Brixton news, rumour and general chat - July 2014
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sparkybird
ask the bird...
What at Hampton Court Flower Show? Surely not? bet they'll be aiming for Chelsea and aristo's + minor royals next year......
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hiraethified
I had a great day at the Flower Show. Free tickets for me and my mate, free booze, free food and another chance to see into a world I know little about.
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hiraethified
Here's one for you old school heads: Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B to DJ at Dogstar Brixton’s AudioSushi on Friday 18th July
And for those interested in Brixton history: Brixton Society Heritage Walk returns this weekend, with future dates announced
And for those interested in Brixton history: Brixton Society Heritage Walk returns this weekend, with future dates announced
Peanut Monkey
Flea-Bit of CHL.
Saw the posters for that the other day. Sadly not sure my aging body could handle Jazzie B on the Friday ahead of the Saturday's inevitable Chucklehead-induced inebriation.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Many thanks!
thatguyhex
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Personally speaking I wouldn't be sad to see the Ladbrokes on Acre Lane go if it can't be enforced in some fashion. I'm pretty tired of having some bloke stick his head out of the door and ask me if I want skunk every time I go past.
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hiraethified
Yep, and still attracting the same faces. The cops usually get called there at least once a fortnight.
Without sounding a bit daft it did look like a scene from The Wire out the front tonight. How did they manage to keep a license given how over zealous Lambeth are?
Went past a few weeks ago and it was fairly quiet, looked like the gambling(money laundering) machines had gone.
Are they back?
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Looks as if they are trying to flog the building off with William Hills as sitting tenants. It has been on the market for some time. There are currently 2 boards up.
(Afraid I didn't fancy doing a full frontal shot - I don't think the punters would have been happy to be snapped!)
Marchmont's particulars are here: http://www.marchmont.co.uk/london-326-coldharbour-lane-brixton-sw9-8qh/
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Same as Editor - don't know where they were installed.
I can tell WHEN they were installed.
These pictures were taken on 7th December - at the same time I took pictures of all the flags at half mast for Nelson Mandela's death.
Meanwhile William Hills were busy installing new gaming machines for Christmas. Sickos. (Note the estate agents signs were there on 7th December, just as now)
T & P
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I was listening to a report on these machines on Radio 4 a few months ago, and some folks were said to be so addicted to them they would wear nappies (or in one case, soiled himself) so they wouldn't have to take toilet breaks.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
They're nothing to the ones in Australia. Higher stakes and a lot of places go all night. Lots of pubs have a separate room full of them, and the sports clubs have huge halls of them. Lots of people have big problems with them.
gaijingirl
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pokies.. I remember witnessing that in the pubs - it was really very depressing.
sparkybird
ask the bird...
On a similar vein, I read somewhere that some people are now so addicted to computer/online gaming, that at a weekend long event in Korea (IIRC) someone actually died in his chair and no one noticed for 9 hours! Jeez - it's so sad
SpamMisery
Pretty comfortable here right under your skin
A few Korean couples have been done for neglecting their kids because of online gaming. Nuts
How shit does your life have to be, that you spend all your time on the internet? ... wait.... wut?
How shit does your life have to be, that you spend all your time on the internet? ... wait.... wut?
It looked pretty empty inside. Couple of people but no machines I could see. Three serious looking chaps outside the front.
Seems odd that they were caught out violating their license so badly, opened up another shop down the road and carry on trading in this one.
Given that Lambeth have threatened to close (at least two I know of) independent off-licenses because some people drink beer in the street it stinks a bit.
Oh well....
Manter
Lunch Mob
What's interesting is that if you talk to someone who does it, they don't recognise their own behaviour as batshit. They can tell you (usually at some length) about their knowledge of how the cylinders are put together in each make of machine and so how long it will take before the machine pays out. They have algorithms to help them keep count of where the cycle is as what to nudge, spin etc to manipulate the machine to some magic point when it'll pay out (thus desperate avoidance of breaks- if they go to the loo and some other punter has a quick go, it throws out their magic sequencing and they'll have to start again. its fascinating (and depressing)- they see themselves on the whole as following some sort of scientific method and tend to throw around words like 'probability'. They look down on the regular punter who is just having a bit of a flutter on the horses or a football match or whatever, even though that behaviour seems to me much less compulsive- the race is over, you're done, you go home.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
On a lesser level, a strong memory of childhood is my dad suddenly leaping up from the table whilst we are having a pub lunch and putting money in slot machine that a punter had just vacated, and then coming back to the table with a handful of coins saying "That should pay for lunch".
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
It's like the casino punters who think they can win at roulette - you can't.
At blackjack you can just about win if you count cards properly - not easy and the house hates it.
At blackjack you can just about win if you count cards properly - not easy and the house hates it.
Peanut Monkey
Flea-Bit of CHL.
What did they do? I've missed all this.
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