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Brixton news, rumour and general chat - June 2015

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kikiscrumbles said:
Thanks, Ed, for recording this. Brixton may be changing in [to me] a deeply unpleasant direction - but it's still a Top Place where we can still protest in the hope of better futures for all. And - so nice to meet Gramsci in the crowd! and CH1! to put faces to names etc etc. Anyway - thanks, Mike.
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So Ed - will there be a post-demo party at the Albert tonight? I think the Thatcher's Dead party was my all-time best night out in Brixton like, ever.. ps - demo was good, and i managed to escape before the kettling / agro started - met some humblingly wonderful disability activists from up north...
 
kikiscrumbles said:
So Ed - will there be a post-demo party at the Albert tonight? I think the Thatcher's Dead party was my all-time best night out in Brixton like, ever.. ps - demo was good, and i managed to escape before the kettling / agro started - met some humblingly wonderful disability activists from up north...
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Not tonight, I'm afraid... but I shall probably be having a drink there later :)
 
Another busy session at the Foodbank today - if you are able to donate then currently especially in need of coffee, cooking sauces (especially ones that match with rice!), tinned potatos, laundry powder, but any donations always very greatfully recieved.
 
kikiscrumbles said:
Thanks, Ed, for recording this. Brixton may be changing in [to me] a deeply unpleasant direction - but it's still a Top Place where we can still protest in the hope of better futures for all. And - so nice to meet Gramsci in the crowd! and CH1! to put faces to names etc etc. Anyway - thanks, Mike.
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Good to meet you as well.

It was a good turn out from Brixton.

We all got split up when we had to get off at London Bridge Went with CH1 and met a few people I know on the way around. ( as Bank was closed). I was surprised at the big turnout. There were loads of people at Bank. Ages until we moved off. Bit of a long day in the end. So many people turned up that the march moved slowly.

It was a good atmosphere at the march with people of all ages.

Goes to show that there are a lot of people who want something different.

Noticed the Green party had a big presence. They are now the alternative to Labour.
 
Gramsci said:
Good to meet you as well.

It was a good turn out from Brixton.

We all got split up when we had to get off at London Bridge Went with CH1 and met a few people I know on the way around. ( as Bank was closed). I was surprised at the big turnout. There were loads of people at Bank. Ages until we moved off. Bit of a long day in the end. So many people turned up that the march moved slowly.

It was a good atmosphere at the march with people of all ages.

Goes to show that there are a lot of people who want something different.

Noticed the Green party had a big presence. They are now the alternative to Labour.
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Noticed that too with the greens. They seem to be the only ones (actually maybe UKIP too) who seem to say what they think without trying to filter it for what they think sounds acceptable to the most people
 
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Art Nouveau is under threat. It has been a place where local groups and artists have met.

Its run by one of the people who were under threat of eviction in Guinness Trust. She has been generous in letting local groups use the place for meetings.
 
Gramsci said:
http://www.gofundme.com/xa2turw

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Art Nouveau is under threat. It has been a place where local groups and artists have met.

Its run by one of the people who were under threat of eviction in Guinness Trust. She has been generous in letting local groups use the place for meetings.
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I thought it was going to become an Eritrean restaurant? That's what I was told ages ago by the owner. Has that fallen through? There never seems to be anyone in the cafe when I walk past.
 
Remember that dodgy curated account - "The latest Tweets from Lambeth (@LambethRR). Live Content Curated by top Lambeth influencers."?

They've just been suspended off Twitter. And look at the content the parasites were lifting http://r ightrelevance. com/
 
T & P said:
The Thatcher death party was fucking ace. I only regret not staying longer, thus missing the Ritzy billboard shenanigans :D
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Spelling it out on the board was great. Unfortunately lots of letters went missing and the Ritzy was really short of letters after that.
 
Winot said:
It's great for passengers, but it's worth having a read of the Union perspective:

http://wire.novaramedia.com/2015/06/4-reasons-its-kicking-off-on-the-london-underground/

(As ever with these things, it's difficult to know where the truth lies.)
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I worry about the state of the tracks - if its open all night when will they do maintenance, cleaning and checks on the tracks?

It used to be very noisy on the tube after Stockwell because of the poor state of the old tracks. Has it improved or been fixed? I haven't been on the tube for ages as I usually get the bus.
 
I guess they've worked out they can do all the maintenance they need on five nights a week. So long as all the LU workers are looked after accordingly...
 
friendofdorothy said:
I worry about the state of the tracks - if its open all night when will they do maintenance, cleaning and checks on the tracks?
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It's only 24h Friday and Saturday nights. Weekday nights it will be closed as usual. They've done a hell of a lot of track repair over the last 10 years or so, which is why the night tube is possible - the maintenance regime doesn't take as long now.
 
We had our dinner in Kaff last night. It's very good and we were lucky to get a table it's so popular. On a Monday night. Fair play to them. Village is closed mind, but still.
 
Mr Retro said:
We had our dinner in Kaff last night. It's very good and we were lucky to get a table it's so popular. On a Monday night. Fair play to them. Village is closed mind, but still.
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Kaff is a great place. The owner does a lot of stuff to support the local community and their prices are hugely affordable too. He's worked really hard to make a success of a site that was for many years always doomed to failure. That said, come the weekend evenings and it's aaaargh!
 
editor said:
Kaff is a great place. The owner does a lot of stuff to support the local community and their prices are hugely affordable too. He's worked really hard to make a success of a site that was for many years always doomed to failure. That said, come the weekend evenings and it's aaaargh!
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10% off for brixton pounds too. Is about the only place I spend them.
 
editor said:
Kaff is a great place. The owner does a lot of stuff to support the local community and their prices are hugely affordable too.
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It was £6 a head for the food. The sharing platter is £15 but it's served on a plate roughly the size of a child's surf board. I was jealous of the people who got it next to us.
 
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