footballerslegs
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So, how well do you know your bit of Brixton? Here's a bit of nerdy fun... http://www.theguardian.com/news/dat...ll-tell-you-how-well-you-know-your-local-area
Brixton news, rumour and general chat - July 2014
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Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
Easiest way is to copy and paste, or drag the file into the editor window.ETA - OK, how do I post a pic?
OvalhouseDB
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Second attempt. The picture is visible in the preview reply box, and then reverts to the Jpeg sign when I post. Oh well. I am hopeless on the internet.
I'll tell you what it is. The massive OvalHouse I Am your Neighbour billboard by the bridge on Coldharbour / Atlantic. Part of our young people's portrait project and the I Am Your Neighbour festival happening this week.
I'll tell you what it is. The massive OvalHouse I Am your Neighbour billboard by the bridge on Coldharbour / Atlantic. Part of our young people's portrait project and the I Am Your Neighbour festival happening this week.
Lazy Llama
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OvalhouseDB Don't use the "Image" button, just drag the file to the editor window or paste it if it's a clipboard image.
CH1
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I only rated 50% but I got the percentage Christian precisely right for some reason (it's 55%)
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
I got 19% 'Have you been to this area before?'
for where I lived for 3 years
its interesting to confirm how little owner occupier property there is (I've tried it across 3 london postcodes) and how little car ownership
for where I lived for 3 yearsits interesting to confirm how little owner occupier property there is (I've tried it across 3 london postcodes) and how little car ownership
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Other homes owned without a mortgage. Plenty in this road (not mine).
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Out of interest, I appreciate that you are a nosy ol'beggar but how do you nose there are plenty? I doubt you are wrong but are you assuming that because a lot of the owners have lived there for a long time? I have no idea who does and does not have a mortgage. Do Leander Road street party attendees have to undergo pre shenanigan credit screening
I wouldn't worry I got 23% for Coldharbour and until recently I lived there for 35 years.I got 19% 'Have you been to this area before?'
its interesting to confirm how little owner occupier property there is (I've tried it across 3 london postcodes) and how little car ownership
buscador
culturally dominant
Exactly the reply I was going to make. There are certainly a fair few around me that I know of, including people who've sold the house they bought 20+ years ago and moved into a flat further down the road - no mortgage, a fat profit for your retirement and you get to live in the same area.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
as my mum would say 'cute'
CH1
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Apologies if already posted - but here is a reminder of the Knights Hill by election candidates.
I am rather mystified as to why this is a .doc document and also why no details are given of the nominators, seconders and other subscribers.
We got all that in the full council election - and in .pdf format so no-one could tamper with it.
Is the electoral registration officer on (gardening?) leave and his minions unable to work the software?
I must say the very charming new councillor for Herne Hill took a very light-hearted view of this £15k waste of public money when I raised it with her last Thursday in Sunshine Arts.
I am rather mystified as to why this is a .doc document and also why no details are given of the nominators, seconders and other subscribers.
We got all that in the full council election - and in .pdf format so no-one could tamper with it.
Is the electoral registration officer on (gardening?) leave and his minions unable to work the software?
I must say the very charming new councillor for Herne Hill took a very light-hearted view of this £15k waste of public money when I raised it with her last Thursday in Sunshine Arts.
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
i got 52% for my old sw2 postcode. which i think is reasonable for 10 years in or around the area.
i got 63% for where i live now, after less than a year.
i got 63% for where i live now, after less than a year.
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SarfLondoner
KenDoddsDadsDogsDead.
The former buzz lighting shop on Acre lane is now being gutted out,The same for William Hills further along, I couldn't find out what either building will become.
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hiraethified
Some of you might be up for this:
The Prince Regent pub hosts free Sunday evening screenings of Hollywood classics across the summer
The Prince Regent pub hosts free Sunday evening screenings of Hollywood classics across the summer
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
Oh dear, 'have you been here before' - I did manage to miss a question by double clicking so getting 0 for one answer, but even so it's poor for someone who's lived here abouts for 25 years. Surprised at the high number of graduates. and 57% here who don't own cars - so who do all these fucking cars belong to?
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
Since when has Hard Days Night or Moulin Rouge been a 'Hollywood Classic'?
buscador is whining about the lack of the Sound of Music, or anything with Doris Day or Ethel Merman . . . oh no she's singing 'no business like show business' to me arrggh...
Rushy
basically a scrotum
When I lived in Tunstall Road one of my neighbours had at least 10 cars. Mostly huge ones like Range Rovers and MPVs.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Out of interest, I appreciate that you are a nosy ol'beggar but how do you nose there are plenty? I doubt you are wrong but are you assuming that because a lot of the owners have lived there for a long time? I have no idea who does and does not have a mortgage. Do Leander Road street party attendees have to undergo pre shenanigan credit screening
I am very nosy.
One guy paid £5k in the 1960s. Two others paid around £35k in the 1970s. Parents of Courtesan restaurant owner have been there since 70s. Another paid £195k outright in the 90s. Another house was bought through an offshore entity a couple of years ago, for a trustafarian. I could go on and on.
Besides these mortgage-free owner-occupiers, quite a few houses are let - some with landlords taking cash in hand, for a lower rent. One of the landlords lives in Australia.
Also, owner of Windmill pub is selling his house in the road, which he has let out for many years.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
They may have remortgaged since to help their kids pay £600K for a do-er upper flat on Coldharbour Lane!!
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
yep. probably also remortgaged for school fees, ski holidays and the like (might help maintain mortgage interest payments and mitigate tax) but, either way, the houses have been paid for.
Gramsci
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I remember when Guinness Trust went for planning permission to knock down the estate and build the new one (with less affordable units) the issue came up at planning committee. All residents felt (and I said) that those on ASTs should also be rehoused.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
So where did s/he park them all? Pope's Road car park?
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Pre CPZ? (I speak as a non-driver with only a passing acquaintance with parking - but it does seem to be an issue where I live. I thought it was 1 permit per household?)
Rushy
basically a scrotum
This was pre CPZ. But householders are not limited to one - or certainly didn't used to be. It seems daft but they are either limited to none or unlimited. In new conversions the poilcy was to either limit none of the flats or (if parking was considered to be under stress) limit all but one, but the one could have unlimited cars.
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