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I know it's not Brixton but does anyone know what the massive fireworks display on the Thames by Waterloo bridge was in aid of.I thought the revolution had arrived for a mo.

The only info I can find is a notice to mariners to say the river is closed from Waterloo to Blackfriars.

Appears to be connected to the opening of Miss Saigon,whatever that is,play musical some such.
 
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peterkro said:
I know it's not Brixton but does anyone know what the massive fireworks display on the Thames by Waterloo bridge was in aid of.I thought the revolution had arrived for a mo.

The only info I can find is a notice to mariners to say the river is closed from Waterloo to Blackfriars.

Appears to be connected to the opening of Miss Saigon,whatever that is,play musical some such.
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http://www.pla.co.uk/assets/m30of2014-kingsreachriverclosure-fireworkdisplay21may2014.pdf

This is all I can find too.

E2a

Chilavert, shakespearegirl thx for clearing up the mystery!
 
cuppa tee said:
we were speaking of the industrial working classes as well you know, if you ever need a new username then can I suggest Chubby Checker if its not already taken



my encounters with the jogging fraternity tend to be north of the town centre and we do get incursions from kennington and the more salubrious bits of stockwell which may explain my POV, fwiw it's worth a good friend of mine took up running a few years back after getting an entry to the London marathon, his times have been good enough to get repeat invites, he is a former welder in a railway carriage works and last year ran as escort to the millwall mascot, one thing that deffo boils his piss to refer to his training as "jogging" there is definite distinction between his Alf Tupper styling and the fashion victims one clocks around the embankment battersea park and increasingly in this manor....
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chubby Checkpoint is about as close as you'll get.

Rushy, it's there for the taking.
 
Well... not a ticket exactly. But almost as good.

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thatguyhex said:
Of course, because when Heron wrote the song he had in mind how The Revolution will ban you from being able to go out and eat French food while buying fizzy wine by the glass.
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Gil Scott-Heron made a career from highly politicised music (and spoken word) dealing with issues such as racism, class oppression, civil rights, opposition to foreign policy etc

I think it's fair to say he wouldn't have approved of an upmarket bar for stuck up wankers plonked into one of the the most culturally mixed and poorest parts of an area like Brixton

So... Uh... Shut up
 
thatguyhex said:
That reminds me, I need to go to Morleys and spray-paint "There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers in the instant replay" all over the department where you can buy complete sets of Le Creuset cast-iron cookware in any one of a dozen different colours. Those stuck up wankers have been ruining Brixton for a hundred years.
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You're positively unhinged tonight!

But do go on! :D
 
shifting gears said:
I think it's fair to say he wouldn't have approved of an upmarket bar for stuck up wankers plonked into one of the the most culturally mixed and poorest parts of an area like Brixton

So... Uh... Shut up
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I saw him perform in front of a crowd of largely young white folk at the Jazz Cafe in Camden a few years ago. They also serve champagne. Terrifying I know. He seemed quite happy to be there.
 
gabi said:
I saw him perform in front of a crowd of largely young white folk at the Jazz Cafe in Camden a few years ago. They also serve champagne. Terrifying I know. He seemed quite happy to be there.
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he was probably in "the bottle" would " a dollar nine get a bottle of wine" in the jazz cafe or C+F ?
 
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