there somewhere I can do that or is it best to buy direct from that site as they've already discounted and sorted shipping etc?

Sorry for delay responding- they get a discount and it works out at better than gift aid for those items.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

am at the checkout and it just occurred to me that I might be better giving cash with GiftAid? Is there somewhere I can do that or is it best to buy direct from that site as they've already discounted and sorted shipping etc?

1- You can give a donation with leisurefayre and the refugee organisations will get that as a credit and spend it on items they want which come straight to them (grassroots volunteer organisations I mean)

2- there are some other links down the page which ask for money towards things eg food for the camp kitchens

3- most UK people operating in northern France are not charities and can't gift aid. They are loose collections of people who got together to help in the absence of any proper charities

 

[Winot]

am at the checkout and it just occurred to me that I might be better giving cash with GiftAid? Is there somewhere I can do that or is it best to buy direct from that site as they've already discounted and sorted shipping etc?

If you'd prefer to Gift Aid then one option is to donate to these people:

Gift Aid Explained

(Edited to add UK link)

 

[LadyV]

Indeed. Why go for second best (and pay more) when there's the magnificence of Jimmy's Plaice?

Exactly, plus Jimmy's Plaice has somewhere to sit and it's usually nice and toasty in there. That said might go into Chip Shop to eat in next time I'm out in Brixton rather than just going home

 

[brixtonblade]

Sorry for delay responding- they get a discount and it works out at better than gift aid for those items.

Thanks

Ended up checking out but thought it would be worth checking

 

[mango5]

Latest CoolTan Arts shenanigans (potential paywall)

All the information about the shenanigans is quite incoherent. There was a demo outside last week. I spoke to various people and not got much more info. Whatever the issues are, it's a rotten situation for local folk who participate in CoolTan's activities.
Some more info here

 

[CH1]

All the information about the shenanigans is quite incoherent. There was a demo outside last week. I spoke to various people and not got much more info. Whatever the issues are, it's a rotten situation for local folk who participate in CoolTan's activities.
Some more info here

I know nothing about this - though may investigate further if it is not resolved. I would say that unfortunately in Mental Health charities is is quite normal to have massive problems due to bitter personal disputes.

Southwark MIND came a cropper a couple of years ago and had to be restructured as the dispute became legal challenges, and being unincorporated, the organisation's trustees could have been at risk of personal financial liability.

The MIND functions were merged into Lambeth MIND (a company limited by guarantee) and the more free-wheeling community activities (mainly poetry writing I gather) moved into another organisation called Southwark Association for Mental Health.

 

[Casaubon]

I've just received the latest edition of Lambeth Talk, and this piece on Somerleyton Rd caught my eye.



I'm sure the ex-residents of Carlton Mansions will be happy to hear that 'the local community will be involved in the long-term management of the development'.

 

[CH1]

I've just received the latest edition of Lambeth Talk, and this piece on Somerleyton Rd caught my eye.

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I'm sure the ex-residents of Carlton Mansions will be happy to hear that 'the local community will be involved in the long-term management of the development'.

If I have my north south east and west correct then that means the architects have designed the New Oval House Theatre as a tribute to Carney House opposite?

Couldn't they have got Ms Zaha Hadid to do a bit of pro bono and produced a giant cockroach astride the railway line?

Sorry - just really annoyed not to have been named and shamed as an anarchist!

 

[EastEnder]

A sad sign of the times...

Had to phone up Boots opticians today to make an appointment, got through to their main call centre - which, as I learned from the nice lady on the phone, is in Nottingham.

She asked which branch I wanted to go to, I said the Clapham one as it's the nearest, she said yep fine, then she asked where I lived & I said Brixton, to which she replied "ohhh, very trendy!".

The mention of Clapham, for years the home of trendy yuppie wankers, didn't get so much as peep, but even yokels in Nottingham now think Brixton is super trendy. Where did it all go so wrong....

 

[Manter]

If you'd prefer to Gift Aid then one option is to donate to these people:

Gift Aid Explained

(Edited to add UK link)

MSF are wonderful- they are the first NGO I started working with in Calais (they have now passed waste and sanitation to Acted, and moved into more of their sweet spot). They are also building (and funding) the new camp at Dunkirk. Apparently the way they got permission is by saying they were going to build it anyway!

 

[teuchter]

A sad sign of the times...

Had to phone up Boots opticians today to make an appointment, got through to their main call centre - which, as I learned from the nice lady on the phone, is in Nottingham.

She asked which branch I wanted to go to, I said the Clapham one as it's the nearest, she said yep fine, then she asked where I lived & I said Brixton, to which she replied "ohhh, very trendy!".

The mention of Clapham, for years the home of trendy yuppie wankers, didn't get so much as peep, but even yokels in Nottingham now think Brixton is super trendy. Where did it all go so wrong....

Yes, I have noticed same on mentioning Brixton recently. Not that long ago that there was a still moderate chance of raised eyebrows and questions about whether "things had got any better round there".

I now seldom say I live in Brixton.

 

[ffsear]

Where did it all go so wrong....

It started with the 1980's and 1990's deregulation of the banks. London became the home of the greedy. And they all need 3-4 houses.

 

[Harbourite]

It started with the 1980's and 1990's deregulation of the banks. London became the home of the greedy. And they all need 3-4 houses.

perhaps you can escape from it all for an hour at the Oubliette on Acre Lane. Mr Benn for hipsters? My mild claustrophobia means I'll give it a miss - has anyone been or know anything about it?

Elsewhere, I wandered mistakenly into "Doddle" opposite the tube station yesterday and was greeted by a "parcelista". And I ran, I ran so far away.

I just ran.

 

[ffsear]

We also have a generation of self appointed "entrepreneurs" and individuals who declare themselves as being part of the "creative class"

Creative being that they got as 2.2 in media studies at some mickey mouse university and now work a desk job at an advertising agency and can't afford to live in Balham.

 

[CH1]

perhaps you can escape from it all for an hour at the Oubliette on Acre Lane. Mr Benn for hipsters? My mild claustrophobia means I'll give it a miss - has anyone been or know anything about it?

Elsewhere, I wandered mistakenly into "Doddle" opposite the tube station yesterday and was greeted by a "parcelista". And I ran, I ran so far away.

I just ran.

So you think parcel service is a form of prostitution?

 

[Winot]

perhaps you can escape from it all for an hour at the Oubliette on Acre Lane. Mr Benn for hipsters? My mild claustrophobia means I'll give it a miss - has anyone been or know anything about it?

Elsewhere, I wandered mistakenly into "Doddle" opposite the tube station yesterday and was greeted by a "parcelista". And I ran, I ran so far away.

I just ran.

Haven't been to Oubliette but I've done a similar thing a couple of times with mates. Escape rooms are increasing popular, and great fun.

 

[Peanut Monkey]

Lambeth have just tweeted this about the Bowie memorial.

 

[Happy House]

Lambeth have just tweeted this about the Bowie memorial.

A plaque? Naming a street in David Bowie's honour? The late, great starman would reject this.

 

[Happy House]

We also have a generation of self appointed "entrepreneurs" and individuals who declare themselves as being part of the "creative class"

Creative being that they got as 2.2 in media studies at some mickey mouse university and now work a desk job at an advertising agency and can't afford to live in Balham.

What's wrong with a desk job at an ad agency? The way property prices in London are heading, the majority of recent graduates cannot afford to rent a studio flat in Zone 6, let alone buy a house in Balham.

 

[editor]

Brixton sunset:

In photos: A golden wintry sunset over Brixton

 

[story]

Oh my god. Trinity Arms. Really white, really young, really beardy, really HomeCunties Pronunciation. really not from round here.

 

[Winot]

Oh my god. Trinity Arms. Really white, really young, really beardy, really HomeCunties Pronunciation. really not from round here.

Here for the Maccabees at the Academy?